When the District receives a check from a student or parent that, when deposited, is returned marked "insufficient funds", the Superintendent shall provide an opportunity for the payer to make proper payment or to arrange for a satisfactory payment schedule. If payment is not received within ten (10) days, the payment schedule is not adhered to, or the monies do not appear to be collectable, the Board of School Trustees authorizes the Superintendent to remove the fee or charge from the District's Accounts Receivable and to take appropriate action against the student and/or the parents.

If efforts to collect an amount due the District have not been successful and, in the opinion of the Chief Financial Officer (hereafter "the staff"), further efforts to collect the amount due are unlikely to be successful, the staff shall submit a recommendation that the Board find that the debt is uncollectable. This recommendation shall be supported by a brief statement that summarizes the efforts to collect the debt to date and the reason(s) why further efforts to collect the debt are not likely to be successful. The Board shall act upon this recommendation.

If the Board approves the staff recommendations that it find a debt to be uncollectable, the staff recommendation and any Board addition, deletion, or modification to the staff recommendation shall be included in the minutes of the Board meeting in which the staff recommendation is considered by the Board.

Revised 5/8/12
Revised 7/15/14