Preparatory Division

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Registration & Payment Deadlines and Policies

ABSENCE POLICY
Private Lessons
Student Absences - Bard Preparatory Division faculty members are not required to make up lessons missed due to an absence by the student.
Teachers may choose to make up 1 missed lesson per semester if they have time in their schedule to do so.
Make up lesson may occur remotely, if the teacher is not available for in-person make up lesson.
Please discuss this possibility directly with the teacher.
Please limit requests to 1 per semester and for illnesses only.

Teacher Absences - If a Preparatory Division teacher is absent from a lesson, that lesson will be covered or made up. Whenever possible a substitute teacher* will be provided to fill in at the regular lesson time. If a substitute teacher cannot be provided for the date of the absence, the lesson will be made up by either the regular teacher or a substitute teacher at a later date, mutually agreed upon by the student and the teacher.

*Substitute teachers are professionals with qualifications comparable to Bard Preparatory Division Faculty members

Student or Teacher Absences - If a class teacher is absent, the class will be held as scheduled with a substitute teacher. Classes missed due to student absence will not be made up. If your child will miss a class, please notify the teacher and directors before the absence if possible, and class assignments will be provided.


WITHDRAWAL AND REFUND POLICY
Students may withdraw from the Preparatory Program or individual classes at any time.
Tuition refunds will be given at the following rates:
• Before the 1st Day of Classes: 100% Tuition Refund 
  (minus the application fee and tuition deposit*)
• After the 1st Day of Classes: 90%
  (minus the application fee and tuition deposit*)
• After the 2nd Day of Classes: 75%
  (minus the application fee and tuition deposit*)
• After the 3rd Day of Classes: No Refund Given

Withdrawal from individual classes and/or secondary lessons will also be refunded at the percentage rates listed above.

*Please Note: Registration Fee and Tuition Deposit are not Refundable at any time of withdrawal.

The Deposit is built into the tuition. The Deposit is typically $100 per instrument/class/ensemble for Full Program Students.
For non Full Program students, registration for class/ensemble is $100.

If you wish to withdraw, you must notify the Bard Preparatory Division directors by email at [email protected]. 
The effective date of withdrawal is the date that the written notice is received, not the last day of class or private lesson.
Students receiving financial aid forfeit their aid upon withdrawal.