3240P Tuition Fees

Colchester Public Schools
                                CABE-SUGGESTED LANGUAGE
                                                                                         3240P

                                               BUSINESS/NON-INSTRUCTIONAL OPERATIONS

                                       TUITION FEES

Tuition Fees
The Board of Education will permit non-resident students from other school districts to
attend local schools when they can be accommodated in existing classes. The students or
their sending district shall pay a tuition fee to be established annually by the Board of
Education. Students will be charged any excess costs for programs and services provided
beyond the general education curriculum in addition to the base tuition rate. Non-resident
attendance with tuition shall be for one school year or less to be extended pending
approval. The Superintendent shall retain the right to terminate a non-resident student
should the student violate school or district policy as set forth in the contract between the
parents/guardians and the Board. The tuition fee may be adjusted as changes in costs
indicate unless a multiple year agreement to provide educational facilities is entered into
with another Board of Education. Notice shall be given at least one year prior to the
discontinuance of service for non-resident high school students.

When a student is accepted into a special education program, the tuition cost shall be the
total of any excess costs for programs and services provided beyond the general education
curriculum or as set by the Board of Education. The per student expense is defined as the
approved annual budget less transportation, special education, and free/reduced lunch
which is then divided by the project enrollment.

Tuition Fees

The Board of Education will permit students from other school districts to attend the
Colchester Public Schools when they can be accommodated in existing classes. The
student, or caregiver/parent, or sending school district, will pay a tuition fee to be
established annually by the Board of Education.

Tuition fees shall be set by using the most recent Net Current Expenditure Per Pupil (NCEP)
available for the district of Colchester as established by the Connecticut State Department
of Education.

Tuition rate as follows:

                BA, WJJMS, JJIS, CES: Full time rate

                Special Education: Annual tuition to be determined based on level of services
                needed.



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Courses Outside Regular School Hours

A tuition fee may be charged when a course is offered outside the regular school hours.

Legal Reference:      Connecticut General Statutes

                      10-24b Fee when course offered outside regular school hours

                      10-33 Tuition in towns in which no high school is maintained

                      10-34 Approval by state board of incorporated or endowed high-
                      school or academy

                      10-35 Notice of discontinuance of high school service to nonresidents

                      10-220 Duties of Boards of Education

                      10-253 School privileges for children in certain placements, non-
                      resident children and children in temporary shelters.

                      10-266 Reimbursement for education of pupils residing in state
                      property



POLICY ADOPTED:       February 13, 2001
REVISED:              March 12, 2013
REVISED:              April 8, 2014
REVISED:              April 7, 2020


COLCHESTER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Colchester, Connecticut




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