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Bellingham Public Schools will provide an educational program for students as free of costs as possible.

The superintendent may approve fees for supplementary supplies, materials or services for which a charge is made to the student so long as the fee is established at a level to defray actual costs, students are free to purchase them elsewhere or provide reasonable alternatives and a proper accounting is made of all moneys received by staff for supplies and materials.

The board delegates authority to the superintendent or designee to establish appropriate fees and procedures governing the collection of such fees and to make annual reports to the board regarding fee schedules. Arrangements will be made for the waiver or reduction of fees for students whose families, because of their low income, would have difficulty paying the full fee. For programs governed by the National School Lunch Act, the USDA Child Nutrition Program guidelines will be used to determine qualification for waiver. The superintendent or designee will establish a procedure for annually notifying parents/guardians of the availability of fee waivers and reductions, including eligibility information for free or reduced-price meals.

A student will be responsible for the cost of replacing any property belonging to others that are lost or damaged due to the student鈥檚 negligence.

If any property of the district, a contractor of the district, an employee or another student has been lost or willfully cut, defaced or injured, with the damages exceeding $1,000, the district may withhold the diploma, but not the grades or transcripts, of the student responsible for the damage or loss for the earlier of either five years from the date of the student鈥檚 graduation or until the amount owed is less than $1,000. If the student and parent/guardian are unable to pay for the damages, the district shall provide a program of community service for the student in lieu of the payment of monetary damages. Community service completed must be credited at the applicable local or state minimum wage, whichever is greater. Upon completing community service that reduces the amount owed to less than $1000, the student鈥檚 diploma must be released.

The student or their parent/guardian may appeal the imposition of a charge for damages or fines. The student or their parent/guardian will be notified regarding the nature of the charge for damages or fines, whether the student鈥檚 diploma may be withheld, how restitution may be made and how an appeal may be instituted. When the damages or fines do not exceed $100, the student or their parent/guardian will have the right to an informal conference with the principal. As is the case for appealing a short-term suspension, the principal’s decision may be appealed to the superintendent or designee and board. When damages are in excess of $100, the appeal process for long-term suspension will apply.