Administration & Financial Policies

Payment and Records

  1. Tuition fees are payable in advance and are due on the Monday (or the first day of attendance) for the current week. Make sure that your child’s name accompanies all payments, especially if you pay cash or if you and your child have different last names.  Please explain what a payment covers, especially when the amount differs from the usual amount. Payments may be made with the administrator or dropped in the locked suggestion box clearly labeled in the front lobby. A receipt will be issued for tuition and placed in your child’s cubby or folder.  CHECKS SHOULD BE MADE PAYABLE TO YOUNG LEADERS LEARNING CENTER.
  2. A late payment fee of $25.00 will be added to all accounts not paid accordingly.  Excessive late payments will result in your child’s disenrollment from the center.
  3. Drop-in care is payable on the day the care is received. The drop in rate is $85 per day.
  4. There is a $35.00 charge for any non-sufficient fund (NSF) checks. Excessively returned checks will results in payment only being accepted in cash only.
  5. No refunds are given for absences due to illness, federal holidays, snow/storm closure days, the day after Thanksgiving, the extra closure day at Christmas and New Years, the staff in-service day, or personal reasons.  In the unusual event that the Center has a closure day due to snow, the voice mail at the Center will inform you of the closure.
  6. Full tuition is charged for holiday weeks.
  7. There is a 10% discount on the second child’s tuition, when there are two or more children from the same family attending full-time, or one is full-time and another is four or more hours per day in the school age room. Three or more children enrolled from the same family will receive 15% off the total care of all of the children.
  8. New tuition fees begin the month a child moves into the new room if the moving day is in the first half of the month (1-15).  New tuition fees begin the month after a child moves into the new room if the moving day is in the second half of the month (16-31).
  9. Registration form and Parent Agreement must be filled out and handed in before a child enters care.  The Current Medical Statement must be filled out within 30 days of enrollment.  For help in our photocopy process, please write legibly and use black ink.
  10. Failing to enroll in automatic payments will result in an additional $5 processing fee.
  11. A late fee of $1.00 per minute, per child will be charged when a child is picked up after 6:00 pm.  The late fee is payable with cash directly to the teacher at the time of the lateness.
  12.  Notices of withdrawal from the Center must be given two weeks in advance of the last scheduled day of enrollment.  If two weeks’ notice isn’t provided you are subject to being charged for the following two weeks.
  13. If a full time family would like to enroll at capacity for each room the first enrolled part time family will be given an option to enroll full time or forfeit your position.
  14. An annual registration fee of $75 per child 6wks-17mths and $50 per child 18mths and older will be due upon enrollment.  This fee will be due each year on your enrollment date in order to maintain enrollment. Please plan for this expense accordingly.
  15. After paying the first annual registration fee, a one-time credit of $25 will be given if all required paperwork it completed and submitted within 14 days.