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Show NONRESIDENT FREE TUITION TO BEFOUGHT School Hoadt Prepara to Op-pot Op-pot Bill Abolishing Prnt Charg Tearful that tha cost of educating children residing in hard pressed school districts would fall upon lax-payers lax-payers of larger districts under a bill now In the state house of representatives, repre-sentatives, local school officials prepared pre-pared Thursday to oppose the measure. mea-sure. - Known as bouse bill No. 40, It would amend stale Isws to permit children to attend school in districts other than their own without paying special tuition, tui-tion, as is now required. L. John Nuttall Jr., superintendent of Salt Lake City schools, was Informed In-formed by Of den and Provo school officials that they likely will Join In fighting passage of tha bill. Under present laws, school children chil-dren are required to attend institutions institu-tions In the district In which they reside, re-side, 'unless they are admitted to those In other districts by special arrangements. ar-rangements. Including payment of tuition feea fixed by district officials. Local echool authorities were compelled com-pelled to exclude nearly 1500 such students at tha beginning of the last school term because of necessary economies. It waa pointed out Passat Pass-at a of the bill would permit an influx in-flux from any neighboring district whose facilities are impaired because of finances. Locsl officials hsve fixed tuition feea for out-of-the-dutrlct students at I7S tor elementary pupils, 885 for Junior high school and as high as 1115 for senior high school. |