AdminsFinancial aid

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

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

Follow these steps in a real sandbox school — admin, teacher, family, and student views. Sample data resets daily.

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