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Friday, August 30, 2019

Parents Face a Growing Barrage of Fees as Students Head Back to School

The cost of a free public education is on the rise, as a growing number of districts across the U.S. are charging students for registration, textbooks, the use of libraries and more.

Some students in the Benton-Carroll-Salem Local School District in Ohio this school year pay a $10 student-activity fee, $34 for chemicals and supplies for chemistry and $3 for an alert system with mass calling capabilities. Anatomy and physiology students pay $35 to help cover the cost of cat cadavers and other course materials. High-school students this...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-face-a-growing-barrage-of-fees-as-students-head-back-to-school-11566639001

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