Academy

Since the Academy is a year-long program, there likely would not be a refund or additional credit — rather a reduction in the tuition amount before payments are processed. 

Families have the option to spread payment across several months through our installment plan.  If portions of Fall programming are cancelled, we can adjust tuition down by reducing or waiving future, unpaid installments. This means that while you may not see an immediate refund for cancelled programming, by the end of the Academy year, the tuition paid should reflect the services rendered (recognizing that there are also fixed costs that need to be taken into account).  

We hope to minimize costs associated with each team should any portion of the annual programming not be delivered. Unlike the Spring of 2020 (due to COVID-19), ASA will avoid losing fees to the leagues, tournaments or governing insurance providers. Our hope is to wait until there is a strong level of certainty that they will be able to host programming. In this case should programming not be hosted, ASA will not incur these costs, which will allow us to reduce the tuition to a greater percentage than what we were able to credit/refund this past Spring. 

Should it become clear at any point this Summer that Fall programming is not possible, we will adjust the tuition and push back the fee schedule accordingly, giving families assurance that they will receive programming that they are paying for. Families who pay in full at the time of team registration will have the same recognition extended to them. This plan allows for ASA to have resources in time to resume the programming when it is safe to do so. The single biggest Academy program expense is the team’s coach, whom we want to ensure is employed and ready to support your child when it is safe to do.