Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-12-04
OUTSIDE PUPILS
COST D. c. SCHOOLS
S217,SA A YEAR
Tabular Statement Made to
Carusi Shows II Out of
2,477 Pay Tuition.
SENIOR HIGHS HANDLE
MOST NON-RESIDENTS
New Elementary Building Could
Be Built Annually on Loss,
Board Told.

The District of Columbia is providing
approximately $217,S54.82 yearly for the
education of pupils of other States.
This Is revealed in a tabular state
nent issued by the school statistical
Office at the request of DR.. Charles F,
Carusi, president of the School Board,
which shows that out of 2,477 non-resi-
dent pupils attending District schools
only II pay tuition. The remaining
2,4O6 nonresident pupils are exempt
under Federal tuition laws applying to
the District schools, either because their
parents are Federal Government en-
ployes or in the military service or
otherwise employed in the District.
If the tuition-exempt nonresident
pupils paid the cost of the education
they are receiving in tuition, the Dis
trict school system would have enough
money annually to build nett ele-
mentary school, or If the District saved
the tuition for a two-year period 1t
would be able with the additioN Of a
few thousand dollars of its own, to erect
a complete Junior high school with ac-
commodations for 700 pupils every "a
months. An eight-room elementary
school building without an auditorium
can be erected for $3.50, 1000 to $140, 900,
while 16-room elementary school with
combination auditorium and gymnasium
would cost between $225,000 and
$250,000.
Practice of Construction.
Under the practice of constructing
elementary schools in independent units
of eight rooms, it would be entirely
possible, school officials point out, to
erect complete elementary unit every
year out of the funds not paid the Dis
trict by nonresident pupils.
While the school statistical once
table shows that the schooling provided
nonresident pupils costs the District
S217,854.82, the actual revenue derived
from the II pupils who do pay tuition
il only $6,48836 Thus, the District
provides S211. 36646 wcrth of educa-
ton to nonresident pupils at no cost
to them.
The largest group of nonresident
pupils attend the senior high schools
OF the 878 State children in these
schools, only "a pay the $122.62 an
. nual tuition. Thus, while $4,l69 Is
the total revenue provided by non
the cost Of senior high school educa-
ton that Is given State residents is
$1O7, 660.36. Similarly, Of the 839 non
resident elementary school children,
only nine pay the tuition fee OF $7l.52
The District, on the other hand, pays
&6O.OO5 %, while it receives only $643.60
for this learning. Four of the 33 non
resident teacher-college students pay
the Sl9536 per year, so that while the
cost Of this education Is .08, the
total revenue paid by these students Is
$781.44.
Junior High Situation.
The same situation exists in the
Junior high schools, where 8 out OF 5oS
pupils pay the $500 annual tuition
The revenue paid by nonresident junior
high school children totals $775.2o
while the total cost of Junior high
schooling afforded State children here
is $37, 694 10. The total cost Of vaca-
ton school tuition for nonresident
pupils is 1881 ga, while the total revenue
bald is only $42.66. This small per-
centage Of the cost is paid by 8 OF the
1876 nonresident pupils in the vacation
school. Seven out of one hundred and
twenty-eight nonresident pupils at
tending the District night schools pay
the $1,000 tuition fee for these schools
The total cost Of night school tuition
given State residents is $1,395.2O, while
the total revenue is $3.50.
These figures were compiled by r. w
Holt, chief accountant of the schools
at the request made by the president OF
the school board two weeks ago. They
represent conditions as Of January J.
1880, and indications at present are
that the current figures show an even
greater outlay of money by the District
school system for the education Of non
resident children. These figures, which
were presented at the Board Of Educa-
ton meeting late yesterday, were re-
ceived by the board almost at the same
time that Representative Robert @
Simmons of Nebraska testified in the
hearings on fiscal relations between the
District of Columbia and the Fedora
Government that the district Is at
tempting to squeeze" money out Of ths
Federal Government.