SAFE Program Payments

Payment Procedures

I. NON-REFUNDABLE REGISTRATION FEE AND TUITION.

A student is considered enrolled in SAFE after the registration form is submitted and the non-refundable registration fee is received through our SAFE online payment system. One can submit the registration form online. If you are in need of a computer, please contact the SAFE coordinator at your child's school. Tuition rates vary by the hours of a student’s participation. Please view the tuition rates on this website.

II. TYPES OF PAYMENT/ONLINE PAYMENTS.

SAFE tuition is paid online only via an electronic check, credit card, or debit card. If you have extenuating circumstances that prevent you from paying online, please speak with the SAFE coordinator.

III. OUTSTANDING BALANCES.

Parents/families who have an outstanding balance on their child(ren)’s tuition at the end of the school year will not be permitted to register their child(ren) for the SAFE Program in the upcoming school year. All fees, including late payment, insufficient funds, and late pick-up fees, must be paid in full prior to registration for the following school year. If a parent/guardian of a child with an outstanding balance does pre-register for SAFE online, including payment of the non-refundable $75 registration per child fee, the registration fee will be applied to the outstanding balance. However, the student will not be pre-registered for SAFE. The coordinator will notify the parent that the student is NOT pre-registered in SAFE for the upcoming school year. The coordinator will communicate with the parent to clarify payment expectations, the next steps, and their child's status in the registration process.

V. PAYMENT DUE DATES.

Tuition payments are due on the first day of the quarter, and weekly payments are due every Monday. If school is not in session on a Monday due to a holiday, school cancellation or parent-teacher conferences are due the first school day of that week.

Quarterly payments are due for the 2023-2024 SY every nine (9) weeks.

VI. FEE FOR LATE PAYMENT AND NON-PAYMENT.

The coordinator will inform a parent when a payment is late, and there is a $25 fee for EACH late payment. If you have extenuating circumstances that interfere with your ability to pay, please talk with the SAFE coordinator at least a week before the payment due date. An exception MAY be established. After 5 days of non-payment and no arrangement with the coordinator or Director of Student Services has been set up, your child(ren) will be dis-enrolled from SAFE. To re-enroll, the tuition and late fees must be paid in full, and your child(ren) will be placed on a waitlist if the space has been filled. The child's space in SAFE will not be held due to non-payment; the waitlist is immediately opened for the next available family.

VII. FEES FOR LATE PICKUP.

If a family picks up a child after 6:01 pm, there is a $25 late fee for every 10 minutes, per child, per day. If a child has been picked up late three times, the Director of Student Services will be notified of the circumstances, and there may be further action and possibly dis-enrollment of the child from SAFE.

IX. REFUNDS.

Refunds must be approved by the Director of Student Services and only for extenuating circumstances. Please speak with your coordinator about this process. Registration fees and bank convenience fees are NOT refundable.

X. PAYMENT RECORDS / RECEIPTS.

Online payments generate an electronic receipt. If you create an account with the US Bank website, the bank retains an online electronic record of your payments. We highly recommend that you "register" or create an account with US Bank so that you can download your receipts for the year for tax purposes.

XI. PAYMENT RECORDS FOR TAX PURPOSES.

In the past, SAFE coordinators calculated the total tuition a family paid to SAFE for a calendar year. We will no longer provide this information. See X. above. Instead, the SAFE coordinator can provide the Federal Employee Identification Number of RRPS, which the IRS requires for tax purposes. If you want to deduct SAFE tuition from your taxes, add up the tuition payments. Please note that the IRS does not allow families to deduct registration fees.

XII. PAYMENT SCHEDULES AND SERVICES OFFERED.

Please see the payment options, hours offered, and corresponding tuition rates.

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Online Payments

Please note:

The bank utilized by SAFE offers an optional registration, so parents do not have to re-enter bank account information every time an online payment is made. This is not the same as your SAFE program registration.

Parents, please proceed with paying the $75 non-refundable registration fee for each child you are registering. Please note that registrations are only complete once you have paid the $75 registration fee. Thank you.

Use the confirmation number from your payment to retrieve past payment information.

The Electronic Payment System belongs to US Bank. SAFE utilizes this service because our account is with US Bank. Please see its logo in the screenshot below.

  • Payments can be made using a checking account, a debit, or a credit card.

  • When you register at the bank's Electronic Payment System website, you are registering with US Bank, so you will need to input and remember your user ID and password. This is not an RRPS website, it is the banks. Please save this information in a safe place.

  • US Bank offers an optional registration, so parents do not have to re-enter bank account information every time an online payment is made. This is not the same as your SAFE program registration.

  • Many parents believe that the user ID and password they use with InfoSnap to register their child for school is the same system as the online payment. This is a misunderstanding, as they are two completely separate systems.

  • Please write down or have a system to remember your user ID and password.

  • The US Bank Electronic Payment System issues an electronic receipt for each payment, which you can save or print. If you register with their website, it also saves all of your payments, so you can later access them when filing your income taxes.

*Weekly payments are due on Mondays or the next school day if there isn't school on a Monday.