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Apple Tree Childcare Fees Policy

Rationale

Procedures

• A schedule of the center’s fees will be displayed on the parents notice board
• The centre will provide the Fees Policy with the enrolment forms
• Fees are based on the hours / days the child is enrolled, not the hours that the child attends
• The minimum enrolment days are two days per week
• Parents are able to enrol their children for long or short days
• Your weekly fee will be adjusted for long sessions or extra days
• The Centre is open from 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday
• The Centre normally opens for a part day on the last day prior to Christmas holiday and New Year
• We do not have make up days

How to Pay

• When you enrol your child you will pay one week deposit and another week in advance
• The centre encourages Automatic Payment, but you may also pay cash or by cheque
• Payments are due each Friday for the following week's fees

Fees

• Childcare fees/accounts are required to be kept in credit at all times
• The Management will issue a notice of the overdue accounts
• Enrolment may be suspended if parents do not pay the overdue account within one week
• If parents terminated enrolment with fees unpaid, their debt will be transferred to a debt collector agency
• The Centre will not be open on statutory holidays but normal fees still applies
• A late fee applies when children are picked up after the centre's closing time
• Late Fees are $1 per minute and should be paid to the staff in charge