Hillcrest Christian College - Virtual Learning Community Fee Schedule

HILLCREST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY 2024 SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES

VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY FEES

College Fees are split into two components: Tuition Fees and Levies. The levies cover costs such as the one2one program for Collegeowned devices, and a non-tuition levy for costs such as textbook hire, digital subscriptions/licences, stationery and resources. Camp costs and excursions are billed separately.

2024 FEES TABLE

SIBLING DISCOUNT OF TUITION FEES

For families with students across both the Reedy Creek and VLC campuses, the following sibling discount applies:

• In families with one or more students enrolled in the Reedy Creek campus (on-campus learning), all siblings in the VLC will receive a 10% discount on tuition fees.

• In all other families where there are no students attending the Reedy Creek campus, 2nd and subsequent siblings will receive a 10% discount on VLC tuition fees.

• Discounts in the Reedy Creek campus will be based on enrolments on-campus (ie. No discount for first child and applicable discounts for other siblings on-campus.

*This applies to tuition fees only, not non-tuition fees or one2one levy.

HILLCREST CHRISTIAN COLLEGE

VIRTUAL LEARNING COMMUNITY

2024 SCHEDULE OF FEES AND CHARGES

DUE DATES & DISCOUNTS

College Fees are invoiced to families once a year in January, and include a calculation of fees payable per term. Term fees must be paid in full by the second Friday of each term, in line with the due dates:

Term 1 2 February 2024

Term 2 26 April 2024

Term 3 19 July 2024

Term 4 11 October 2024

Accounts not paid in full by the due date, without an approved direct debit payment schedule in place, will incur an administration fee of $75. Full payments of annual fees and levies received on or before the due date will be entitled to an early payment discount on the net tuition component of fees only.

ENROLMENT FEES & CHARGES (NON-REFUNDABLE)

Once an Offer of Enrolment is received, the one-off enrolment fee must be paid within two weeks, to secure your child’s enrolment at the College. Students cannot commence at the College until their enrolment fee has been paid in full. This fee is non-refundable should your child not commence at the College.

COLLEGE FEE PAYMENT METHODS

CREDIT CARD / DEBIT CARD / DIRECT DEBIT VIA PARENT LOUNGE

Fees can be paid securely online via Parent Lounge. Families can login to Parent Lounge via the Hillcrest App, or the Parents’ link on the Hillcrest webpage https://tass.hillcrest.qld.edu.au/parentlounge. New families will receive their Parent Lounge login information as part of their welcome pack. The College’s Main Reception is available to help with any questions about accessing Parent Lounge.

Families can opt to make manual payments through Parent Lounge or set up automatic payment schedules with multiple secure payment options including credit card, debit card, direct debit or a combination. Payment schedules can be reviewed and updated at any time from any device. Our Accounts Office can assist with any queries about setting up payment schedules, and can be contacted via our Main Reception on 07 5593 4226.

BPAY

College Fees can also be paid via BPAY using the Biller Code and Reference located on the College Fee Statement.

CO-CURRICULAR PAYMENTS

The College provides a range of optional clubs and after school co-curricular activities which are charged separately to College fees e.g. Music tutoring, Dance Academy, Futsal, etc. As co-curricular activities and other non-tuition payments are not included in College fees, they must be paid using the online payment link provided to parents by the club/activity co-ordinator.

PayIt is the most commonly used online payment platform for our co-curricular activities and there are no costs to parents for using this secure payment system. The specific payment link for the relevant activity is provided directly to parents via email, and listed in our Community Zone. Once payment has been received, the student is automatically registered for that activity.