State Board takes up student fee complaint rules
By Tom Chorneau
Thursday, March 07, 2013
As confusion persists in the field over a new law banning student fees for educational activities, state officials are set next week to consider creating a process for resolving complaints lodged against districts.
AB 1575, signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown last fall, reinforces existing statute that prohibits public schools – including charters and alternative schools – from requiring a pupil to pay a fee, a deposit or make some other charge not specifically authorized by law, for participation in an educational activity.
The law, which took effect Jan. 1, also calls on the California State Board of Education to adopt regulations governing procedures to resolve complaints against districts related to reimbursements.
Under a proposal coming to the state board next week, the California Department of Education would hold a public hearing on the proposed rules at 1:30 p.m. on May 14 at the department’s main offices in Sacramento.
The state board will also be asked to approve a list of proposed regulations.
The rule-making process comes as reports in the mainstream media have surfaced in recent weeks of conflict
