Two other New Jersey districts have offered $100 bounties for tips about nonresident students.

Mr. Cirelli said that the costs of leniency toward nonresident students had become too great for his district, which has a student population of 3,100.

The authorities discovered 22 nonresident students attending schools in Bergenfield last spring, and when confronted with the evidence, the parents withdrew their children, he said.

Articles to nonresident students attending schools in this state.

The General Assembly, however, capped tuition increases at 9 percent and restricted the number of nonresident students.

Hood's enrollment has actually grown, largely because it reached out to older and nonresident students.

The practice of accepting nonresident students for a fee has been profitable because administrators do not hire new staff members to accommodate the students.

"The basic question the language raises is why should Massachusetts taxpayers subsidize nonresident alien students who can afford to pay the full cost of their education?"

Some districts capitalize on their reputations for excellence to attract tuition-paying, nonresident students.

Denver has also dropped the tuition requirement for nonresident students.