In accordance with Diocesan School Board policy, beginning
with the 2009-2010 school year, St. Brigid School will be implementing the
Total FACTS system of tuition
billing.
Total FACTS is a comprehensive
tuition management system for all families that is designed to improve tuition
management for the school and streamline the financial aid application process.
Consistent with the original FACTS plan implemented in
2007, Total FACTS will continue to
provide families with two payment choices: 1) prepayment by June 1, 2009 or 2) a
payment plan over the course of ten months (June 2009 to March 2010).
Should the payment plan option be selected, families will be able to
choose either the 5th or the 20th as their payment date.
Unlike the original plan, though,
Total FACTS will invoice
all families through its
billing system, regardless of which plan they choose.
Tuition bills will no longer be sent to families by the School.
Instead, they will be sent directly by FACTS and will include payment
choices of a check for prepayments or direct debit from a checking or savings
account for prepayments and monthly installments.
Families opting for the ten month payment plan will be charged a $41
enrollment fee. Families choosing
to prepay by the June 1, 2009, deadline will have that fee waived and will
receive a $50 per student prepayment discount.
For families interested in financial aid,
Total FACTS will also help streamline
the financial aid application process.
This is accomplished by FACTS collecting all of the necessary information
from families, such as applications and tax returns, and performing a needs
analysis for submission to the School, where final decisions on award amounts
will be made.
No credit reports are pulled as part of performing this analysis
and all information collected is held in the strictest of confidence.
Families apply on-line at www.factstuitionaid.com; follow the
instructions to apply for financial aid.
Families with children attending St. Brigid School and others attending
either McAuley or Cheverus can apply for aid at each of the schools with just
one application.
Regardless of
whether families prepay or opt for the monthly payment plan, they will still be
charged a non-refundable $200 registration fee upon enrollment.
If your child/ren should withdraw before the start of the school year,
only a portion of tuition, not to exceed more than 80% of the total amount of
tuition may be refunded subject to Pastor and finance committee approval. If
your child/ren should withdraw from the school by November 30th no
more than 50% of the total amount will be subject to a refund. After November 30th
there will be no refunds on tuition for withdrawal of your child/ren.
In the event of an early departure, any outstanding FACTS monies will be
due and payable.