These are just some of the strings attached to the tax money that comes back to the district after being sent to the Feds.
It's one thing to get it, it's another thing to have the school call you at work to ask why you didn't return it, call home to tell you you must return it, tell kids to tell you to return it, etc. And it isn't once a year, more like two or three times a year, every year! We've been in the same schools since 1995, it's not like it's a mystery that we've NEVER returned it.
Money, the root of all evil. Thanks for the info, though.
You are in trouble, because the school must prove everyone got the application. The only way they can do that is to compel everyone to return a form, even if it says “I decline”.