• Payment must be received to ensure a place in class.

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• RSM admits students of any race, religion, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students of the school.

• Tuition and Fees: Your registration fee, session processing fee, registration form submission and tuition payment is due 3 days prior to your first scheduled lesson/class. Tuition is prorated for new students entering after the session has started. Please note: The registration fee and session processing fee is non-refundable. 

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• Payment Methods: Students/Families can include a debit/credit card or ACH Bank Information on file upon registration. One-time card transactions, personal checks and cash payments are accepted.  There is a $10 session processing fee applied to debit/credit card or ACH Bank Information payments, applied once each session. Check, money order, or cash payments do not include a processing fee.
   

• For continuing students, payments are due by or before the Session payment due date. Please refer to the Session payment due date calendar. 
   

• RSM reserves the right to cancel any class due to insufficient enrollment. In such cases, all unused tuition fees will be refunded. 
   

• Online Payments: It is optional to include a debit/credit card or ACH Bank Information in your registration or RSM portal account. If added, the Richardson School of Music reserves the right to process your balance with your online payment method once your registration for an Intro Package or session is confirmed. Future session balances will be processed automatically unless we receive a written notice of intent to cancel lessons (see our Withdrawal/Refunds policy for more information).
   

• Payment Plans: Payment plans are available, and each payment includes a $10 payment plan fee per installment. All students enrolled in a payment plan with RSM must have a valid credit card or bank information on file. Payments for this option will be processed on the agreed payment due dates set up by the administration.
   

• Payment Issues: A $15 late fee will be applied to statement balances not received by the payment due date. A $15 fee is applied for declined payments. A $35 fee is applied for returned checks.
   

• The school office must be notified at least 24 hours in advance of any absence. Informing a teacher of intent to cancel or make-up a lesson does not constitute notice to RSM.

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• "Day of" cancellations for any reason are not subject to receive a make-up lesson and will be charged.

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• Richardson School of Music is not obligated to make-up lessons or classes due to inclement weather, student non-attendance, illness, vacation, etc.

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• Credits or refunds are not issued for missed lessons.

• Students are expected to attend and be punctual to all classes. Students who are late for a lesson cannot be guaranteed their full lesson time. Students arriving late by more than half of their lesson period will be considered absent, and their instructor will be dismissed.

• No students should attend lessons when sick (ie fever, nausea, vomiting, constant runny nose, etc.) out of respect for our teachers and other music students.  
   

• Richardson School of Music reserves the right to dismiss a student from a scheduled lessons if the student arrives at their lesson exhibiting possible symptoms of illness.  We do not offer make-ups for sick-related absences.