Concerned Parents v. Caruthersville School District 18

PINCH, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court dismissing plaintiffs’ petition with prejudice on the ground that it failed to state a claim for relief. The principal question to be resolved is whether public school districts in Missouri are constitutionally prohibited from charging registration fees and course fees as prerequisites to enrollment and to participation by school age children in classes offered for academic credit by the district. Plaintiffs contend that the district’s policy of charging registration and course fees, plus requiring students to furnish certain…