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Set up automatic tuition payments

A screen recording of Pearspark doing exactly this in a sample school, and the same 8 steps written out below in the labels you'll see on screen.

How to set up automatic tuition payments

1Click Billing in the portal navigation bar
2Find the "Automatic tuition — bank (ACH) or card" card at the top of the page, above "Balance due"
3Read the line under the card's text: an invoice that's already open stays yours to pay by hand, and automatic payments start with your next invoice
4Click "Set up automatic payments"
5On Stripe's secure page, save a card, or a bank account you verify by signing in to your bank, and authorize the payments
6Back on Billing a green note says "Automatic tuition is on" and names the account, and the card reads "On" — each new invoice is paid when it's issued
7If a charge ever fails, an amber note at the top of Billing says why and automatic payments go on hold — click "Update payment method", or "Use the same method and try again"
8Click "Turn off automatic payments" to go back to paying by hand — it removes the saved account, so you add it again to switch back on

Put each family on a plan, run billing once a month, and let Stripe and automatic reminders do the collecting — families pay right in the portal.

Everything in this video is in every plan. Your first 30 days are free, with no setup fee and no sales call.