From Deseret News archives:
School-fee measure to get another shot
Democratic Rep. LaWanna Shurtliff sponsored a similar bill in the 2005 session. It was approved by the House but was not voted on by the Senate.
She believes the bill has a good chance of being approved in 2006.
"It's something people have had to learn about," she said. "Legislators are much more aware (of the financial impact of fee waivers)."
Shurtliff's bill calls for an ongoing $700,000 appropriation from Utah's Uniform School Fund to the state Board of Education to be disbursed to school districts impacted by fee waivers.
Districts would be reimbursed up to $40 for each student who receives a waiver.
Based on that formula, the Davis School District would have been eligible to receive $135,080, and the Weber School District could have received $68,280 for the 2004-2005 school year.
During the 2004-05 school year, the Davis district waived fees for 3,377 students totaling $269,211, and the Weber district waived $139,670 in fees for 1,707 students.
Although $700,000 would not be enough to offset all fee-waiver costs, the allocation would be a good start, Shurtliff said. "It's a matter of fairness and equity to support the districts," she said.
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