FPD Tuition Assistance

Families of students who are enrolling in FPD for the first time and who desire financial assistance are asked to submit an annual application. Applications are reviewed individually and confidentially. Follow these steps to apply for tuition assistance:

1. Apply for admission. A student must first apply for admission before being considered for tuition assistance. The admissions process and the tuition assistance process occur separately and simultaneously.
2. Apply for tuition assistance. Complete the Financial Aid for School Tuition (FAST) Only one FAST application is required for both Georgia GOAL and school-funded assistance per family. (There is a $48 FAST fee for processing your tuition assistance application.)
3. Communication of award: You will be contacted by FPD, via email, regarding the award amount for the upcoming school year.

Families of returning students who desire financial assistance for the upcoming year are asked to submit an annual application. Applications are reviewed individually and confidentially. Follow these steps to apply for tuition assistance:

1. Re-enroll for the upcoming school year. Complete and submit your child’s re-enrollment form on Viking Connect.
2. Apply for tuition assistance. Complete the Financial Aid for School Tuition (FAST) Only one FAST application is required for both Georgia GOAL and school-funded assistance per family.
3. Communication of award: You will be contacted by FPD, via email, regarding the award amount for the upcoming school year.

Expediting your award decision. Returning families who complete and submit their FAST application, including the requested tax documents, by February 10, 2023, will be notified of their award amount by March 18, 2023. FAST applications received after February 10 will be awarded in the order they are received.

Yes. Consider hosting an FPD international student. In addition to having the blessing of ministering to a student who is far from his/her home, you and your family get to participate in international missions by sharing the love of Christ in your very own home. FPD pays a generous stipend that can reduce your child’s tuition by up to 70%. For more information about the benefits of serving as a host family, contact Kristen Kreutner at kristen.kreutner@fpdmacon.org.

Students in grades 1st-12th are eligible to receive tuition assistance. A new student who has applied for admission, or a returning student who has re-enrolled for admission, is eligible to apply for TAP.

Several factors go into determining a need-based tuition assistance award including the recommendation from FAST, the family’s support of the school’s values, and academic expectations.

Yes. There is a $48 fee assessed by FAST to process your online application. This fee remains fixed whether the application is for one or multiple children and is payable as the last step of your online application.

Absolutely. We understand that a family’s financial situation is a very personal matter. TAP application materials are kept in secured files in the Business Office and are only accessible by “need to know” staff in the FPD Financial Aid office.

Yes. If you haven’t yet filed your income tax returns for the current year, you can submit the returns for the previous year. You can submit your current year returns to FAST later, once they have been filed. In the meantime, we will review your TAP application, understanding that the returns are forthcoming. Any granted award will be considered as ‘conditional,’ which means that the award is granted based on the condition that the information on your current tax return is consistent with the information you posted to your application.

FPD holds to the principle that both parents are responsible for the expense of a FPD education to the extent that they are able to do so. We require that both custodial and non-custodial parents provide us with the appropriate information and supporting documentation. When natural parents re-marry, we consider the obligations of the parent to his/her new family; the resources of the step-parent; and the obligations the step-parent has to his/her natural children.

The $48 fee to FAST is non-refundable. Once you receive your TAP award commitment letter, we ask that you let us know of your intent within ten (10) days. If there are special circumstances that we may have missed in your initial application, we encourage you to submit an appeal of your initial award amount. We will be glad to take another look at your application.

We ask that you make the school aware of your intent within ten (10) days of receipt of your award notification. We do require that TAP recipients pay their monthly tuition and fees through a bank draft, which will be done in the last step of your child’s admissions process.

Yes. FPD asks that families who receive tuition assistance submit an annual application through the FAST online application process.