Types of Aid
Catholic schools remain accessible by offering a wide range of financial aid options.

Financial aid is available from:

• The Archdiocese of Louisville
• Catholic Education Foundation (CEF)
• Your Catholic Secondary School
• Your Parish

Last year, more than $7.3 million was given to Catholic school students. All financial aid applications and procedures are handled on one form that can be obtained through your school. Even if you have students in more than one Catholic school (elementary and secondary, for example), you can apply for all of your children on one form.

Financial aid assessment is handled through the Private School Aid Service (PSAS). This is an independent, third-party service that provides reasonable assessments of the ability of families to pay tuition at private and parochial schools. The PSAS packet can be obtained from your school. The deadline for submitting the PSAS form for this school year is March 14, 2008.

Copies of the PSAS analysis and forms are shared only with the contracting parish, school or agency; no one else will receive this information. Final decisions about financial aid will be communicated to you from your school, the Archdiocese or the Catholic Education Foundation.

Parish membership is not required in order to receive financial assistance.