Investing in Your Child’s Future

Investing in your child’s future is one of the best investments a family can make. This is particularly true of the investment one makes in a private Islamic school education. At New Horizon, we appreciate the efforts that each family makes to provide this special gift to their children.

Affordability

Since its founding in 1984, New Horizon has been committed to making our school accessible and affordable to all in the community. Socioeconomic diversity is important to New Horizon as it enriches the education for all children and builds a culture of equity, mutual respect, and appreciation for all.

For this reason, the school has adopted a Flexible Tuition Program. Flexible tuition allows for a tuition that meets an individual family’s financial needs.

While New Horizon believes that the primary responsibility for educating a child falls to the parent and that each family should contribute towards the cost of their child’s education, we also take into consideration that varying tuition levels will provide greater access to a New Horizon education.

What is Flexible Tuition?

The Flexible Tuition Program gives families an opportunity to apply for reduced tuition with anywhere from 10%-80% off of the regular tuition rates according to a family’s financial situation.

How is Flexible Tuition different than financial aid?

The focus of the Flexible Tuition program is on what parents can pay for their tuition, rather than looking at a grant or an award. This program offers a range of tuitions to support the economic diversity that is such an important component of our school community.

How does Flexible Tuition work?

New Horizon uses a neutral, third-party organization to assist in the evaluation for Flexible Tuition. That organization is FAST, a service provided through Independent School Management (ISM) and is used by schools across the country to provide flexible tuition analysis. FAST offers families a secure online application system. Information entered in FAST is shared confidentially with New Horizon’s Flexible Tuition Committee. The school does NOT receive any funds from FAST.

To cover the shortfall in tuition, the school receives some funds from Aasra and Aldeen Foundations. In addition, a portion of the school budget is allocated towards discounted tuition. However, we appreciate every family’s willingness to make their best commitment to prioritize their lifestyle spending towards their child’s education in order for the school to remain financially healthy to provide the best educational program possible.

Can any family apply for Flexible Tuition?

We encourage families who have concerns about their ability to afford the regular tuition rates to apply through FAST. The school works with every family to help set tuition based on the family’s unique financial situation. It is impossible for the School, or for a family, to determine the exact level of tuition, however, unless the entire FAST application is completed accurately.

All applications for Flexible Tuition are confidential. New Horizon School does not share a family’s financial information with other families or with New Horizon School faculty or staff.

What factors affect Flexible Tuition decisions?

The formula used to evaluate tuition level considers many factors that may affect a family’s ability to pay, including income, assets, family size, cost of living, unusual expenses, and other discretionary costs.

What is the Flexible Tuition application process?

To help us objectively assess what a family is able to contribute to education expenses, NHS uses ISM’s FAST (Independent School Management’s Financial Aid for School Tuition) as a trusted third party. We use FAST to provide a baseline for our flexible tuition determinations. The school does NOT receive any funds from FAST. The online FAST application must be filled out thoroughly and accurately for the school to consider a family’s true financial situation. Incomplete or inaccurate applications will not be considered, and families may be contacted by FAST personnel to ve rify information.

Here are the required steps to follow:
• Complete the online FAST application. There is a fee for the application, so please have a credit card available.
• Submit all 2024 tax forms including ALL schedules, W2’s, 1099’s, and last 2 paycheck stubs. If you own a business, you must include Schedule C form and any other corresponding documents related to the business. These must be scanned and submitted directly to FAST.
• Complete 4506-T IRS Tax Verification Form, Authorization to Release Form, and scan and submit directly to FAST.

All of the above MUST be completed by:

What if the prior year tax returns and other required forms are not submitted with the application?

In order to provide the NHS Flexible Tuition Committee with the most accurate information to make appropriate decisions, the prior year’s tax returns are required (for a 2026 application, for example, the 2024 tax return is required).

Note: Flexible Tuition evaluations received after the deadline will be processed only after on-time applications. Reduced tuition may not be available for late submissions.

Does Flexible Tuition continue throughout a student’s years at NHS?

NHSP expects families to submit updated financial information each year so that tuition levels can be adjusted as needed based on changing circumstances.

What are Aasra and Aldeen Foundations?

Aasra and Aldeen are two organizations that provide some funds to New Horizon to help support the needs of the families in being able to send their children to NHSP.

Who handles questions regarding Flexible Tuition?

Questions about Flexible Tuition should be addressed to the Business Office at (626) 795-5186 Ext. 1125 or flextuition@newhorizonschool.org.