“I wonder what they will do if a kids parents don’t have the cash due to unemployment or other hardship? “
Here in Elkhart Co. they send it in for collection. And then if the fees aren’t paid they hold your kid’s diploma until they are paid. My daughter had $1.00 balance for a library book she ruined (which I remember paying for several times!) and they held her diploma. She had to go in and pay it again. She had friends who’s parent owed hundreds. Of course they still graduated but they just don’t get that piece of paper that the rest of the kids get.
And of course the parents get hounded by the collection agency until they pay up. I’m not excusing the not paying, after all I paid for my kids but it’s just kinda crappy the way they treat you.
Not getting your diploma that you earned unless you pay their fee? That’s BS imho.
I wonder if anyone has gotten serious and taken this whole fee thing to court and fought it there yet.