The Ohio High School Athletic Association estimates that nearly half of Ohio schools charged students fees to participate in school sports in the 2010-11 school year. That practice is often called “pay-to play.”
The athletic association estimates that the average participation fee in 2010-11 was $140.
Faced with falling state funding and failed local tax levies, many Ohio school districts have turned to asking students who want to play sports or participate in other extracurricular activities to bear part of the cost. It’s called pay-to-play. About half of Ohio school districts had some type of play-to-play fee in place last school [...]
We wrote last week about an anti-school levy group in Southwestern Ohio taking on the issue of pay-to-play. That’s when schools charge students fees to participate in extracurricular activities, particularly sports. In an unusual turn of events, the anti-levy group No Lakota founded a group called Yes to Lakota Kids to offer scholarship covering part of those fees for [...]
About half of Ohio school districts now charge some sort of fee for participation in school sports. Those “pay-to-play” fees average $140, and have been climbing as school districts seek ways to trim their budgets in the face of rising spending and falling state funding. But in one school district, an effort to help students [...]
Jack / Flickr As we reported earlier, public education isn’t exactly free these days. State budget cuts and failed local levies have left Ohio’s schools desperate to trim costs and still maintain services. That leaves parents paying for what schools can no longer afford, including fees for extracurricular activities. This week, Education Week suggests [...]
Public education isn’t exactly free these days. State budget cuts and failed local levies have left Ohio’s schools desperate to trim costs and still maintain services. That leaves parents paying for what schools can no longer afford. Half an hour east of Akron you’ll find the small, rural and property poor Field Local School District. [...]
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