SK> ->    Students from surrounding communitites who attend Roanoke
SK> -> County, Va., public schools will be required to pay $500 in
SK> -> tuition beginning this fall 
    Charging higher tuition for out-of-district students is also a trend here 
in North Carolina.  (The trend here is driven by the fact that while the 
state pays the teachers, local districts pay for the buildings and equipment 
and may choose to pay the teachers a bonus...all of which are expenses 
increased by out-of-district students if many come to a local school system.)
SK> -> However, Tom Leggette, another board member, dismissed claims
SK> -> that the tuition charge will cause an exodus of students.
    A former school finance officer (worked in New York area) tells me that 
up there, they just kicked out kids actually living elsewhere.
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