Summary


These rule amendments include: 1) clarified/updated definitions, including updating the definition of "fee" and subparts of that key definition; 2) clarification of existing legal requirements related to fees and fee waivers; 3) additional requirements related to an LEA governing board's fee schedule adoption requirements, including an annual April 1 deadline to adopt the schedule and a requirement that the board allow parents and other members of the public to two opportunities to provide public comment during an LEA's board meeting; 4) a requirement for LEAs to establish maximum fee amounts per student and per activity; 5) a requirement to provide notice to parents of the LEAs fee and fee waiver policies and schedules, including a requirement to publish the information in a language other than English if 20% or more of the families enrolled in the LEA speak that language; 6) update fee waiver provisions; 7) beginning with the 2020-21 school year, prohibit LEAs from using revenue collected from fees to offset the costs attributed to fee waivers; 8) a requirement that an LEA may allow a student to perform community service in lieu of a fee, but not require it; 9) establish standards for community service in LEAs; 10) provisions to prohibit required individual fundraising but allowing required group fundraising and voluntary individual fundraising; 11) beginning with the 2020-21 school year, prohibit an LEA from charging a fee for textbooks or remediation, except for a textbook fee for concurrent enrollment or AP courses, which are fee waiveable; 12) a requirement for an LEA to establish a spend plan for the revenue collected from each fee charged; 13) a requirement for the Superintendent/staff to provide ongoing training regarding Utah Code and Board rule provisions related to school fees; and 14) a new monitoring/corrective action/appeal process for LEAs compliance with the Board rule.