Optional Merit-Based Discounts and the Career Credit Score
The School may offer eligible students access to a structured package of optional merit-based discounts, incentives, and scholarship-style conditional cost reductions that may reduce the Student's net program cost when the applicable conditions are fully satisfied, documented, verified, and approved by the School.
These opportunities are entirely optional. The Student is not required to participate in public posting, reposting, tagging, review activity, sanitation-support activity, or extra self-documentation in order to enroll, remain enrolled, receive instruction, or complete the program at the standard contracted price.
The Objective: The Career Credit Score
Louisville Beauty Academy does not pay students to advertise. Louisville Beauty Academy reduces tuition for students who build documented proof of professional competence.
That proof is called the Career Credit Score. It is the objective of everything in Sections A through D. The discounts are simply how the School funds the work of building it.
A state license proves a Student passed an examination. A Career Credit Score proves how the Student worked. For an instructor-track Student, it is built from six categories of documented discipline:
- THEORY TEACHING — the ability to teach, explain, and model theory, sanitation, safety, and policy understanding.
- PRACTICAL TEACHING — the ability to perform, teach, and model the hands-on side of the profession.
- SANITATION LEADERSHIP — disinfection workflow, station and room discipline, and infection-control leadership.
- SAFETY LEADERSHIP — safe product, chemical, and equipment handling, and hazard control modeled for others.
- PROFESSIONALISM AND LIVE-BY-EXAMPLE CONDUCT — instructional maturity, judgment, reliability, and public trust.
- ATTENDANCE AND TIMEKEEPING — consistent presence and truthful, accurate clock records.
Every discount lane in Section B maps to one or more of these six categories. That documented record belongs to the Student permanently and survives graduation.
A. Economic Baseline and Maximum Conditional Reduction
- Standard contracted program cost: $12,675.50
- Possible lowest eligible net cost if all applicable optional incentives are fully earned, approved, and lawfully combined under the School's written pricing structure: $3,900.00
- Maximum possible conditional reduction from the standard contracted cost: $8,775.50
The reduced figure above is a conditional possible outcome only. It is not automatic, is not guaranteed, and does not apply unless the School verifies that the applicable incentive conditions were actually satisfied.
A.1 Aggregate Cap on Total Incentive Credit. Each lane value stated in Section B is an "up to" maximum for that lane. The lane values are not additive without limit. The total combined incentive credit applied to any Student's account shall not exceed $8,775.50, and the Student's net program cost shall not be reduced below $3,900.00, regardless of the sum of individual lane maximums. If a Student earns and receives approval for lane items whose combined face value would exceed $8,775.50, the School shall apply credit up to that cap and shall state in writing the amount applied and the amount not applied. This cap governs over any individual lane figure.
A.2 Discounted Pay-in-Full and Unearned Discount Adjustment. If the School accepts a discounted pay-in-full amount, issues a discounted net invoice, or marks an account paid in full based on the possible lowest eligible net cost, that means the Student has paid the then-invoiced discounted net amount calculated by subtracting the full possible discount, on the assumption that the Student will complete and receive approval for one hundred percent of the applicable written discount items. It does not mean the Student has already completed every discount requirement, and it does not waive any written discount requirement.
If the Student does not complete, maintain, document, verify, or receive approval for all applicable discount items, the unearned or unapproved portion of the discount may be removed or adjusted, and the Student may remain responsible for the difference between the standard contracted price of $12,675.50 and the discount amount actually earned and approved, to the extent allowed by this Agreement, the written discount schedule, the refund policy, and applicable law, unless the School separately waives that amount in writing.
Before any such adjustment is applied, the School shall provide the Student with a written statement identifying each discount item not earned or approved, the dollar value of each, the resulting adjusted balance, and the Student's right to request human review under Subsection C.8 within thirty days.
A.3 Sections That Follow. Section B states the incentive lanes and their values. Section C states the public portfolio, verification, and career-visibility standard. Section D states the Career Credit Score and the controlling post-and-tag requirements.
B. Incentive Lanes and Student Expectations
Each lane below states an "up to" maximum for that lane. No lane is automatic. All values are subject to School verification, documentation, approval, and continued good standing. Lane values are not additive without limit — total combined credit is capped at $8,775.50 under Subsection A.1, and the Student's net cost is never reduced below $3,900.00. Lanes 3, 4, 5, and 6 additionally require the Student to satisfy the post-and-tag requirements stated in Subsection D.3.
| Lane |
Maximum Value |
Public Post Required? |
| 1 — Payment at enrollment |
$3,000.00 |
No |
| 2 — Attendance discipline |
$3,275.50 full-time $1,500.00 part-time |
No |
| 3 — Theory teaching and academic self-proof |
Maximum value: up to $1,000.00 |
Yes — see D.3 |
| 4 — Practical teaching and live-by-example |
Maximum value: up to $1,000.00 |
Yes — see D.3 |
| 5 — Career visibility and progress sharing |
Maximum value: up to $500.00 |
Yes — see D.3 |
| 6 — Sanitation, safety, and institutional support |
Maximum value: up to $500.00 |
Yes — see D.3 |
| Aggregate cap (Subsection A.1) |
$8,775.50 |
Floor: $3,900.00 |
1. Payment-at-enrollment lane
Maximum value: up to $3,000.00.
Required action: full payment of the program cost before the program start date. This option is available to every enrolled Student who requests it; no special permission is required and the School will not decline it. The Student may request it at enrollment or any time before the start date, and the School shall issue a written invoice showing the credit subtracted. This lane is all-or-nothing and is not prorated; a partial prepayment earns no partial credit.
Tracking responsibility: the Student must keep the receipt, payment confirmation, or other written proof.
This lane requires no public posting of any kind.
2. Attendance-discipline lane
Full-Time Attendance (30–40 hours per week): up to $3,275.50 in conditional discount value for consistent attendance over approximately 25 weeks, subject to School attendance verification and continued good standing.
Part-Time Attendance (20–30 hours per week): up to $1,500.00 in conditional discount value for consistent attendance over approximately 38 weeks, subject to the same verification.
Attendance of less than 20 hours per week: no discount.
Tracking responsibility: School attendance records control, but the Student remains responsible for checking weekly hour accuracy.
This lane requires no public posting of any kind.
3. Theory-teaching and academic self-proof lane
Maximum value: up to $1,000.00.
Approved credit value: 10 approved theory-teaching or academic self-proof posts at $100.00 per post.
Required action: truthful documentation showing the Student can teach, explain, and model theory, sanitation, safety, and policy understanding.
Frequency guideline: no more than one counted post per calendar day.
To claim credit, the Student must satisfy Subsection D.3. The Student is never required to publish actual test scores or grades; a milestone or teaching-demonstration post is sufficient.
4. Practical-teaching and live-by-example lane
Maximum value: up to $1,000.00.
Approved credit value: 10 approved practical-teaching or live-by-example posts at $100.00 per post.
Required action: truthful documentation showing the Student can perform, teach, and model the hands-on side of the profession with sanitation and safety leadership.
Frequency guideline: no more than one counted post per calendar day.
To claim credit, the Student must satisfy Subsection D.3. Any image or video showing a client, model, classmate, or other identifiable person requires that person's written consent before posting.
5. Career-visibility and progress-sharing lane
Maximum value: up to $500.00.
Approved credit value: 5 approved career-visibility or progress-sharing posts at $100.00 per post.
Required action: approved public self-proof, professional reposting, or employability-building documentation that truthfully reflects the Student's work and development.
Frequency guideline: no more than one counted post per calendar day.
Important limitation: if a client voluntarily leaves a review on Google or Yelp, it may be considered as supporting evidence, but no specific star rating may be required, and no review may be solicited in exchange for anything of value.
To claim credit, the Student must satisfy Subsection D.3.
6. Sanitation, safety, and institutional-support lane
Maximum value: up to $500.00.
Approved credit value: 5 approved sanitation-support or institutional-support posts at $100.00 per post.
Required action: approved work that supports School order, cleanliness, professionalism, sanitation, safety, and operational standards.
Frequency guideline: no more than one counted post per calendar day.
To claim credit, the Student must satisfy Subsection D.3.
TOTAL VOIDING OF ALL DISCOUNTS UPON SEPARATION. All incentive credit, discounts, and price reductions under this Agreement are conditioned on the Student completing the Program. If the Student withdraws, cancels, abandons the Program, ceases attending, is administratively withdrawn, is dismissed, or is terminated at any time before completion, then one hundred percent (100%) of all incentive credit and discounts void automatically, immediately, and in full — whether or not previously earned, approved, verified, applied to the account, invoiced, or displayed as a credit on any statement — and the Student's financial obligation reverts to the standard contracted program cost of $12,675.50. This applies regardless of the reason for separation, including without limitation illness, injury, pregnancy, family or caregiving obligations, childcare, transportation, change of employment, relocation, immigration circumstance, financial difficulty, academic difficulty, dissatisfaction, misconduct, dismissal for cause, or no reason stated at all. There are no exceptions, except only to the extent applicable law requires otherwise. Before applying any voiding to the Student's balance, the School shall provide a written itemized statement identifying each credit voided, the dollar value of each, the resulting balance, and the Student's right to request human review within thirty (30) days. This paragraph controls over any conflicting statement elsewhere in this Agreement.
Educational purpose and limits of the sanitation lane. Sanitation-support activity under Lane 6 is part of the Student's required sanitation, safety, and instructional-leadership training and is performed for the Student's own educational benefit. It is scheduled within the Student's normal instructional time, is supervised, does not displace a paid employee, and is not a condition of enrollment, graduation, or certification. Participation is voluntary, and a Student who declines forfeits only this lane's credit and nothing else. The School shall not assign sanitation-support activity outside scheduled instructional hours, and no Student shall be required to perform such activity as a condition of remaining in good standing.
Instructor-specific live-by-example and public-trust expectations. For instructor-track practical proof, the School may require documentation showing sanitation workflow, safety workflow, cleaning discipline, instructor readiness, professional maturity, truthful tagged social-media documentation, and live-by-example conduct appropriate for a future instructor.
Lane values are maximums, not entitlements, and are subject to the aggregate cap in Subsection A.1. Partial completion earns proportional credit only for the items actually approved. The School shall record each approval and each declination under Subsection C.10.
Award, Denial, Forfeiture, and Interpretation. Optional incentive credit is earned only after the required condition is actually completed and verified by the School. Incentive credit may be denied, reduced, reversed, or forfeited if the Student withdraws, is dismissed, falsifies records, engages in misconduct, falls out of good standing, or materially fails to satisfy the School's written standards. The School's incentive system is intended to reward documented discipline, safety, sanitation, employability, professional maturity, effort, educational follow-through, and career-credit growth. It is not intended to compel speech, require false praise, require guaranteed positive public statements, or force any Student to engage in public activity against the Student's will.