Invoicing communication to students
As many of you will have heard, the Student Choice Initiative directed by the province for the 2019/20 academic year was recently quashed in court. The province has sought leave to appeal this Nov. 21 court decision so they may continue the Student Choice Initiative.
Laurier completed its opt-out process for all registered students under the Student Choice Initiative between Nov. 1 and Nov. 25. Given the current uncertainty with the appeal of the court decision and the fact that Laurier’s opt-out process was primarily completed by Nov. 21, Laurier will be invoicing students for the winter 2020 academic term as planned based on their decision to support or opt out of certain fees under the opt-out process.
Student invoices will be posted shortly to registered winter 2020 students. Due to the delay in posting invoices, the tuition fee due date is postponed until Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. For information on payment options go to students.wlu.ca/paymentoptions.
Please note that this is an interim decision while the university continues to monitor the situation and seek feedback. In the event that circumstances change before the end of the winter term on April 28, fees that students opted out of for the 2020 winter term may appear on their student account and on a future invoice. In such a case, those students will be notified of the decision via email. After April 28, students will not be responsible for any fees they opted out of for the 2020 winter term.