The Superintendent will recommend to the Board for adoption what fees, if any, will be charged for the use of textbooks, consumable materials, extracurricular activities, and other school fees. Students will pay for loss of schoolbooks or other school-owned materials.

Fees for textbooks, other instructional materials, and driver education are waived for students who meet the eligibility criteria for fee waiver contained in this policy. In order that no student be denied educational services or academic credit due to the inability of parents/guardians to pay fees and charges, the Superintendent will recommend to the Board for adoption what additional fees, if any, the District will waive for students who meet the eligibility criteria for fee waiver. Students receiving a fee waiver are not exempt from charges for lost and damaged books, locks, materials, supplies, and equipment.

The Superintendent shall ensure that applications for fee waivers are widely available and distributed according to State law and ISBE rule, and that provisions for assisting parents/guardians in completing the application are available.
A student shall be eligible for a fee waiver when:

1. The student is currently eligible for free or reduced lunches or breakfasts pursuant to 105 ILCS 125/1 et seq.; and, income verification by submission of pay stubs for two most recent consecutive pay periods or,
2. The student or student’s family is currently receiving aid under Article IV of The Illinois Public Aid Code (Aid to Families with Dependent Children).

The Building Principal will give additional consideration where one or more of the following factors are present:

• Illness in the family;
• Unusual expenses such as fire, flood, storm damage, etc.;
• Seasonal unemployment;
• Emergency situations;
• When one or more of the parents/guardians are involved in a work stoppage.

The parent(s)/guardian(s) shall submit written evidence of eligibility for waiver of the student’s fee.

The Building Principal will notify the parent(s)/guardian(s) promptly as to whether the fee waiver request has been granted or denied.  A Building Principal’s denial of a fee waiver request may be appealed to the Superintendent by submitting the appeal in writing to the Superintendent within 14 days of the denial. The Superintendent or designee shall respond within 14 days of receipt of the appeal.  The Superintendent’s decision may be appealed to the School Board.  The decision of the Board is final and binding.

Questions regarding the fee waiver request process should be addressed to the Building Principal’s office.