Tuition discounts

Cadence supports applying a discount to a member’s tuition - either as a percentage off, or a fixed dollar amount off. This is useful for things like VIP pricing, concession rates, or assistance arrangements.

Setting a discount on an enrolment

Note

You need the Apply enrolment discount permission to do this. If you don’t see this option, contact your administrator.

To set a discount, open the relevant activity enrolment and choose one of:

• Percentage - a whole percentage (0-100%) off the tuition for that period.
• Fixed amount - a set dollar amount off the tuition.

Either way, the discount will never reduce what the family owes below $0.

You can also add an optional note to record the reason for the discount. This is for reference only and doesn’t affect anything.

Caution

Changing a discount on an enrolment only affects future tuition charges - it won’t change anything already posted to the ledger.

How discounts appear on the ledger

When tuition is posted for a billing period, the ledger entry shows:

• The original (full) amount before any discount was applied.
• The amount owing after the discount - this is what the family is actually charged.
• A record of the discount that was applied, so staff can see how the charge was calculated.

Staff with the appropriate permissions can adjust the discount on an already-posted tuition charge via the family ledger.

Full discounts (member owes $0)

If a discount covers the entire tuition amount, the charge is still recorded on the ledger - but with an amount owing of $0. The original amount is still shown.

This means you can tell the difference between a member who was charged and had their full tuition covered, versus a member who was never charged at all.