Pasco County Schools will begin accepting credit and debit card payments during registration and orientation days this year through the SchoolPay company.
Parents will be able to purchase school merchandise and yearbooks, and pay for fees, field trips, and other school items at the school or online through links on the school websites, according to a release. The district human resources department also will accept credit card payments to pay for fingerprinting fees.
An undisclosed transaction fee will be charged on each transaction.
The secure online site will accept Visa, Mastercard and Discover cards. Parents also can search their full history of payments by date and child.
“It’s important to me as superintendent to offer parents convenience and to increase our use of technology in our daily operations,” superintendent Kurt Browning said, in a release.
The district piloted the program at Wiregrass Ranch High School as well as Connerton Elementary School last school year. Both schools reported increased collections and positive feedback from parents about the ease and convenience of paying school fees online with credit and debit cards, officials said.
The district’s food and nutrition services department also accepts online credit and debit card meal payments at MyLunchMoney. School vending machines will accept credit and debit cards, and each school will have a dining room credit card readers for meals at point of sale stations.
