TUITION & FEES

FLORIDA SCHOOL CHOICE SCHOLARSHIPS

CIAS accepts the following Florida School Choice Scholarships, overseen by the Step Up for Students scholarship-funding organization:

Florida Tax Scholarship (FTC)
Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (FES-EO)
Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA, formerly Gardiner & McKay)
Hope Scholarship (for victims of public school bullying)
Scholarships for Personalized Education Program (PEP)
PEP Hybrid

PAYMENT METHODS
We accept VISA, MasterCard, and Discover cards, as well as PayPal. Make checks payable to CIAS. No post-dated checks, please.

RETURNED CHECKS
There is a $35 service charge on all returned/bounced checks.

LATE FEES
There is a $35 late fee for all late tuition payments. As the billing invoice indicates, on-time payments may be made within the due date week. There is a $15 late fee for all late grade/attendance reports.

REFUND POLICY

CIAS does not refund consultation fees, registration or enrollment fees, quarterly or total tuition payments, or testing fees.

WITHDRAWAL POLICY

All outstanding tuition fees for the year must be paid, and all required report forms must be delivered to the school office before cumulative files or transcripts are released to a parent or another school.

PAYMENTS CAN BE MAILED TO:
CIAS
2007 North 61st Ave.
Pensacola, FL 32506

IS TUITION PRO-RATED?

Umbrella School enrollment and tuition are required for a year, regardless of how late in the school year students are enrolled; therefore, Umbrella School tuition is not pro-rated. Tuition for Campus School tuition is pro-rated according to enrollment date.

IS TUITION A CHARITABLE DONATION?
Parent/guardian payment of CIAS tuition does not qualify as a charitable donation because it is a contribution from which you benefit. Charitable donations may be given to CIAS by others, but a direct recipient may not be named in the donation.

According to the IRS, "You cannot deduct as a charitable contribution amounts you pay as tuition even if you pay them for children to attend parochial schools or qualifying nonprofit daycare centers. You also cannot deduct any fixed amount you must pay in addition to, or instead of, tuition to enroll in a private school, even if it is designated as a 'donation.'"

See IRS Publication 526 here: http://www.irs.gov/publications/p526/ar02.html#en_US_2014_publink1000229696

CIAS CAMPUS SCHOOL SAMPLE BILLING INVOICES

Here are samples of realistic annual CIAS Campus School billing invoices. Billing invoices vary slightly from student-to-student, due to the individualization of each student's education program, classes that they take, etc.

General Education Students:

Kindergarten - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 1-2 - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 3-5 - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 6-8 - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 9-10 - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Grade 11 - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Grade 12 - GENED Billing Invoice Sample

Exceptional Education Students:

Kindergarten - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 1-2 - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 3-5 - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 6-8 - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 9-10 - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grades 9-10 - ESE w/Barton Billing Invoice Sample

Grade 11 - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grade 11 - ESE w/Barton Billing Invoice Sample

Grade 12 - ESE Billing Invoice Sample

Grade 12 - ESE w/Barton Billing Invoice Sample

DISCLAIMER: CIAS is required by Florida Statutes to publish our complete Fee Schedule and a Fee Schedule Breakdown, charting maximum annual charges per grade level. Remember that these Fee Schedules include charges for every service that CIAS offers, so these charts do NOT resemble actual CIAS annual billing invoices. For more realistic billing invoices, see the Samples linked above.

CIAS Fee Schedule 2024-25 (updated 9/30/24)

CIAS Fee Schedule Breakdown Chart 2024-25

CAMPUS SCHOOL TUITION POLICIES

UMBRELLA SCHOOL

Grades K5-8:

$200 (1 payment)

or $250 (2-10 split payments)

Grades 9-11:

$250 (1 payment)

or $300 (2-10 split payments)

Grade 12:

$350 (1 payment)

or $400 (2-10 split payments)

Other fees may include but are not limited to the following:

Assessment/testing fees

Graduation fees

Field trip/Activity fees

Tutoring fees

Class fees

See CIAS Fee Schedule PDF for complete list of fees and charges.

Full Payment is due upon enrollment or during the first week of September.

Semester Payments are due during the first week of September, and the first week of January.

SENIOR GRADUATION FEES

All tuition bills are to be paid in full before seniors walk in their graduation ceremony and/or transcripts are released.

CAMPUS SCHOOL

Approximately 75% of our student body attends school, group classes, and/or tutoring at the CIAS Campus School. Many students attend full time (five days per week), while others come several days a weeks "Flex/Hybrid" students or enroll in classes.

Campus tuition is to be paid BI-WEEKLY or MONTHLY, and is charged according to how many billable Mondays are in a month. Tuition is due during the week of the second Tuesday of each month. If tuition is not paid by the end of the billable month, a $35 late fee will be applied to a billing invoice.

Tuition accounts must be kept current in agreement with school policies. All normal tuition fees are due, regardless of any absences, excused or unexcused. Official school holidays will not be billed (see the current School Calendar).

If outstanding Campus School tuition is not paid within 30 days of its due date, then student’s attendance may be suspended from CIAS and/or tutoring services will end. Homeschooling should commence and continue until the family can afford to pay the bill in full; at such time, the student may resume attendance at the Campus School. This policy protects our families from accumulating bills that are too high for them to pay.

See the published CIAS Fee Schedule PDF (click the link at the top of this webpage) for a complete list of all services and fees.

CAMPUS SCHOOL vs. UMBRELLA SCHOOL TUITION FEES

Typically, Campus School students and Umbrella School students are not changed the same tuition fees. There are different tuition fees for each type of student.

CHANGING FROM UMBRELLA SCHOOL TO CAMPUS SCHOOL

A student who is enrolled in the CIAS Umbrella School and wishes to start attending the Campus School instead must attend and pay for 2 full days of Campus School before Umbrella School tuition fees can be exchanged for Campus School tuition fees. Attendance, to be considered a Campus School student, includes full school days, not floater days or classes. For instance, attending one day a week as a floater or attending a class at the Campus School does not exempt them from paying Umbrella School tuition fees.

CHANGING FROM CAMPUS SCHOOL TO UMBRELLA SCHOOL

CIAS Campus School students who wish to lower their days of attendance at the Campus School to one day per week or less will afterwards be considered Umbrella School students; the Umbrella School tuition fee will be invoiced at the time that the change/switch occurs.