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Show State halts fees for out-of-state pupils it is asking that those responsible for non-resident students bring the student to register for clases, and it will require them to sign a form saying that they understand they will have to pay tuition if court decides the requirement is legal in order lor the child to stay in school in the district. Stubbs said Alpine Supt. Clark Cox had told him to refund the money to the individuals who had paid, if they requested it. Those individuals also have the option of leaving the money with the district, and getting a refund if the court rules in favor of the child challenging the law. Stubbs said he was spending Wednesday morning getting in touch with the students who had requested waiver of the tuition requirement to tell them about the state request and to tell them they could go to school as they have in the past at least for the present. The Alpine School District, following directions from state education officials, has stopped charging non-resident students a $1,750 tuition fee pending the outcome of a court case filed in the Jordan School District. Notice came Tuesday afternoon that the tuition fee should not lie charged until the court makes a decision on the case which challenges a new state law requiring tuition from students whose parents live outside Utah. It is still unknown how many students in the Alpine district may be affected by the suit. Stan Stubbs, director of pupil services for the district, said four students had paid the tuition from 11 students in the area. Board members speculate that there are several others who qualify as non-resident students. The case is scheduled to go to Court on Sept. 26. Stubbs said until that time the state will pay the district the same money for the nonresident non-resident students that it diX'S for the resident students. While Alpine District has suspended the tuition requirement, I |