Coaches Decry Cutting Budgets to Fund Teachers' Raise

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Dozens of coaches at South Summit High School in Kamas, Utah, and their supporters attended last week's South Summit Board of Education meeting to protest a reduction in athletic funding, as well as a requirement that they fill out detailed budgets that account for every expected cost — including team dinners — and to build those costs into student fees.

As reported by the The Park News in Park City, in an effort to reduce hidden fees for students to participate in team sports, such as unexpected dinners out or the cost of a team sweatshirt, the Utah Legislature has mandated coaches detail exactly how much they’ll charge in student fees and what that money will be spent on, according to school superintendent Shad Sorenson. The idea is to make it less likely kids will be priced out of playing sports, but it has resulted in a major uptick in administration time and a restructuring of the way things are done. In addition, the district has added costs like upgrading shoulder pads to the burden of student fees, rather than paying for them itself.

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