Poland sets proposed pay to play fees for sports, band

Poland sets proposed pay to play fees for sports, band

POLAND

The Poland Board of Education will vote on pay-to-participate fees for athletics and marching band next week, after deciding on a proposed fee amount at its Monday work session.

The fees that will be voted on are $200 per high school sport, $100 per middle school sport and $75 per participant in marching band, all to begin in the 2012-13 school year.

The measure that the board will vote on does not include a cap per student or family and does not exempt students who are receiving free and reduced-cost lunches.

The sports fees would be used to subsidize the athletic budget and the marching band fee would cover about half of the cost of the band’s transportation, school board members said.

The board decided against putting a motion on next week’s agenda to create a fee for all other extracurricular activities.

Read more in Tuesday’s Vindicator and Vindy.com