Tuition Adjustment

Berkeley Rose Waldorf School strives to make Waldorf education accessible to families from a wide range of economic backgrounds

Tuition Adjustment Program (TA)

Open to Kindergarten and Grades applicants only (not available for Nursery)

Each year, Berkeley Rose Waldorf School offers reduced tuition to the maximum number of students possible. Roughly 50% of our families receive some form of help making a private school education affordable.

To apply for a tuition adjustment, please complete a tuition adjustment application on Clarity (our tuition assistance application service). Priority Application Due Date: January 29, 2026

If you have any questions about the application process through Clarity, they have provided a handy quick-reference guide – HERE.

Apply for Tuition Adjustment

Other Financial Aid Suggestions

Along with our Tuition Adjustment program, we encourage our families to check out these other local resources. Please make inquiries and apply to these programs yourself and directly.

  • The Basic Fund is a privately funded 501(c)3 organization whose mission is to advance educational equity for low-income families by helping offset the cost of tuition at private schools in the Bay Area.

  • These programs are offered through employers and allow parents to pay for childcare with wages earned before taxes are taken out. Please see your employer for more details.

  • State and federally funded by:

    Coordination is handled by the State of California. Programs pay for the child care of eligible families in licensed family child care homes, centers, or exempt child care situations.

    How they work
    The parent chooses the child care program, and the alternative payment program signs a contract with the parent and provider and pays the provider directly.

    Parents enrolled in alternative payment (AP) programs have the right to change providers if they are dissatisfied with their first choice. AP programs serve specific geographic areas, and ages of children varies, depending on the program (such as childcare up to age 5, and aftercare up to age 12).