Streeter v. Greene County Board of Education

COZORT, Judge.

The issue presented by this appeal is whether or not the Greene County Board of Education may require the payment of an exit tuition fee of $200.00 as a condition to approving the transfer of a Greene County resident student to a school system in a different county. We hold the exit tuition fee is not provided for by the constitution and statutes of this state, and we uphold the trial court’s order enjoining the enforcement of the exit tuition fee policy.

The essential facts are not in dispute. Greene County is a small rural county with a rapidly declining public school student…