Chapter 30 Public Summer School Tuitions

HAWAII ADMINISTRATIVE RULES

TITLE 8

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

SUBTITLE 2

EDUCATION

PART I

PUBLIC SCHOOLS

CHAPTER 30

PUBLIC SUMMER SCHOOL TUITIONS

§8-30-2 Tuition schedule of regular and special education summer school programs

Historical Note: This chapter is based substantially upon Department of Education "Rule 51, Relating to Public Summer School Tuitions." [Eff 5/26/77; R AUG 22, 1983]

§8-30-1 Definition of terms. As used in this chapter:

“Board” means the board of education.

“Department” means the department of education.

"Regular summer school program" means the department of education's program of instruction during the summer as regulated by the 2400 series of policies and regulations of the department.

"Special education summer school program" means the department of education's program of instruction during the summer for students with disabilities as defined by state law and as regulated by the 2400 series of policies and regulations of the department. [Eff 8/22/1983; am and comp 5/17/2010] (Auth: HRS §302A-1112) (Imp: Hawaii Const. Art. X, §3; HRS §§302A-1101, 302A-1112)

§8-30-2 Tuition schedule of regular and special education summer school programs. (a) The tuition shall be established by the superintendent of the department, upon approval by the board. Any adjustment shall be applied to the next scheduled summer school session and shall not be applied retroactively to tuition fees already collected.

(b) Tuition shall be paid prior to the first session of a summer school class. The director of a summer school may authorize delayed tuition payments in justifiable cases of hardship.

(1) Full refund -- Prior to the first day of summer school;

(2) Fifty per cent refund -- Up to the first week of summer school;

(3) Twenty-five per cent refund -- Up to the second week of summer school;

(4) No refund shall be made after the second week of summer school.

(d) Tuition payments shall be refunded according to the following schedule for a three-week session:

(1) Full refund -- Prior to the first day of summer school;

(2) Thirty-five per cent refund -- Up to the first week of summer school;

(3) No refund shall be made after the first week of summer school.

(e) Tuition payments may be waived by the district superintendent or designee according to the following criteria, on a first-come-first-served basis, provided state appropriated funds are made available to cover the tuition waivers:

(1) Student received free lunch or milk during the preceding regular school year by reasons of family income or hardship;

(2) Student received free bus transportation during the preceding regular school year by reason of public assistance;

(3) Current eligibility for state public assistance, or

(4) Family size and annual family gross income schedule established by the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for the provision of free school lunch or milk or both, to students in the preceding regular school year. [Eff. 8/22/83; am 8/28/1986; am and comp 5/17/2010] (Auth: HRS §302A-1112) (Imp: HRS §§302A-1112, 302A-1310)