The School Board voted unanimously on Monday to up the Extracurricular Activity Fee from $30 per year to $32.50.
The increase will generate about $30,000 for the school system.
Students who pay the annual ECA fee are entitled to participate in one or more programs during the school year. The ECA fees help to offset the costs for operating after-school programs and for the transportation costs for activity buses.
In FY 2014, more than 24,000 students paid the ECA fee and generated $706,216.00 in revenue to support the programs. Students whose family income is below $35,000 and pay the reduced ECA fee of $15 per student would not be subject to the increase, according to Interim Superintendent Larry Bowers’ proposal...
http://www.mymcmedia.org/mcps-increases-school-activities-fee/
"The ECA fees help to offset the costs for operating after-school programs and for the transportation costs for activity buses." --- This is a joke, there are some sports (mainly girls' sports) that don't get a bus to games. Parents must take them. So.....why must the fee be flat when not all who pay the fee are treated equal?
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