How many out of county students pay tuition to attend FCPS?
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Anonymous
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This information doesn’t show up anywhere I’ve looked. If you’re at TJ, a Governor’s school, out of county student don’t pay, which makes sense. There are other exemptions as well. I’m sure I don’t know what they are. I can guess that if a student who goes to a caregiver’s house in Fairfax, they may get an exemption. Maybe FCPS teachers who live outside Fairfax get exemptions for their children.
Friend moved out of county and planned to move her senior in with her parents, which would've been legit. However, instead, she didn’t move the kid in with her parents and shuttled him from out of county every morning. 🤦♀️ Apparently, this came out in some meeting. FCPS said her son could stay if she paid tuition bc the school had capacity. She was upset but this was known upfront. Ugh. “Simple” solution, move kid in with grandparents and make them legal guardians for his senior year. I feel bad for the kid. Made me wonder how many people actually pay tuition as they should. Not sure if FCPS is even worth the expense. |
Anonymous
| Just FTR, there is no exemption for staff. They have to pay if they live out of county and want to bring their kids into FCPS. |
Anonymous
Interesting. |
Anonymous
Nope. That would not have worked. One cannot simply name a legal guardian who resides in FCPS for the purpose of attending tuition-free. If the parents were incarcerated or on their deathbed, and unable to care for their children, then they could attend tuition-free. It’s all laid out in Regulation 2202: https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/CYJLGM560E5E/$file/P2202.pdf |
Anonymous
| Doesn't fed govt pay tuition for military kids? Isn't that why we fill out those forms? |
Anonymous
| No they do not. All people who work for the government indicate that they do on the form and the government pays money to the district as they live here. Certainly not tuition! All those families actually live in the jurisdiction. A good many own homes and pay property taxes. |
Anonymous
Are those funds at risk with this challenge to Title IX? |
Anonymous
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Unfortunately, I think there is alot of abuse where students don't live in the county and don't pay tuition. Unless you tell the school you've moved, in most cases they may never find out you've moved.
My DS had two friends whose parents moved out of the county their senior year of high school. THey both had cars and licenses so they just drove themselves to school every morning. I have no way of knowing, but I doubt the parents paid for them to stay in the FCPS high school. |
Anonymous
The impact aid for children of military is different than the impact aid for civilians working for the government. |
Anonymous
So, it sounds like they are investigating people for residency fraud. |
Anonymous
| For some, it’s cheaper and easier to rent an apartment or a room somewhere in district for the one year. The kid lives in it with whatever family member they want M-F. It would be the primary residence. |
Anonymous
| So much misinformation in the first paragraph of the OP. The out-of-county kids who attend TJ have their tuition paid by their respective counties. |
Anonymous
There was a very famous--and well respected football player--who did that for his son about twenty years ago. It didn't turn out well. |
Anonymous
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Op - why didn't your friend stay in Fairfax Co and just commute daily (albeit a long commute) to the out-of-county...instead of doing it in reverse as you described?
I'd think driving a long commute to work is better than a long commute to my HS senior's school is easier. Or the HS senior's drives him/herself. |
Anonymous
The public school system the TJ student is zoned for has to pay TJ for each child from their system who attends TJ. Tuition is NOT waived. It is paid by that other school system (e.g., APS, LCPS). |