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Award a scholarship or discount to a student

A 60-second screen recording of a real school doing exactly this — and the same 7 steps written out below, in the labels you'll see on screen.

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How to award a scholarship or discount to a student

  1. 1Click Billing under Administration in the sidebar, then click the "Financial aid" tab
  2. 2Click New award, then search the student by name in the Student picker
  3. 3Choose the Type (School scholarship, Sibling discount, Staff discount, Sliding-scale tuition, ESA / voucher, SGO scholarship, Other)
  4. 4Under "How it applies", pick "Reduces the family's bill" — "A third party pays (ESA, SGO)" is for money a funder sends you
  5. 5Enter "Amount per bill ($)" OR "— or percent (%)", never both
  6. 6Set the School year, optional "Starts"/"Ends" dates, and a Note (the note prints on the invoice)
  7. 7Click Add award — it comes off every invoice generated from here on

Part of Financial aid, scholarships & ESA

Set the year's aid budget, take applications in the portal, decide them against a sliding scale, and let every award land on the invoice by itself — plus the ESA and scholarship paperwork states keep asking for.

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