An Act to require the payment of tuition on account of certain persons who attend the public schools of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes
PL 86-725 (H.R.7124), enacted 09/08/1960

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PUBLIC LAW 86-725-SEPT. 8, 1960 
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Public Law 86-725 
AN ACT 
September 8, 1960 
To require the payment of tuition on account of certain persons who attend 
[H. R. 7124] 
the public schools of the District of Columbia, and for other purposes. 
District of Co-
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatwes 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may lumbia Nonresi-
be cited as the "District of Columbia Nonresident Tuition Act". 
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SEC. 2. (a) In the case of (1) each adult who attends a public tion°^' 
school of the District of Columbia and does not reside in the District ^^^^^^'^^^°'^ °^ 
of Columbia, and (2) each child who attends such a public school ^"""^ ^
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and does not have a parent or guardian who resides in the District 
of Columbia, or is not an orphan, there shall be paid to the Board of 
Education the amount fixed by the Board of Education pursuant to 
subsection (b) of this section. 
(b) The amount which shall be paid with respect to each person 
subject to subsection (a) of this section shall be fixed by the Board 
of Education with the approval of the Board of Commissioners of 
the District of Columbia as the amount necessary to cover the expense 
of tuition and cost of textbooks and school supplies used by such per-
son. 
(c) All amounts received by the Board of Education under this 
section shall be paid into the Treasury of the United States, to the 
credit of the District of Columbia. 
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this sec-
tion, upon the submission of evidence satisfactory to the Board of 
Education that care, custody, and substantial support are supplied by 
the person or persons with whom a child is residing in the District 
of Columbia, and that the parent or guardian of such child is unable 
to supply such care, custody, and support, or that such child is self-
supporting, such child shall be considered a resident of the District 
of Columbia for the purpose of school attendance and exempt from the 
requirement to pay tuition. 
SEC. 3. (a) The Board of Education shall take such action as may 
Regulations, 
be necessary to determine which of the persons, attending or desiring 
to attend the public schools of the District of Columbia, for whom 
tuition shall be paid as required by section 2, and said Board is 
authorized, with the approval of the Commissioners of the District 
of Columbia, to make regulations to carry out the intent and purposes 
of this Act. 
(b) Any person who makes a statement required or authorized by 
this Act to be filed with the Board of Education knowing that the 
information set forth in such statement is false, shall be fined not 
more than $300 or imprisoned for not more than ninety days, or both. 
Any person violating any regulation made pursuant to the authority 
in this Act shall be fined not more than $100 or imprisoned for not 
more than thirty days. 
(c) All prosecutions for violations of this Act, or regulations made 
pursuant thereto, shall be conducted in the name of the District of 
Columbia by the Corporation Counsel or any of his assistants. 
As 
used in this Act the term "Corporation Counsel" means the attorney 
for the District of Columbia, by whatever title such attorney may be 
known, designated by the Board of Commissioners of the District of 
Columbia to perform the functions prescribed for the Corporation 
Counsel in this Act. 
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PUBLIC LAW 86-725-SEPT. 8, 1960 
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S T A T . 
Definitions. 
D. C. 
1, app. Code title 
D. C. 
30 la. 
C o d e 31-
Repeals. 
30 Stat. 1056. 
38 Stat. 536. 
38 Stat. 910. 
40 Stat. 470. 
58 Stat. 515. 
63 Stat. 309. 
D. C. 
College. 
SEC. 4. As used in this Act— 
(1) the term "child" means a person who is less than twenty-
one years of age; 
(2) the term "orphan" means a child who resides in the District 
of Columbia and who does not have a living parent or guardian; 
(3) the term "adult" means a person who is twenty-one years 
of age, or older ; 
(4) the term "guardian" means a person (A) appointed as a 
guardian for a child by a court of competent jurisdiction, and 
(B) who has control or custody of such child; 
(5) the term "parent" means a person (A) who (i) is a natural 
parent of a child, (ii) is a stepfather or stepmother of a child, 
or (iii) has adopted a child, and (B) who has custody or control 
of such child; and 
(6) the term "Board of Education" means the Board of 
Education of the District of Columbia. 
SEC. 5. (1) Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to affect the 
authority vested in the Commissioners of the District of Columbia 
by Eeorganization Plan Numbered 5 of 1952 (66 Stat. 824). 
The 
performance of any function vested by this Act in the Commissioners 
of the District of Columbia or in any office or agency under the juris-
diction and control of said Commissioners may be delegated by said 
Commissioners in accordance with section 3 of such plan. 
(2) This Act shall not be construed as superseding the Act approved 
April 23, 1958 (72 Stat. 98), and such Act approved April 23, 1958, 
shall continue in full force and effect. 
SEC. 6. The following provisions of law are repealed: 
(1) The last paragraph under the heading "Public Schools" 
in the Act of March 3,1899, as amended (D.C. Code, sec. 31-301). 
(2) The last paragraph under the side heading "Miscellaneous" 
which follows the center heading "Public Schools" in the Act 
of July 21,1914 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-302). 
(3) The last paragraph under the side heading "Miscellane-
ous" which follows the center heading "Public Schools" in the 
Act of March 3, 1915 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-303). 
(4) The second paragraph under the center heading "Public 
Schools" in the Act of March 28,1918 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-304). 
(5) The last paragraph under the heading "Capital Outlay" 
which follows the center heading "Public Schools" in the Act of 
June 28, 1944 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-305). 
(6) The last paragraph under the heading "Capital Outlay" 
which follows the center heading "Public Schools" in the Act of 
June 29, 1949 (D.C. Code, sec. 31-306). 
Teachers 
g^c. 7. Nothing contained in this Act shall be construed as prevent-
ing the Board of Education from requiring students of the District 
of Columbia Teachers College to pay tuition, and the said Board is 
authorized, in its discretion, to require the payment of tuition by the 
students of such college, whether or not resident in the District of 
Columbia, with the exception of those students who are authorized to 
be excused from the payment of tuition by an Act other than this Act. 
SEC. 8. This Act shall take effect on the first day of the school semes-
ter which commences at least sixty days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
Approved September 8, 1960. 
Effective date.