Allowable Fees ITEM FEE ALLOWED? RATIONALE Textbooks, including electronic Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section textbooks, and supplementary 301.1 as textbooks instructional materials which convey information to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning process Software used for instruction Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Worksheets Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Student planners Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as school supply Towel fee Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as school supply Fee for costs of cleaning and Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section general wear-and-tear of 301.1 as school supply marching band uniform or choir performance robe Rental of musical instrument Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Chemicals, apparatus used by No Prohibited by Iowa Code section every student in chemistry class 282.6 and OAG # 79-12-22 as “tuition” Wood in wood shop Foods in food class Cloth, sewing supplies in sewing class Difference between the raw Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section material (see row directly above) 301.1 as school supply and a student’s voluntarily chosen upgrade (e.g., pine wood upgraded to walnut or basic cotton cloth upgraded to finer grade of cloth) Eye protective device Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 280.10 Ear protective device Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 280.11 Driver education course Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 282.6 Summer school courses Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 282.6 Discretionary transportation of Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section pupils to and from school (less 285.1(1) than 2 miles from elementary or
Allowable Fees ITEM FEE ALLOWED? RATIONALE Textbooks, including electronic textbooks, and supplementary instructional materials which convey information to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning process Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Software used for instruction Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Worksheets Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Student planners Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as school supply Towel fee Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as school supply Fee for costs of cleaning and general wear-and-tear of marching band uniform or choir performance robe Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as school supply Rental of musical instrument Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as textbooks Chemicals, apparatus used by every student in chemistry class Wood in wood shop Foods in food class Cloth, sewing supplies in sewing class No Prohibited by Iowa Code section 282.6 and OAG # 79-12-22 as “tuition” Difference between the raw material (see row directly above) and a student’s voluntarily chosen upgrade (e.g., pine wood upgraded to walnut or basic cotton cloth upgraded to finer grade of cloth) Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 301.1 as school supply Eye protective device Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 280.10 Ear protective device Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 280.11 Driver education course Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 282.6 Summer school courses Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 282.6 Discretionary transportation of pupils to and from school (less than 2 miles from elementary or Yes Authorized by Iowa Code section 285.1(1)
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