Continuous Enrollment

Ann Aman

Our school has used the continuous enrollment process for several years. We digitally send out re-enrollment information in January and re-enrollment fees must be paid by February 15th. Last year we made the switch to Tuition Management and had all of our current families got through EMS with integrated “contracts” so that they could create their TM account and pay the enrollment fee. We do not plan to issue “contracts” to current families this year, but they do need to pay the re-enrollment fee in TM, as well as receive information regarding tuition rates, financial assistance, etc. I understand we can go through School Forms to gather information from families that are not returning, but does anyone have an idea of how we can collect the enrollment fee in TM? This was a very easy process with our previous billing system. Any insight or help is greatly appreciated!

Jacqueline Crate

@Ann Aman Hi Ann, our school has been utilizing continuous enrollment through BBTM for several years now and yes, you can bill the enrollment fee in BBTM after you re-enroll your existing families to the new school year. It's a multi-step (but fairly easy) process that doesn't require any action from the family. Here are a few support articles on this:

Usually the first step of the process is working with a Blackbaud enrollment specialist who will work with you to make sure there are no school setting changes needed for the new school year, and they can also walk you through the re-enroll process. If you haven't heard from one yet, I would reach out to support for someone to reach out to you.

For reference, we used to have all Blackbaud integration (enrollment, tuition, SIS) but moved several years ago to FinalSite/School Admin for enrollment, Alma for our SIS, Blackbaud Tuition Management for tuition billing, and Blackbaud Financial Aid Management for financial aid.

I hope this helps!