Town Residency for School attendence

[mhkwalk]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA
Can I be arrested for lying to the Superintendent about my residence? My fiance & her son moved in with me (in another town). He is a junior and wanted to stay in his school. If we rent an apartment in his original town and tell the superintendent that he and his mother live there can we be arrested?

 

[Hot Topic]

Unlikely you'll be arrested, but your son will probably be forced to go to the proper school. Nice lesson to teach the boy: lie and do what you want.

 

[Humusluvr]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? MA
Can I be arrested for lying to the Superintendent about my residence? My fiance & her son moved in with me (in another town). He is a junior and wanted to stay in his school. If we rent an apartment in his original town and tell the superintendent that he and his mother live there can we be arrested?

It's unlikely that you would be arrested, but you could be fined and forced to pay back the tuition that the school would charge. If you rent an apartment, and the mom gets all her bills, utilities, and things sent to that apartment, it's unlikely the school would find out, unless someone rats you out.

 

[Mass_Shyster]

I don't understand how you could be arrested or fined at all. Why is the superintendent asking where YOU live. The superintendent should be asking where the child lives or where the mother lives.

 

[stealth2]

LOL Good point, Steve.

OP - the school is interested in the child's residence, not yours. But yeah... good lesson to teach him.

 

[CJane]

This is actually my ex and his wife's plan to allow their shared child to attend a different school district than the one we all live in, when she begins school in the Fall.

I'd certainly take a look at whether paying tuition to the district is more or less expensive than renting an apartment in the district, and what that particular district's policies are regarding residence and out of district children.

 

[Ohiogal]

I know this is late but in Ohio they just arrested a woman for lying about her residence. They are charging her with theft by deception and grand theft due to the amount she "stole" by lying about her residence. It is a crime and IT can have criminal ramifications.

 

[angelpie545]

I know this is late but in Ohio they just arrested a woman for lying about her residence. They are charging her with theft by deception and grand theft due to the amount she "stole" by lying about her residence. It is a crime and IT can have criminal ramifications.

Do you have a link for this? Because it sounds like a very extreme reaction. So you're saying that this woman lied about her residence so her children could attend another school, and she was arrested for theft?

 

[Humusluvr]

Do you have a link for this? Because it sounds like a very extreme reaction. So you're saying that this woman lied about her residence so her children could attend another school, and she was arrested for theft?

Ohio.com - Case against grandfather postponed

Her father, who allowed the woman to use his residence to fraudulently put the children in school, is also in deep doo doo.

 

[Humusluvr]

Do you have a link for this? Because it sounds like a very extreme reaction. So you're saying that this woman lied about her residence so her children could attend another school, and she was arrested for theft?

Search Ohio.Com

Actually, there are 31 stories about it in the paper over the last week, because she's in so much trouble.

 

[stealth2]

Because it sounds like a very extreme reaction.

I suspect not to the taxpayers paying for her kid to go to the schools they pay for.

 

[disneykid52]

my complaint is if i dont have kids i shouldnt have to pay school taxes. are we forced to pay car insurance if we dont drive? nope.

 

[stealth2]

my complaint is if i dont have kids i shouldnt have to pay school taxes. are we forced to pay car insurance if we dont drive? nope.

But someone paid school taxes (presumably) when YOU went through school. Right?

 

[Humusluvr]

I suspect not to the taxpayers paying for her kid to go to the schools they pay for.

And somewhere I read that she stole tuition to the tune of $30,000. If someone stole a $30K car off a lot, they would go to jail, and not just for ten days. She was given the option to pay the school when they found out, but the mom chose not to. She thought she would just get probation, so she took a chance not paying. And this will cost her teaching license.

As for the person who said, "Why should we pay for someone else's kids to go to school?" Getting kids an education is the least you can do for your community. Because if they aren't in school, they can't get good jobs to get money to bring back to the community, they will sometimes end up pregnant and on welfare (which you pay for), unattended at home (wreaking havok), or committing crimes. It is the best thing for the entire community to have those kids in school, so you pay part of your property taxes to fund the schools.

 

[disneykid52]

But someone paid school taxes (presumably) when YOU went through school. Right?

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