Fees

A Student Bond in the amount of 10% of the Year 7 Scheduled Fee in the year of confirmation is payable on acceptance of enrolment at Luther College.  The Student Bond is not refundable if a confirmed enrolment is accepted and then relinquished prior to the commencement of the student at Luther College.

A Student Bond is repaid at the sole discretion of the Principal once the student has completed their education at the college (for example, such as at the end of Year 12 if all financial obligations to the college by the parent have been met). If a Student Bond becomes repayable, parents are invited to donate the proceeds as a tax-deductible gift to either the Luther College Building Fund or to the Luther College Scholarship Fund to celebrate their student’s graduation and improve the college’s capacity to provide facilities and opportunities for the next generation of students.

If the college is unable to transfer any outstanding bond amount to its payee by 30 June after the bond is due to be paid back, the amount of the bond will be donated to the Luther College Scholarship Fund.

Please note a student bond (or notebook repair bond) may be applied at the college’s sole discretion to cover all or part of any amounts owed to the college or any loss or damage to college property arising from the use or possession of such property by the student. This includes any costs arising from a student’s loss of, or damage to, third party property.

From Years 7 to 9, and commencing in 2025 for Years 10 to 12, Luther College provides a notebook to students which is owned by the college or leased from a third party. To facilitate repairs to these notebooks and ancillaries (e.g. stylus), a Notebook Repair Bond of $300 is payable.

This is intended to cover the excess (currently $100 per claim) to repair unintentional damage to the notebook that falls outside the manufacturer’s normal parts warranty or loss of ancillaries. A student’s Notebook Repair Bond is paid in instalments over the student’s first year at the college at the same time as annual fees and forms part of the relevant instalment amounts (see “Methods of Payment” below).

The bond will apply to both notebooks provided in Years 7 and 10. Any credit balance will be applied to the fees in the final term of the student’s last year. If the bond is exhausted, any further charges will be debited to the fee account.

Fees may be paid in full, by term or by 10 monthly instalments by credit card (Mastercard/Visa) or direct debit from a bank account.

By enrolling at Luther College, parents have agreed to be jointly and severally liable for all fees and other payments. Any request to vary this agreement must be made in writing. As a condition of entry all fees must be paid by the due date or by formal payment arrangement agreed with the College Business Team in writing, otherwise students risk their enrolment being cancelled.

For more information about fees or methods of payment please email fees@luther.vic.edu.au or call the college on (03) 9724 2000.

We sincerely thank parents who make voluntary donations to the Luther College Building Fund. Parents are invited to make a $550 per family tax deductible donation annually to this Fund. Donations to the Luther College Building Fund are proportionately deducted at each direct debit in accordance with your chosen payment method. Additional tax-deductible donations are gratefully accepted at any time and can be arranged through the Business Team on (03) 9724 2000.

Parents intending to withdraw a student before the end of Year 12 are required to inform the Principal in writing at least one full academic term in advance of the withdrawal; otherwise, a term’s fees are payable in lieu of notice. Except where the Principal determines otherwise, the value of any scholarship already received in relation to the student will be repaid in full to the college on withdrawal.