MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- Some parents said they are worried that some school trips will no longer be possible because of new state laws.

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Everything from football to band boosters to French club must follow new rules that some said are inappropriate.

The Seigel High Marching Band is set to go to New York to march in the Saint Patrick's Day Parade. The trip is an expensive proposition for mothers like Susan Steen, but worth it, she said.

She said she is also wondering if such a trip will ever happen again after discovering that if a child on free or reduced lunch was in the band and wanted to go, the school would have to pay for it or the trip would be off.

“If student A and B can’t afford to go, then we don’t think that C, D, E and F ought to go either,” she said.

The law states that if a trip involves any school time, like the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade, all children must be offered the trip whether they can pay for it or not.

“You could not take the trip if you did not follow the statute, and the rules that say that you have to offer a waiver of the fees to those children. And so I think that in most situations, they’re going to try to work it out. And while it’s really hard to raise the money, it’s important they’re going to do that so the kids can attend,” said Department of Education representative Rachel Woods.

Steen said that means that other parents who can barely send their own children would be expected to pay for others.

“Would you say that I can't live in a house because not everybody else can afford to live in a house? Well, no, that would be ludicrous,” she said.

The law has been around for 20 years, but it didn't get any attention until the state passed a new law that is going into effect that subjects all student booster groups to be more financially accountable and subject to audits and financial reporting.

The state comptroller's office championed the new law in the wake of the case against Julie Buchanon, who stole thousands of dollars from a dying boy's PTA fund for her plastic surgery.

But as part of the new law, booster groups must now deposit all money earned at school in the general school fund.

“Well, it’s not fair because we’re the ones doing the work for an activity that is actually going to benefit the school anyway, and it’s not their place to decide where that money goes,” Steen said.

The Seigel Band Boosters, who said they have no objection to state audits and accountability and like to help other people, said they wonder how financial accountability has stripped them of the ability to raise money for their children’s activities and forced them to be financially responsible for other children.

In light of the new law and the old one, some Rutherford County parents who belong to the PTA, band and other student-activity organizations, are holding a countywide meeting Thursday night to figure out what they'd like to do.