Show MUST PAT PA TUITION non kon nes resident ident pupils must hutt pay says dr br park to george thomas president the blaid of education logan city utah dear sir I 1 have just received your letter of inquiry of the instant you say we lave bare in our city a number of children attending school who were in other districts when the statistics were taken the patents move in here only temporarily to send rend thir th ir larger children 0 to o the he hi higher her institutions of learning and return home again during the summer eummer the smaller children are sent to the tha public schools ech some of these parents refuse to pay tuition saying they have bare paid their taxes and it if we vant x ant to collect the tuition we can enter suit against the districts which received it many of whom refuse to turn it over to us what is the legal tatus status of the case can wo we compel the parents to pay if they are citizens of utah of idaho can we prohibit their children enteria entering 0 school if they do not pay are v re e liable to the law lav if we do prohibit them in reply I 1 will first call your attention to see sec C G chapter 6 of the school law or bention 1820 of the I 1 revised statutes ot utah 1897 which referring to the powers and duties of the board of trustees reads as follows it shall bare power to admit to the schools in the district pupils from other districts when it can be done without injuring or overcrowding such schools and ahal have power to make regulations for their admission and to charge and collect reasonable fees for their tuition it shall have power to arlanp arrange p with the board of an adjacent district for sending to such district distri dt such pupils as can aan be conveniently taught therein when for any cause such pupils can not be conveniently taught in the district where they reside and for paying their tuition you ask in the first place wf ai is the legal status or of the case Is in reply I 1 V nill ia I 1 say the law gevea the board general charge direction I 1 and manager management of the schools within its jurisdiction and to make and enforce all needful rules and regulations for their control it also gives the board specific powers regarding the admission of 01 pupils from other cities or districts outside pupils must have the permission of the board to he be admitted to tile EC schools within its jurisdiction the legal elatus of the case is therefore that to get admission admit admies sion ion to the schools under tinder tho the board outside pupils must comply with the regulations of the board and submit to its teros in the second place you ask can we compel the parents to pay if they are citizen of utah of idaho answer yes if py pay here means tuition feea that is outside pupils may at their option pay tul tion fees or not attend school if that is the regulation galition re of the board you third question is can we prohibit their children entering school if they do not pay answer yes in inthe the fourth place you ask are we liable to the law if we do prohibit them answer if you mean by this question is the board culpable under the law or liable to prosecution for violating its requirements by such prohibition I 1 answer no it is expected however that every city arid and district school board will be reasonable and consistent in this matter as it is unavoidable a necee necessity sity in fica that there shall be considerable interchange of residence between different parts of the state the matter of tuition fees should be amicably arranged between the boards of the districts affected by the cliance cl iange so that no pupil may be deprived of his just privileges trusting this reply may meet your inquiries I 1 am yours truly jorin jonn R PARK state supt bupt of public instruction |