Student Fees Information

Student fees are due when they are added to a student's account. Fees assigned during the annual registration include a grace period and must be paid by the first day of school. For the 2026-27 school year, fees are due by August 31, 2026. Families may also choose to enroll in recurring payments through the Infinite Campus fee portal. These can be set up to be paid monthly, semi-monthly, or weekly. Fees assessed after the start of school are due on the day they are placed on the account. All outstanding fees must be paid by June 30, 2027, to avoid being sent to collections.

Visit our Infinite Campus information page for a guide to setting up recurring payments.

For the 2026-27 school year, OASD transitioned from Skyward to Infinite Campus.  An important change involves payment processing fees associated with online transactions. With the Infinite Campus payment platform, standard transaction processing fees apply to online payments for school-based items such as annual student fees, field trips, other school activities, and Webstore transactions.

To help ease the transition for families, the district will provide a temporary processing fee waiver period for transactions completed through Campus Payments during the Online Registration window (July 15 - August 5, 2026).

After registration closes, standard processing fees charged by the District's payment processor will apply to online transactions:

• ACH/eCheck — $0.35 per transaction
• VISA, MasterCard, and Discover credit or debit — 3.50% + $0.35 per transaction

Processing fees are established by the District's third-party payment processor and are not retained by OASD.

The revenue generated through the Annual fee helps fund the programs and services we provide to our students every day. Many of the supplies and materials you see in our classrooms are being funded directly through the Annual fee (i.e. textbooks, workbooks, consumable school supplies, technology, technology-related supplies, and other miscellaneous items such as ink and toner).

Wisconsin State statute and related case law outlines the areas for which a school district can assess a fee. The Department of Public Instruction (DPI) provides further assistance and clarification regarding this topic.

A student that enrolls in our school district between the beginning of the school year and 1st semester end date will be charged 100% of the Annual Fee. If the enrollment date is the first day of 2nd semester through the end of the school year, 50% of the Annual Fee is charged.

A student who withdraws from our district between September 1st and 1st semester end date is entitled to a refund of 50% of the Annual Fee. 

A student who withdraws between the first day of the second semester and the end of the school year will not receive a refund.

The following schools are affiliated with the Oconomowoc Area School District; therefore, the Annual Fee does apply Richardson School, Norris School, and Genesee Lake School (schools/locations may vary per year).

If your student enrolls in the Preschool Speech/Early Childhood education program the Annual fee related to K4(EC) will be assessed to his/her account.

A student that is home schooled can take up to 2 courses per semester through Oconomowoc Area School District and will be charged ½ the Annual fee per semester plus any additional course fees applicable. 

Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) course test fees will be billed to your student’s fee management account and can be paid through Infinite Campus.  The fees must be paid prior to the test date for the student to take the exam.  

College Credit course fees will be billed to your student’s account at registration. The fees will need to be paid for through Infinite Campus, as these fees do not qualify for the Free and Reduced waiver.  Teachers will send out further details regarding the college credit course fees in the beginning of the school year.

OASD is offering optional Accidental Drop/Damage Insurance for student-issued Chromebooks in grades 4-12. Chromebook insurance is not needed for children in grades K-3 for in person learning.  This fee is not eligible for proration. This plan will cover the cost of accidental damage (as determined by the District) to a student’s Chromebook. Families who purchase this insurance will have the Chromebook repaired/replaced at no additional cost should accidental damage occur during the student’s use. 

If this fee is not paid by the first day of school, the insurance will be cancelled, and the fee will be removed from the student’s account.

Visit the Chromebook page for information on Chromebook insurance

If a year-long course is dropped within the first two weeks of the beginning of the school year (September 11th for the 2026-27 school year), the course fee will be removed. A year-long course dropped after this date will not result in any proration of fee.  

If a term or semester course is dropped within the first two weeks of the beginning of the semester (September 11th and January 15th for the 2026-27 school year), the course fee will be removed. Courses dropped after the first two weeks of the semester will not be prorated. 

Workbook fees related to a course will not be refunded. 

If the fee does not drop from your students account, please call the school office, and let them know so that they can investigate it and adjust your fees.

Parking permits are $205 per year and can be purchased at the OHS office. A parking permit will not be issued to any student with outstanding student fees from the prior school year. Parking passes can only be issued to students who already have their driver’s license.

Athletic Fees are not ‘per sport.’ The fee is paid once per year, per student-athlete without regard to how many sports the student-athlete may join. Per athletic department procedures, the fee may be paid in advance at registration or at the beginning of the first sport season of participation. A $60 equipment safety and reconditioning fee will be assessed to all athletes participating in tackle football. Non-WIAA athletic programs, such as but not limited to OHS Hockey and Bowling programs, are exempt from the athletic fee.

The Club Participation Fee enables a student to join any club for which he/she is otherwise qualified.   The fee may be paid in advance, at registration, or at the start of the club.  The fee is non-refundable and is paid once per year per student without regard to how many clubs in which they participate.

Padlocks and Goggles can be re-used from year to year but must be purchased through OASD.  5th thru 8th grade students require (1) padlock for their standard locker.  9th - 12th grade students require (2) padlocks, one for their standard locker and one for their gym locker.  Used padlocks are also available for purchase.

I signed my student up to ride the bus and paid the fee, but my student no longer rides the bus. Can I get a refund?

Families of students who ride the bus under an approved parent contract can request a refund of fees paid if OASD is notified and ridership ends prior to February 28th.  Fee refunds will be prorated based on the number of days remaining in the contract.  Notification of and/or ridership termination after February 28th will not be refunded. 

Student fees can be reviewed and paid in the Infinite Campus Parent Portal under the Fee tab.  

If there are fees on your student's account that you don’t know what they are for, you feel are in error, or for materials you never received, it is your responsibility to call the school office and discuss this to see if an adjustment needs to be made to the account.  With over 5,000 students, we try our best to keep on top of fee accounts, but sometimes we just need a friendly reminder so we can make sure everything is correct on the accounts.

Students with outstanding fee balances (instructional and/or food service) shall not be:

• Approved for pay-to-ride transportation agreements
• Issued a Parking Permit
• Allowed to participate in High School Graduation ceremonies
• May be excluded from Field trips if the Annual Field Trip fee is not paid in full
• Student will not be allowed to compete in athletic contests if they have any of the following:
• Have not paid prior year(s) athletic fee
• Have any outstanding damaged/lost equipment obligations
• Have any other Athletic Department outstanding obligations
• Have failed to honor previous payment plans

Any fees charged to a student’s account after May 31st that are not paid will not exclude a student from participating in graduation ceremonies; however, the district shall turn over any unpaid fee balances to collections.

Payment for the food service program may be made through Infinite Campus.  Within your Infinite Campus user account, you can set up to add money automatically to your food service account either on a recurring basis or when the balance reaches a specific amount.

Visit our Infinite Campus information page for several helpful fee payment guides.

The convenience and flexibility of using Infinite Campus for online payments will help to eliminate last-minute check-writing hassles, improve efficiencies, and reduce worries that a child may lose or forget the money intended for school lunch or that he/she might spend it on other non-lunch items.  

Visit our Food Service page for more information about school meals.

Visit our Infinite Campus information page for a guide to setting up recurring payments.

It’s important to keep a positive balance in your child’s food service account to ensure they can participate in the food service program. Prepayment is required in student meal accounts, which includes charges for breakfast, lunch, and other à la carte items. 

Every effort will be made by the Oconomowoc Area School District to keep parent(s)/guardian(s) informed regarding their family meal account. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of the parent(s)/guardian(s) to maintain a positive balance in their account so that the district can provide meals to their children. 

Visit our food service payments and negative meal account procedure page for more information.

 

The OASD follows these guidelines concerning waiver of fees in cases of financial hardship:

• Complete a Free and Reduced Lunch Application during registration or available late summer on the Food Services page at the District Website www.oasd.org.  You must reapply each school year for Free and Reduced Lunch even if you qualified in the prior school year.
• Annual fee, IB and AP course fees, and “Required fees” can be waived if the family qualifies for free/reduced price meals per the USDA income criteria. 
• Optional Fees “Non-Required fees” – These fees are NON-WAIVABLE and must be paid by the parent/guardian.
  • Activities – such as sports, clubS
  • Optional courses/course materials – such as Band, Choir, OHS/SLI/NHI courses, College credit courses, workbooks
  • Tangible items – such as Music Instrument Rental, Parking Fees, padlocks, goggles, assignment notebooks, earbuds/headphones, yearbooks, ID replacements, library fines, Chromebook damage/replacement