Tuition & Fees

Tuition may be paid in:

• 1 installment: due August 1st (Eligible for 2.5% discount).
• 2 installments: due August 1st and January 1st.
• 10 monthly installments: starting on August 1st.
• 12 installments: starting on June 1st.

Payment may be made using either a credit card or electronic check. Payment information must be provided to the school and will be drawn automatically on the first of the month when it is due.

If tuition is paid by credit card, your card will be charged 3% processing fees.

A discount of 2.5% off the full or sibling tuition amount will be given if the tuition is paid in one installment. This discount does not apply to financial aid or otherwise discounted tuition.

Late Fee/Return Check

• Late payments will incur a $50 fee if received later than the 5th of the month.
• There will be a $50 charge for any check returned to the school by the bank.

The parent/guardian is responsible for the timely payment of the fees for the full school year from the time their child officially starts school at Al Falah Academy.

A student’s start date for attendance is considered:

August 1, OR
from that child’s first day of attendance, in the case that the child was enrolled after the first official day of school.

The school reserves the right to take action including withdrawing the student if the fees are not paid on time. The parent/guardian is responsible for the payment of the fees for the full school year and will have to pay a withdrawal penalty of up to 3 months of tuition per student withdrawal, if the student is withdrawn from Al Falah Academy after August 1st or the student’s first day of attendance if the student was enrolled after the first official day of school. Failure to pay tuition or the withdrawal fee will result in the withholding of student records. Al Falah Academy reserves the right to initiate any legal action including reporting to credit reporting agencies.

If parents decide to Withdraw their child from the school, the parents must notify the school officially by means of the AFA Withdrawal Form. The completed Withdrawal Form will initiate the additional 3 months’ tuition charge that the parents must pay for the remaining months of the year. If 3 months do not remain in the school year (for example, withdrawal in April), then the family is liable for payments through the end of the year.

If the parents have paid the tuition in full at the start of the school year, they will receive a refund for all but 3 of the remaining months of the school year (through May).

If the parents are paying tuition monthly, either on the 10-month plan or the 12-month plan, they will be required to pay 3 additional months of the tuition.

If payments are made by credit card authorization, Al Falah Academy reserves the right to continue to charge their credit card on the first day of each month for the full monthly fee until the 3 additional months’ amount has been reached.

If payments are made by check or e-check, Al Falah Academy reserves the right to continue to deposit the monthly checks on the first day of each month until the 3 additional months’ amount has been reached.

Tuition is not prorated for the calendar month. If paid monthly, the full month’s tuition is due on the first day of each calendar month. Likewise, withdrawal is not prorated for the calendar month. Three additional months of tuition is counted for any portion of the remaining months of the school year, through May.

Resource Fee, Facility Fee, Security Fee, & Bulk Book Fees are all NON-REFUNDABLE.

Registration fees are non-refundable, except in the following cases in which 50% of the Registration Fee will be returned by the end of September:

• In the case of denied admission due to class capacity limit
• In the case of denied admission due to failure to meet academic or behavioral criteria, as evidenced in the previous school transcript or placement test results
• In the case of parent rejection of the financial aid decision
• In the case in which one or more siblings is denied admission or waitlisted, resulting in commuting hardship.

As part of the requirements of registration, all families who wish to send their child(ren) to Al Falah will agree to the following terms:

• single-parent families will offer 10 hours of service to the school per school year
• dual-parent families will offer 20 hours of service to the school per school year

The hours are counted on a PER FAMILY basis, NOT PER CHILD. In other words, whether a family has one child or multiple children in the school, the service hour requirement is the same: 10 or 20, depending on family structure.

The hours are logged into the HelpCounter software we provide you. AFA will provide you a link to create an account and register all your Service hours.

If the hours (10 or 20 per year, depending on family structure) are not met, the family will agree to pay $20 per unfulfilled hour. This amount may be used to go towards hiring a substitute teacher to fulfill the service hours needed by the school. However, this is not the ideal situation, because the ultimate goal of mandatory service hours is to build community.

In order to meet our students’ interests within the state high school requirements, we offer a variety of high school electives in school and online via Georgia Virtual School and other online course providers. If students and parents choose a course for one or both semesters, the parents will be responsible for the cost. Course grades will be logged onto our AFA Educate gradebook, credit will be received for courses taken during school hours, and the Al Falah high school transcript will reflect such coursework.