Eligibility is determined through an application process that takes into account a family’s expenses and income as verified by tax information.  Click here to learn more about the Variable Tuition Program.

Variable Tuition Program (VTP)

Key Aspects

• • Adjusts tuition to the unique circumstances of each family.
  • Participation is voluntary for families.
  • Those who opt out can choose to pay full tuition.
  • No family will pay more than the actual cost of educating their child.
  • Increased enrollment will lead to healthier, more sustainable schools.

How it Works

If family elects to complete the variable tuition/financial aid application:

The family visits the school website or meets with the school rep to create an online account and enters its financial information, which creates a record for the family in the secure Seeds of Hope database. The school sets the family’s tuition based on: Shared formula; adjustments; tuition; Taking into account a family’s eligibility for outside scholarships and aid. The school then communicates tuition and scholarship application responsibilities to the family via email from the business manager.

If family chooses not to apply for financial aid or declines to share any personal financial data, the family pays full tuition (with multi-child discounts, if applicable).

Tuition Adjustment

In some cases, a family’s tuition may decrease based on its financial position.

If there is a large disparity between what a school currently charges and the per-student cost to educate, a family’s tuition may increase lightly.

All applications for the VTP must be submitted by April 15, 2024.

The VTP is only available for children in K-8th grades and for fully affiliated Catholic families.

Families will apply through denvercatholicschools.com/tuition/ and click whichever button to apply is appropriate for them:

1. 1. New (first-time) Applicant.
   2. New Applicant returning to complete their application (applies to those who start an application before completing).
   3. Applicant from 2023-24 year returning to renew their application for 2024-25 year.

You will need to submit, confidentially and securely, supporting documentation for your income and expenses. In most cases, this is your federal income tax return (IRS 1040 form) and W-2 form(s).  Verification for extraordinary expenses could include mortgage or rent statements, a Catholic high school tuition statement and daycare or medical receipts.

Families who do not wish to disclose financial resources or do not wish to seek financial aid can choose to pay our school’s full tuition, which will be close to the actual cost to educate.

Priority will be given to affiliated Catholic families for all financial aid. If any funds remain after aid is awarded to Catholic-affiliated families, then non-affiliated families will be considered for limited financial assistance.

Under the variable tuition model, Frassati Catholic Academy will offer families a total tuition obligation for all of their children enrolled in the school, and this is what the family will be expected to pay.  When the school offers a tuition obligation below the cost to educate, families must partner in the responsibility of making up this funding gap with our school.  This means that the family may be responsible for applying for financial aid from scholarship organizations such as ACE or Schmitz Scholarships.  Outside scholarships may be considered in the tuition obligation calculation when the family is eligible.  Those awards will help close the funding gap, but not further lower a family’s tuition obligation.  The school business manager and principal will work closely with families to direct them to appropriate financial aid organizations that match their financial picture.

Tuition can be paid in full or 11 monthly payments.  Payments are automatically drafted from your bank account by FACTS Management Company.