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Senate approves school tuition proposal

Districts could charge parents based on income for all-day kindergarten

By Associated Press

COLUMBUS: The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to allow school districts to charge parents for all-day kindergarten on a sliding scale based on income.

The proposal responds to an opinion by Attorney General Marc Dann that districts cannot charge for all-day kindergarten because Ohio law requires a free education for all children.

A Senate committee added the measure Tuesday to an education bill. The Senate approved the bill containing the amendment 32-0.

Districts that offer all-day kindergarten — about 70 percent — were caught off guard by Dann's opinion and were exploring ways to keep their programs.

The state provides money to all districts for half-day kindergarten and to poor districts for full-day kindergarten.

The measure approved by the Senate Education Committee contains an emergency clause, which means it would become law immediately when the governor signs it.

''It's a light at the end of the tunnel for local school districts that will be able to maintain their current programs on all-day kindergarten,'' said Fred Pausch, legislative director for the Ohio School Boards Association.

In Summit County, the Stow-Munroe Falls and Green districts suspended collection of tuition for their all-day kindergarten programs after Dann issued his opinion.

Green, which started its program this year, planned to collect payments of $225 a month.

The House also must pass the measure before it could go to the governor, who is expected to sign it.


Beacon Journal writer Katie Byard contributed to this report.

 

COLUMBUS: The Ohio Senate voted unanimously Wednesday to allow school districts to charge parents for all-day kindergarten on a sliding scale based on income.

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