Tuition and Fees

School year tuition is $1200 per day registered. School year tuition can be paid with full, or set up on a payment plan. Payment plan payments can be made either

*Semesterly: two equal tuition payments due at the beginning of each semester

*Monthly in equal tuition payments over the school year ($120/month for each day registered). 

Late pick up fees are $1.50/minute.

Tuition is due on the 1st. Tuition is considered late as of the 3rd day of the month. A late fee of $50 will be automatically applied to any delinquent account. Enrollment is forfeit at 15 days overdue.

A registration fee of $90 is due with each family's registration each year (waived if tuition is paid in full for school year) 

Summer camp registration is separate from school year registration.

Cancellations and Changing Days

1. The regular enrollment period runs from February 1st to May 1st for the following school year and summer camps. Changes and cancellations made during the regular enrollment period and prior to May 1st will be eligible for refund of the May tuition deposit and any pre-paid summer tuition. 

2. The rolling admissions period begins May 2nd and continues throughout the school year as spaces are available. Cancellations of enrollments made during the rolling admissions period are eligible for May deposit refund for two weeks following the date of enrollment.  

3. Parents are free to add or change days at any time, depending on availability. Any additions and changes are considered permanent. As planning and scheduling are done weeks in advance, temporarily changing days to suit a vacation schedule is not permitted.

4. Please let us know if your child will not be in school due to illness or family vacation. No make up days are permitted.

5. Families who must leave us during the school year due to changes in family schedule or reloaction will have the May deposit applied to their last month at IPS, provided we have received one month's notice. Deposits cannot be credited to any tuition currently due.

Annual Supply Fee

The annual supply fee covers art supplies, capital equipment, special project supplies, and teacher supply stipends. It is currently $25 per day enrolled for the school year. Summer supplies are calculated separately.

Deposit

The one-month deposit required for enrollment is applied toward your child's May tuition payment. Therefore, parents will not have another tuition payment in May. Please refer to cancellation policies above for deposit refunds.

Credit Policy

We give our families the option of paying for school year tuition in full or with a payment plan in monthly or semester increments. Registration and activity fees are paid upon enrollment along with a one-month deposit which applies to May tuition of the upcoming school year. No deposit is required for summer camp enrollment. Families are responsible for any third-party processing fees related to this initial payment. Subsequent processing fees are born by IPS. Families who choose to pay the entire term’s tuition during this initial transaction are not charged a registration fee. While a family is only responsible for one registration fee per term, regardless of the number of students attending IPS, separate activity fees are charged for each student.

Families have the choice of paying all subsequent tuition charges by automatic billing to a credit card or bank account or by manual payment (check, cash or credit card) through their online account or at the IPS offices. Beginning September 2011, families who are 15 days late on any two tuition bills during a given calendar year must sign up for auto-billing for the remainder of that calendar year. The account may be re-assessed at the conclusion of the calendar year for reinstatement of the manual payment option. Refusal by a family to sign up for auto-billing upon the second 15-day late period is permissible only if the family pays the remaining balance for the current term (Summer term excluded).

Tuition is due on the 1st of each month. Auto-billing processes on the 25th in order to give the funds time to credit the account prior to the 1st. IPS asks that all credit card transactions take place by the 25th of each month to ensure that the funds are applied to any balance due before late fees generate on the 3rd. Families who do not pay their currently due account balance by midnight on the 3rd will be automatically charged a late fee of $50, which is due immediately with the unpaid tuition. IPS reserves the right to waive this fee if IPS was responsible for the delay in payment (e.g., system issue, checks not credited on a timely basis) or if the family was facing a legitimate emergency that prohibited them from making a payment. However, late fees will not be waived if a family continues to be delinquent after the IPS issue is remedied or the family emergency is resolved. The objective is not to collect late fees, but rather to ensure that future payments are remitted on a timely basis.

Any payments initiated by a family that does not clear the bank will incur a $25 fee which is due immediately with the unpaid tuition. This fee aims to recapture the expense that IPS will incur with its bank. Emails will be sent by billing@internationalpreschools.net.