2009-2010 School Year

REGISTRATION FEE: (one payment - due upon registration; non-refundable)

EARLY REGISTRATION FEE:  until 12:00pm on February 14, 2009

$250.00 per family

$  12.00 per student (Diocesan tax)

(after 3:30pm on Feb. 13, 2009, enrollment will be open on a first come, first serve basis -

regardless of current status)

LATE REGISTRATION FEE: registration after 12:00pm February 14, 2009

$300.00 per family

$  12.00 per student (Diocesan tax)

TUITION RATES:

Fees: all fees are non-refundable

Tuition includes the following:  Technology fee ($50) per family, Educational Material fee ($100) per family, and Classroom Supply Fee ($50) per student.

Building Fund:  $160.00 per family, payable before August 1^st

Others:

  Club / Class Dues:  Dues are set in August.

  Lunch:  The cost of lunch is determined by the Diocesan Food Service Office in August. Please see the “Student Services” section of this handbook.

Athletics:  Dues are set in August.

New families may choose to pay in one payment or  using the 10 month plan - Existing families may choose one payment or 10, 11 or 12 month payment options.

One Child-Catholic      $ 2,925.00              One Child Non-Catholic          $  3,000.00

Two Children-Catholic $ 5,293.00           Two Children Non-Catholic     $  5,443.00

Three or more -Catholic  $ 7,571.00       Three Children Non-Catholic   $  7,796.00

Four or more -Catholic  $ 9,736.00         Four or more Non-Catholic      $10,036.00

Pre-Kindergarten          $2,975.00 per student

Note:  If your Church Parish fails to financially subsidize Rayne Catholic for your children, this becomes your financial responsibility - thus moving your tuition under the “Non-Catholic” category.

LUNCH:

The cost of lunches for students in grades Kindergarten through eighth is $1.70 per day or $302.60 per student for the year.  If you wish to pay by the month, the first 8 payments would be $34.00, and your payment for April would be $30.60.

The cost for Pre-Kindergarten is $1.40 per day or $249.20 per student for the year; by the month, the first 8 payments would be $28.00, and your April payment would be $25.20.

The cost of lunch for visitors is $3.00 to be paid upon receipt of lunch.

Lunches must be paid in advance; you may pay the total amount at once, or you may pay by the month.  The diocese is no longer allowing reimbursement for lunches if a student is absent.  Lunch money envelopes are sent home with the tuition card.  If you pay by check, please make your check to Rayne Catholic Elementary Cafeteria. Please DO NOT include lunch and tuition monies on the same check.

Payment Options:

Tuition envelopes are sent home during the second week of June.

Rayne Catholic Elementary School offers the following options for tuition payment:

1.      Payment in full at the beginning of the school year

2.      Monthly payments over a 10, 11 or 12-month period, beginning in JUNE

Note: New families are required to choose the 10 month option.

Delinquent Tuition Policy:

1.    Monthly tuition payments are due in full on the first school day of each month and are past due after the tenth (10) day of each month. Payments not received by the thirtieth (30) day of each month are considered delinquent.

2.       Payments not received by the thirtieth (30) day of each month are considered delinquent, at which time a notice will be sent home.

3.       Once an account is over thirty (30) days delinquent:

a.       A letter will be sent to the parents requesting immediate response.

b.      All electronic services will be cancelled until the account is current.

c.       Registration papers for the next school year will be denied until accounts are current.

d.      Any family that has lost current status due to delinquent tuition. . .

i.      will relinquish their ‘spot’ in the class list

ii.      must follow “new family” registration procedures

4.       Once an account is over thirty (60) days delinquent:

a.  A letter will be sent to the parents notifying them that they must contact the principal with a written plan of action within one week.  The written response must include their plan of payment and the dates of payments.  The Principal will then present the plan to the Finance Committee of the School Board for approval, at which time the Finance committee may require a meeting with the delinquent party.

b.      Continuation of consequences of the 30 day delinquent accounts.

5.       Once an account is ninety (90) days delinquent and such account has not been resolved:

a.       Parents/guardians will be called and notified that their student(s) will be immediately dropped from Rayne Catholic enrollment.

b.      Families must follow “new family” registration process to re-enter Rayne Catholic.

6.       ALL ACCOUNTS MUST BE PAID IN FULL BY MAY 15, 2009, OR STUDENT(S) WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TAKE FINAL TEST  WHICH WILL RESULT IN GRADES OF ZERO and PARTICIPATE IN END OF THE YEAR CEREMONIES.

7.       Transcripts and records of students transferring to other schools will be withheld until all money owed the school is paid in full (tuition, lunch, excel, library, supplies, fundraiser monies, picture money, etc.).

8.       No child’s name will be placed on a class list at the beginning of the school year if the family has any past due accounts owed to the school.  This may result in the student(s) loosing their spot.

WITHDRAWAL POLICY

When a student withdraws from Rayne Catholic Elementary School all debts must be cleared before the student(s) records will be transferred.