Tuition
St. Joseph School is funded by tuition and parish subsidy. Each
year, the School Advisory Board together with the pastor set the
tuition for St. Joseph School. The School Advisory Board approves
the annual budget and recommends it to the Parish Finance
Council.
St. Joseph Parish subsidizes parishioners' tuition.
Non-parishioners' tuition reflects the cost of educating each in
attendance. Discounts for parishioners with multiple children are
included in each year's tuition.
Click here for 2012-2013 tuition.
Financial Aid
In order to make Catholic school education available to the
children of active registered members of the parish, tuition
assistance may be considered for those who demonstrate need and
meet the procedural guidelines. Assistance is for tuition only.
Registration fees, supplies, and uniforms are not included in
assistance amounts.
This policy describes the criteria used to assess need, but the
decision to grant tuition assistance and the amount of assistance
lies solely to the discretion of the Pastor or his designate.
Awards will be made on the basis of need and the availability of
tuition assistance funds. As a guide for income eligibility, the
Pastor or his designate will reference the income guidelines
below:
|
Household
Size
|
Max Annual Income
|
Max Monthly Income
|
Max Weekly Income
|
|
1
|
$25,045
|
$2,087
|
$482
|
|
2
|
$33,694
|
$2,808
|
$648
|
|
3
|
$42,343
|
$3,529
|
$814
|
|
4
|
$50,991
|
$4,249
|
$981
|
|
5
|
$59,640
|
$4,970
|
$1,147
|
|
6
|
$68,289
|
$5,691
|
$1,313
|
|
7
|
$76,938
|
$6,411
|
$1,480
|
|
8
|
$85,586
|
$7,132
|
$1,646
|
|
For each additional family member add:
|
$8,649
|
$721
|
$166
|
In addition to demonstrating need, to obtain tuition assistance
funds, families must:
- Perform volunteer work within the parish;
- Not have a child currently enrolled in a private Catholic high
school*; and
- Fully complete tuition assistance applications and provide all
information deemed necessary by the Pastor or his designate.
To be considered for tuition assistance, parents must complete
an online application and provide certain information through the
FACTS Grant and Aid Assessment program at www.factstuitionaid.com.
This application will be used to determine eligibility for
assistance through the Archdiocesan Family Tuition Endowment Funds
and the parish and eliminates the need for families to complete
multiple applications for assistance. If assistance is granted the
$25 FACTS application fee will be refunded to the family.
Applications must be completed before April 1st of
each school year. However, if the need arises during the school
year, parents can apply for aid within the month in which the need
arises.
St. Joseph school treats all financial information provided by
families as confidential. The identity of all students with tuition
assistance is held in strict confidence.
*Please note: If parents have a student who is enrolled at a
private Catholic high school, but is currently receiving
scholarships and/or financial aid that makes the tuition cost less
than an Archdiocesan high school, they may be eligible for an
exception.