PEP & FESUA Scholarship Registration, Payment and Reimbursement Instructions
CHEC The Center is now a direct provider for the PEP and UA scholarships through Step Up For Students. You may use your scholarship to directly pay for services such as classes, camps, Friday nights, special events and more! All deposits, fees, books must be paid out of pocket at registration checkout and may be submitted for reimbursement to the scholarship by the parent. Scholarship invoices available upon email request. See below for instructions on how to register, pay and submit for reimbursement with your scholarship.
For more information or where to apply for the Personalized Education Program (PEP) or Unique Abilities (UA) Scholarship visit www.stepupforstudents.org.
PEP & UA Center Registration & Payment Tutorial
PEP & UA CHEC Tuition Reimbursement Tutorial
PEP & UA CHEC Tuition Reimbursement Form Example
Requests Invoices for Scholarship Reimbursement here
How to Register and Pay using Scholarship:
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Step 1: Visit www.checthecenter.com and Register/Add to Cart service.
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Step 2: At checkout, depending on service, type in the appropriate promo code (see below for codes) to apply scholarship credit. For class registrations, select tuition label that includes PEP/UA STUDENT.
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Step 3: Once registration is complete, sign in to your students scholarship EMA account. Go to the Marketplace on the left side - Find Providers - Search Chec - Click CHEC The Center - Select location - Select services and quantity - Add to cart - Go to cart - Reserve Funds.
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Step 4: Once funds are reserved your registration is complete and confirmed. If funds are not received your student is not registered.
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*Note: Yearlong courses require certain deposit/fee payments at the time of registration. Remaining deposit/fee and monthly payments may be paid using the scholarship and must be reserved 5 days prior to auto charge date to the account to avoid charges. Payments made less than 5 days before auto charge date will be credited to the following month and card on file will be charged for upcoming month.
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**Registrations for camps, Friday nights, events and more are not confirmed until scholarship funds are reserved. Fail to reserve at time of registration will incur a cancelation of your registration.
All scholarship students may use the same promo code regardless of PEP or UA student.
Promo Codes:
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Fall Camp​
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CHEC Camp: PEPCHEC​
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Specialty Camp: PEPSpecial
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Friday Nights, Special Events
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Code: PEPFriday
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Workshop Events
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Code: PEP​Workshop
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Acro and Strength
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Code: PEPacro​
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Consulting & Coaching Services
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Code: PEPconsulting
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SY24-25 Programs
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No Code Needed - After paying amount due at checkout, according to program payment schedule listed on the program's information page, EMA funds must be reserved at least 5 days prior to the payment due date to avoid monthly charges to credit card. Payments reserved less than 5 days prior to auto charge date will not be processed in time and card on file will be charged. Late scholarship payment will be applied to the next upcoming payment. Auto charges will not be refunded due to late reserving of funds. Invoices may be requested to submit payment to scholarship for reimbursement.
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For more information or where to apply for the Personalized Education Program or Unique Abilities Scholarship visit www.stepupforstudents.org.
Requirements for PEP students:​
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Step 1: Once scholarship has been awarded for the first time you must submit your letter of termination to the Palm Beach County Home Education Office. Fill out the form here and email to homeed@palmbeachschools.org. Students who were previously in public school must withdrawal from their school.
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Step 2: Fill our your Student Learning Plan (SLP) in your EMA portal. As a reminder CHEC is not a private school, we are a Home Education Instructional Program.
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Step 3: Annual Assessment: student assessment must be completed by Jun 30 and submitted into student's EMA account by Jul 31. We recommend the Star Assessment which can be found in the EMA marketplace or at Northridge Academy. Instructions on how to upload your assessment to EMA here
Requirements for UA students:​
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Step 1: Once scholarship has been awarded for the first time you must submit your notice of intent to the Palm Beach County Home Education Office. Fill out the form here and email to homeed@palmbeachschools.org
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Step 2: Students are required to submit a yearly evaluation no sooner than 6 weeks from their notice of intent anniversary. Form must be completed by a certified teacher. Form can be found here and must be emailed to homeed@palmbeachschools.org