Attach punishment to enrollment theft

The Daily Herald reports that whenever out-of-district students whose residency information has been falsified are discovered, the district is “legally required to ask for . . . payment (of the prorated amount of tuition), but rarely actually receives any.” In other words, there is no penalty at all for their theft (there is no other word for it) of educational services funded by the school district’s property tax payers.

If payment is not forthcoming, the district should sell the receivable to a collection agency. Knowing that there is consequence to getting caught might reduce the temptation to falsify residency.

Bob Foys

Inverness