Fees & Fines

Henderson County High School wants to be transparent in the questions of fees and fines. The hope is this newsletter will explain valuable information about fees, fines, and ways to resolve the fees and fines. We ask all parents/guardians to take a close look each school year at the fees and fines assessed to their child's account.

The best way to stay on top of fees and fines is to periodically check your child's Infinite Campus account. Checking Infinite Campus not only alerts you of fees and fines but also of attendance, grades, and missing work. This is a great tool for every parent to use.

Thank you!

What does that mean?

The Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) is a non-pricing meal service option for schools and school districts in low-income areas. CEP allows the nation’s highest poverty schools and districts to serve breakfast and lunch at no cost to all enrolled students without collecting household applications. Instead, schools that adopt CEP are reimbursed using a formula based on the percentage of students categorically eligible for free meals based on their participation in other specific means-tested programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).

So all students in the Henderson County Schools eat lunch and breakfast for free. This DOES NOT mean all our students qualify for free and reduced lunch. To qualify each family must be a direct certification through medical card, snap benefits, or complete a new Household Income Form (HIF) form each school year.

If approved for free or reduced lunch:

1. It will waive your Instructional Fee of $50.00

2. It can help with ACT exam waivers.

3. It can help with College Application Waivers.

4. It helps your Title 1 Program receive funding.

5. It helps your Family Resource Youth Services Center receive funding.

An Instructional Fee will be assessed to each student enrolled in grades 9-12 for the school year. This fee will be in the amount of $50.00 per student, and the required textbooks will be furnished to each child for each class in which he/she is enrolled. Students or parents must compensate the school for their assigned textbooks that are lost or destroyed. Replacement costs shall be as follows:

• 100% of the retail cost for one and two-year-old textbooks

• 75% of the retail cost for three and four-year-old textbooks

• 25% of the retail cost for five and six-year-old textbooks.

The guidelines for damaged textbooks are as follows:

A fair amount will be assessed based on cost, age of the book, damage as determined by the bookstore clerk, and/or teachers, and/or principal, and/or those persons who administer the textbook program at the secondary level.

A Technology Fee will be assessed to each student enrolled in grades 9-12 for the school year. This fee will be in the amount of $25.00 per student. This will be the rental fee for the Chromebook. If the Chromebook is lost or damaged replacement, fees will be assessed.

The Technology Fee is not waived if you qualify for Free and Reduced Lunch by the Household Income Form. However you can start on a payment plan now.

1. Chromebook Lost/Stolen/or Damage Fee

2. Lost or destroyed books

3. Extra-Curricular Activity fees that were not paid

4. Uniforms that were not turned in

5. Advanced Placement Exam Fees

6. Parking Tickets

Payment plans are always an option for our students. To set up a payment plan you may call the Henderson County High School Main office and speak to Marie Pickerill our Account Clerk. You may reach her at 270-831-8800.