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About Those Fees Families Are “Required” to Pay

Families across Alabama are talking about how much money it is costing them for a “free” public education this year. Mainstream Alabama media is sharing the data published here earlier this week to let families know which school districts are charging families the...
Posted On Aug 06 2015
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How Much Are Alabama’s Families Paying for a Free Public Education? A Lot

Alabama’s families footed more than $40 million of the bill for their children’s free public education during the 2013-2014 school year. That averages more than $104 per student and is up nearly 14% from the 2012-2013 school year. Public school “user fees”...
Posted On Aug 02 2015
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The Hidden Cost of Public Education, Part 4: What the ALSDE Says About User Fees

This is the fourth in an ongoing series examining the hidden costs of public education in Alabama. Click to view Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. So what kind of guidance has the Alabama State Department of Education (ALSDE) given regarding user fees? Dennis Heard and Sonia Peaspanen,...
Posted On May 04 2014
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ICYMI: The Only Course-Related User Fee Limit Was Eliminated at April’s Board Meeting

You missed it, didn’t you? There was only one isolated, lone, solitary place in the whole Alabama Administrative Code (AAC) that set an actual dollar limit on how much of a user fee a school district could charge for  student to take a course. The course? Driver’s...
Posted On May 01 2014
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Course-Related User Fees: The Hidden Cost of Public Education, Part 3

This is the third in an ongoing series examining the hidden costs of public education in Alabama. Click to view Part 1 and Part 2. Course-related user fees. You know what those are, right? Anyone who has registered a student in a public Alabama middle or high school has seen that...
Posted On Apr 30 2014
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