Fund arts, trade skills classes for all students

In November 2015, Fourth District Judge Richard Greenwood ruled that West Ada School District violated the Idaho Constitution’s guarantee of a free education when it required students to pay certain fees.

The judge applied the 1971 Idaho Supreme Court ruling. “Where a class is offered as part of the regular academic courses of the school, the course must be offered without charge,” Greenwood wrote in his conclusions. The court did not require the school district to change its policy. But it did rule the district repay the plaintiff for fees improperly forced to pay.

SHARON OLDFIELD

Sandpoint

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