Sec. 10-73a. Adult education fees and charges; waivers. Adult education school activity fund.
Sec. 10-73a. Adult education fees and charges; waivers. Adult education
school activity fund. (a) Tuition or registration fees shall not be charged by any school
district to adults enrolled in any adult class or program required under subdivision (1)
of subsection (a) of section 10-69. Registration fees may be charged by a providing
school district or cooperating eligible entity to a cooperating school district for any adult
residents of such cooperating district who are enrolled in any adult class or program of
adult classes maintained by such providing school district or cooperating eligible entity
and required by said section.
(b) The board of education of any providing school district may charge a registration
fee for residents of a cooperating school district registered for any subject offered pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 10-69 in an amount greater than the
registration fee charged for residents of such providing school district registered for any
such subject.
(c) The board of education of any providing school district may fix and collect a
charge from any student for books and materials furnished such student in any adult
class or activity or program of adult classes or activities, or may lend books or materials
to any such student and require the making of deposits by such student, except as provided in this subsection and subsection (e) of this section. The amount of such deposit
made by a student may be refunded upon the return, in good condition, of the books or
materials lent him. A refundable deposit may be required by the board of education of
any providing school district from adult students who are enrolled in any program required under section 10-69 for books or materials furnished to such students for use in
such program, provided such deposit shall not exceed the actual cost of such books or
materials. The amount of such deposit made by a student shall be refunded upon the
return, in good condition, of the books or materials lent him. The board of education of
any providing school district may collect a charge from a cooperating school district for
any books or materials furnished to adult students who are residents of such cooperating
school district and are enrolled in any program required under section 10-69 for use in
such program. No charge may be made to any adult enrolled in the classes and activities
pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 10-69 offered by a cooperating
eligible entity.
(d) The board of education of any providing school district may waive fees of any
kind to a handicapped adult, as defined by the State Board of Education, or to a person
sixty-two years of age or older registered for, or enrolled in, adult programs, classes or
activities permitted by subdivision (2) of section 10-69, provided such board may charge
a cooperating school district (1) a registration fee for any handicapped adult or any
person sixty-two years of age or older who is a resident of such cooperating district
and who is enrolled, through cooperative arrangements approved by the State Board of
Education, in any adult class or program of adult classes maintained by such providing
school district and required under section 10-69; and (2) a charge for any books or
materials furnished to any such person for use in any adult class or activity or program
of adult classes or activities required under section 10-69 or permitted by subdivision
(2) of section 10-69.
(e) The board of education of any providing school district which collects fees may
establish and maintain in its custody an adult education school activity fund through
which it may handle the finances of the adult education program as outlined in this
section, said fund to be maintained and operated in conformance with the provisions of
section 10-237.
(1961, P.A. 512, S. 4; P.A. 74-281, S. 3; P.A. 75-576, S. 3; P.A. 81-397, S. 7; P.A. 83-122, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-325, S. 4,
7; P.A. 87-499, S. 32, 34; 87-589, S. 46, 87; P.A. 95-259, S. 8, 32; P.A. 96-244, S. 10, 63.)
History: P.A. 74-281 substituted "school district" for "town", amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision prohibiting
charge for English and Americanization courses, elementary courses or high school completion courses with provision
prohibiting fees for classes required by Subsecs. (a) and (b) of Sec. 10-71, i.e. Americanization and citizenship courses
and courses usually provided in elementary and secondary schools in state, deleted former Subsec. (b) re $2 charge for
other courses, renumbering remaining subsections accordingly, amended Subsec. (b), formerly (c), to allow charge for
classes offered by petition and for nonresident students, retaining exemption for the handicapped and elderly, and made
other technical changes; P.A. 75-576 deleted former Subsec. (a) and inserted definitions, deleted former Subsec. (b) and
inserted new provisions prohibiting charge for courses required to be offered except in cooperative arrangements between
school districts, inserted new Subsecs. (c) and (d) clarifying charges allowed under Subsec. (b), designated former Subsec.
(c) as Subsec. (e) and added provisions prohibiting book charges for courses required to be offered except in cooperative
arrangements between districts, added new Subsec. (f) clarifying when fees charged handicapped or elderly adults and
designated former Subsec. (d) as Subsec. (g); P.A. 81-397 included regional educational service centers as sponsoring
school districts, increased maximum registration fee from $8 to $15 per subject for specified courses and replaced provision
which allowed handicapped and elderly adults to enroll "in any adult program, class or activity" free of charge with
provision allowing them to enroll in "two or fewer" adult programs, classes or activities; P.A. 83-122 amended Subsec.
(e) to allow board to charge refundable deposit for books or materials lent to students; P.A. 84-325 amended Subsec. (c)
allowing boards to charge residents of a nonsponsoring school district a fee for courses taken which may exceed the
registration fee charged to residents of the sponsoring board, deleted Subsec. (d) re fee charged for any subject or activity
which the board chose to offer, relettered the subsequent subsecs. accordingly, amended new Subsec. (e) allowing boards
to waive the fee for handicapped or elderly adults enrolled in or registered for any number of adult programs, rather than
prohibiting the charging of the fee if such adult was enrolled in or registered for two or more classes, deleted Subsec. (e)(2)
and (3) re registration fees to be charged and renumbered former Subdiv. (4); P.A. 87-499 provided that registration fees
may be charged by a sponsoring school district to a cooperating eligible entity in Subsec. (b) and that no charge be made
to any adult enrolled in certain activities offered by cooperating eligible entities in Subsec. (d); P.A. 87-589 made technical
changes in Subsec. (b); P.A. 95-259 changed the terminology used to describe school districts, deleted definitions which
were added to Sec. 10-67 and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-244 made technical changes and in
Subsec. (a) substituted "adults" for "adult residents of such district", effective July 1, 1996.