Friends of King School District Free School Guarantee & Fee Policy guarantees free school, including education, meals, and transportation for all students attending any of their district schools. This guarantee ensures that students enrolling into the district shall not be required to pay any fee, deposit, or other charge not specifically authorized by law. It safeguards that the enrollment of any student assigned to a F.O.K.S District school will not be obstructed or denied due to a student’s or student’s parents’ or guardians’ financial inability to pay school fees associated with either the schools, classes, programs or activities.

As part of the guarantee, no education record of any student may be withheld or refused to be transferred, as the result of lack of payment of any fine, debt, or other outstanding obligation, pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. Ann. 14:112(C). This policy further assures that any fee deemed necessary by the LEA, hardship fee waiver information, and the appeals process will be communicated to families in the student/ parent handbook and publicized on the school and district websites. The Free School Guarantee & Fee Policy shall be reviewed annually, revised where necessary, and publicized.

A list of authorized fees, including their purpose, use, amount, or authorized ranges, and how each fee is collected, shall be as listed on the Schedule of Fees (Appendix A) attached to this policy. Materials and resources provided with Louisiana state and local funds that are an essential part of the basic educational program are at no charge to a student, and will be used efficiently and effectively; however, some additional educational supplies, resources, or activities may be provided for free, rented for a reasonable fee, or sold at cost:

• Furnishing of personal, consumable, or materials for a class project that a student will keep
• Transportation and other identified items connected with courses of instruction, school related social, educational, cultural, athletic, or school band activities
• Security deposits for the return of materials, supplies, or equipment 10
• Replacement of school-issued materials or items including lost, damaged, or overdue schoolbooks, library books, and technology equipment
• Replacement of school-issued materials or items including lost, damaged, or overdue schoolbooks, library books, and technology equipment
• Voluntarily purchased publications, pictures, yearbooks, graduation announcements, graduation attire
• Participation in before/after school activities including before and aftercare
• Replacement of school issued documents
• In some cases, online and/or optional courses offered for credit that requires use of facilities not available on district premises
• Participation in field trips and excursions connected with courses of instruction, school related social, educational, cultural, athletic, or school band activities.
• Participation in off-school premises activities including proms, dances, school sponsored events