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Tuition
Information and Procedures
REVISED February 11, 2008;
these revisions, in blue print below, become effective for the 2008-09
school year.
NOTE: Students living outside the school district, even
if displaced by Katrina,
will be tuition students for school year 2008-09.
(BOARD ACTION,
JANUARY 15, 2008)
Biloxi Public Schools accepts
tuition students on an individual basis subject to approval by the School
Board. Consideration is given to those students who have an excellent
attendance record, good grades, and an outstanding disciplinary history.
Below you will find listed the documents
needed to apply for tuition status in the Biloxi School District.
Please note that no tuition packet will be processed until all three (3) documents in the
tuition packet are returned to the office of Student Services.
Please return
the documents together as a packet; tuition packets will not be processed
until all documents are completed and payment for the first semester has
been made.
To ensure that your child
is approved for enrollment in Biloxi Public Schools as a tuition student,
the tuition packet should be returned to the office
of Student Services no later than June 30, for action by the Board at the regularly scheduled July Board
meeting. (Tuition approval at the August Board meeting may result in
the student missing the first few weeks of school since school starts before the regularly scheduled Board meeting.)
 Please
note that there are two tuition scales based on whether or not you reside in
the Biloxi city limits but outside the Biloxi Public School district
(commonly referred to as the "annexed area" or "Woolmarket" that includes
Wells Ferry subdivision) or outside the city limits.
(BOARD ACTION, MAY 10,
2005)
For students whose parents/guardians reside in the
annexed area:
(BOARD ACTION, MAY 10,
2005)
The tuition charge, per student, is $1,000.00 per year.
Payment schedule is as follows: $500 prior to enrollment; $250 by October 1;
$250 by December 1.
For 2008-2009, students whose parents/guardians reside in the
annexed area:
(BOARD ACTION,
JANUARY 15, 2008)
The tuition charge, per student, is $500.00 per year.
Payment schedule is as follows: $250 prior to enrollment; $125 by October 1;
$125 by December 1.
For students whose parents/guardians reside outside
the annexed area, i.e., outside the city limits:
The tuition charge, per student, is $1,200.00 per year.
Payment schedule is as follows: $600 prior to enrollment; $300 by October 1;
$300 by December 1.
The tuition fee, on a semester basis, is only refundable if the student has
not begun the semester. For example, a student whose tuition is paid
in full but withdraws prior to the beginning of the second semester and does
not attend a single day in the second semester will receive a refund of have
the tuition upon request by the parent/guardian.
The school district may restrict tuition students from
some Biloxi schools based on overcrowding.
- Tuition Student Application
-
This form must be requested from the
office of Student Services, (228) 374-1810, X-125.- Tuition Student Behavior
Statement
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The top of this form must be completed
by the parent/guardian and then given to the principal of the releasing school in order to
be completed. This form must be completed in its entirety by the principal (or his/her
designee) of your child’s last school. If your child is entering kindergarten for the
first time, this form is not necessary.- Student Release Form
-
Before any tuition paper work can be
presented to the Biloxi School Board, we must have on file in this office a student
release form for your child. This form is obtained from your home school district. The
process for obtaining a student release is different for each district. Please contact
your home school district and they will inform you as to the procedure you must follow to
obtain this form. The enclosed form is a courtesy form, your home school district may
choose to use this form or they may choose to use a form of their own.- Tuition Fee
- $500/per student per year if the family
resides in the annexed (Woolmarket) area of the city of Biloxi;
$1,200/per student per year if the family resides outside the city
limits of Biloxi. Half of the tuition fee is payable before
the student enrolls in school i.e., attends a day of school; one fourth of
the tuition is due by October 1st; the final fourth is due prior to
December 1st. Students will be required to withdraw from school for
the second semester if tuition payments are not made by these deadlines
(October 1 and December 1).- Note
- Tuition status is for one school year only.
This process must be completed each year for your child to remain a tuition student in the
Biloxi School District.
The School Board
currently meets on the second Tuesday of each month; beginning July 1, 2007,
the School Board will meet the third Tuesday of each month. In order to
meet Board deadlines, all paperwork must be in Dr. Spink's office no later than the last
day of the previous month. Example: Board meeting is on Tuesday, August
21,
paper work must be in Dr. Spink's office no later than Tuesday, July 31, in order to be
submitted to the Board at the August 21, board meeting.
If you have any questions concerning the
procedure, please call Dr. Spink's office at 228-374-1810, extension 125. |
