8个常见问题列表.

• Q. 我如何申请经济资助?

  Covenant’s 招生和经济援助 Office conducts the financial need analysis for parents through 事实、补助金和援助评估 – a separate division from 学费管理, which is used for tuition management. Families applying for financial aid must complete an online 事实 application at http://online.factsmgt.com/aid 并将必要的证明文件直接提交给事实. Covenant’s Financial Aid Committee then reviews the results provided by 事实 prior to determining financial award offers. The financial aid application for the 2024-25 school year will be available online starting November 1.
  
  

  第一轮申请经济资助的截止日期是 2月1日. Families who apply after the deadline may be considered for an award if financial aid resources are still available.

   

  一旦在线申请已经提交给事实, 证明文件必须上传到您的事实帐户或 直接发送给事实 传真或邮寄:
  
  

  传真:  1-866-315-9264

  邮件:  
  事实格兰特 & 援助评估
  P. O. 82524箱
  林肯，68501-2524
  
  

  • 2022年或2023年州和联邦纳税申报表复印件, including all supporting tax schedules (Note: the system will ask for your 2023 Tax Return and the Financial Aid Committee is able to waive that requirement on our end).
  • 您和您的配偶的2023年W-2表格副本
  • 社会保障收入证明文件复印件, 福利, 孩子的抚养费, 食品救济券, 或劳工补偿
    
    

  关于流程的问题? 拨打事实客户服务代表1-866-315-9262.

   

• Q. 什么是事实?

  事实 是全国领先的学费管理提供商吗, grant and aid assessment and school payment processing for 私人 and faith-based schools. 皇冠app官方下载 uses 学费管理 for collection of tuition and fees and 事实 Grant and Aid to verify financial need in the financial aid process.

• Q. 经济援助是如何发放的?

  皇冠app官方下载与事实管理部门签订合同, a third-party company that specializes in evaluating a family's ability to pay tuition based on a variety of factors including family size, 收入, 资产及净值, 家庭为其支付学费的子女人数及其他有关资料. 
  
  学校将审查所有事实补助金 & Aid Assessment application for tuition assistance and determine awards to be provided for each family based on the amount of funds available, 申请的家庭数目和每个家庭的相对需要.

• Q. 决定家庭经济奖励的因素是什么?

  • 收入: Defined as pre-tax earnings from wages, business activity, investments, rental 收入, etc.
  • 其他资产: 储蓄、股票、房屋净值等.
  • 家庭规模: Living allowances taking into account the number of people in a household and costs associated with expenses such as food, 医疗需求, 和照顾孩子. 
  • 家庭教育承诺: 其他教区或私立学校的学费或兄弟姐妹的大学学费. 
  • 独特的家庭环境: 这包括医疗紧急情况或其他意想不到的必需品.
  • 离婚、分居或从未结婚的父母: 监护父母必须提交事实补助金 & 援助评估申请作为过程的一部分. 这与法律安排无关. 这方面的例外情况只有在书面请求时才予以批准, which must contain a full explanation of why both parents are unable to complete the required forms.
  • 就业: It is expected that parents receiving financial aid will both be employed as able to support the expense of 私人 education. We understand that circumstances such as caring for a disabled or elderly parent, 医学残疾, 年幼的孩子在家, or caring for a child with a long-term disability may exempt a family from this input.

• Q. 我已经是盟约父母了. 我需要每年重新申请经济资助吗?

  是的. 家长必须在每年2月1日前重新申请助学金, 由于财政状况可能每年都在变化. Families who apply after this date may compromise their probability of financial aid. If you completed an application previously and remember your user name and password, 人口统计数据将自动填充，但不会填充财务信息. 否则，您可能每年都要重新申请.

• Q. 我什么时候能知道我的助学金?

  Parents who apply in the first round of applications will be notified via email from 事实 with a response to their application by mid-March.  Later applicants will be notified via email from the Financial Aid Committee and/or 事实 approximately two weeks after submission. 家庭 七个 回复事实电子邮件以接受或拒绝经济援助邀请的时间.   

• Q. 如果我对这个过程有疑问，我该向谁求助?

  If you have specific questions about completing the 事实 application form, please visit http:factsmgt.com/parents.
  
  对于其他问题，盟约的主任 招生和经济援助请拨打434-220-7330或 bcarter@secondhomeineurope.com.

• Q. 529计划:给父母和监护人的便条

  《皇冠app官方下载》于12月22日签署成为法律, 2017, 这将带来自1986年以来最大的税收改革. While most of the focus has been on the changes to corporate and personal tax rates and deductions, 该计划还包括许多其他容易被忽视的小条款. 其中一项条款扩大了529储蓄计划的福利.
  
  

  A 529年计划 is a tax-advantaged savings plan originally designed to help families pay for college. 典型的529计划的主要优势, 在正常的储蓄或投资账户上, is that the earnings are not subject to federal tax and are typically not subject to state tax, 只要资金用于符合条件的教育费用.
  
  

  新的税收法案, 分发高达10美元,000元/年, 每个受益人现在可以用于小学或中学公共教育, 私人, 或者宗教学校的学费. 虽然这是一个很大的新好处, it may require individuals to revisit their investment strategy with their financial advisor. 此信息仅供参考, and we ask that you seek the advice of your tax professional prior to making any decisions concerning 529年计划s.