Blue Bear provides significant savings to students of all ages with financial need through our sliding-scale tuition program. The amount of support you receive is based on your gross income from your tax return. Consult the charts (including for Little Bears and summer camps) below to see if you qualify. If you do, we’ll need to see a copy of page one of your prior-year tax return. You may also qualify for sliding scale if you are currently unemployed.
Please note: sliding scale applicants cannot be listed as a dependent on another person’s tax return; lessons discounts apply to single-lesson and 4-pack prices only.
Sliding Scale Discount:
| Individual | 2 in family | 3 in family | |
| Adjusted Gross Income | |||
| Under $40,000 | 50% off classes 30% off lessons |
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| Under $45,000 | 40% off classes 25% off lessons |
50% off classes 30% off lessons |
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| Under $50,000 | 30% off classes 20% off lessons |
40% off classes 25% off lessons |
50% off classes 30% off lessons |
| Under $55,000 | 20% off classes & lessons | 30% off classes 20% off lessons |
40% off classes 25% off lessons |
| Under $60,000 | 10% off classes & lessons | 20% off classes & lessons | 30% off classes 20% off lessons |
| Under $65,000 | 10% off classes & lessons | 20% off classes & lessons | |
| Under $70,000 | 10% off classes & lessons |
Little Bears Sliding Scale:
| 1 dependent | 2 dependents | 3 dependents | 4+ dependents | |
| Household AGI | ||||
| Under $55,000 | 85% off classes | |||
| Under $60,000 | 65% off classes | 85% off classes | ||
| Under $65,000 | 50% off classes | 65% off classes | 85% off classes | |
| Under $70,000 | 35% off classes | 50% off classes | 65% off classes | 85% off classes |
| Under $75,000 | 20% off classes | 35% off classes | 50% off classes | 65% off classes |
| Under $80,000 | 20% off classes | 35% off classes | 50% off classes | |
| Under $85,000 | 20% off classes | 35% off classes | ||
| Under $90,000 | 20% off classes |
Summer Camps Sliding Scale:
| 1 dependent | 2 dependents | 3 dependents | |
| Under $35,000 | $95 for one camp | ||
| Under $40,000 | $200 for one camp | $95 for one camp | |
| Under $45,000 | $300 for one camp | $200 for one camp | $95 for one camp |
| Under $50,000 | $350 for one camp | $300 for one camp | $200 for one camp |
| Under $55,000 | $400 for one camp | $350 for one camp | $300 for one camp |
| Under $60,000 | $400 for one camp | $350 for one camp | |
| Under $65,000 | $400 for one camp |
