2016-2017 SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCEDURE
The Lycée uses School and Student Services (SSS) to process financial aid applications. Based on the financial
information provided in the Parents’ Financial Statement, SSS gives the Lycée an estimated amount a family can
contribute to educational expenses. Parents only have to complete one PFS for all children. However, SSS
considers divorced parents living apart to be separate households, and as such, each parent should complete a
separate PFS.
KEY INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT OUR SCHOOL AS YOU COMPLETE THE PFS:
Our school’s full name: Lycée Français de San Francisco
Our school’s SSS code: 1907
Contact information for our financial aid office: financialaid@Lelycee.org
To begin a financial aid application for the 2016-17 school year, families should follow the steps below.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE PARENTS’ FINANCIAL STATEMENT (PFS) ONLINE
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Go to http://sssbynais.org/parents.
Create your PFS Online account with your email address and a password. If you applied for financial aid last
year, simply login to the PFS Online as a Returning Family, using the email address and password you set up
last year.
Begin a PFS for Academic Year 2016-17. You can log out of the PFS Online at any time, then return later to
complete it.
After you have pressed submit, you’ll be brought to a payment screen. The fee of $47 is nonrefundable. Once
your PFS is submitted, it cannot be withdrawn from the SSS system.
After you pay for and submit your PFS, you’ll have access in the PFS Online to a section called “My
Documents.” You can upload all the documents we require there.
HOW TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ONLINE
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Prepare your documents to be uploaded. Make sure the documents are on your computer, each saved as a
separate file. They can be saved in any of the following file formats: Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe pdf, .jpg,
.gif, or .tif. Remove any security or password protection from your pdfs.
Return to the PFS Online and login.
Select the Academic Year 2016-17 button.
From your PFS Online Dashboard, click on the “My Documents” tab.
On the “My Documents” page, you will see an upload button or a hyperlink next to a specific document name
in the "Required Documents" section of the PFS. Clicking either the upload button or a hyperlink will lead you
through a series of steps allowing you to name, locate and save the file.
Once you have uploaded a document, the date will appear in the “Date Uploaded” column within minutes of
the upload. Some tax documents go through a verification process. It can take up to 48 hours for the
verification process to complete.
Lycée Français de San Francisco
December 2015
LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Families must upload all documents that apply to their situation. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
For all Families
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Letter written to the Committee. The letter must detail the family’s current situation and financial difficulties
Form 4506T signed and undated (https://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f4506t.pdf)
Last three months’ bank statements (All accounts US and Foreign)
If you added “Medical expenses” & ”Out of pocket insurance premium” in the PFS, include invoices outlining
these amounts
If you added “Unusual expenses” in the PFS, include invoices outlining these amounts (eg Student loan
statement, moving expenses, legal fees, etc..)
Unemployment / Lay-off verification (if applicable)
If you are divorced / separated:
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Each parent must file up a PFS and provide the documentation applying to his/her situation.
Divorce Judgment including any financial agreement regarding tuition fees, alimony, child support or other
If only one parent applies, explain why. Indicate what portion of the tuition you are responsible for and
provide proof
If the student lives with a step parent, the step parent must be included in the PFS and his/her documentation
must be uploaded.
If you are remarried (or live with someone) please explain your family situation in your letter, including which
parent(s) is/are responsible for the tuition of the children.
If you received income in the United States in 2015:
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Completed 2015 tax return documents:
Federal 1040,
California 540
All Schedule
If salaried: all 2015 W2’s
If non-salaried: all 2015 1099’s (Income, unemployment, interest, dividend etc. ….)
If you received income in a foreign country in 2015:
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3 last 2015 pay stubs
Latest tax returns from the applicable country (2014 or 2015)
Last 3 months foreign bank statements (All accounts)
If you and /or the student(s) have French citizenship and did not apply for a French Government
scholarship in February 2016:
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Letter explaining why you have not applied for the Government scholarship in February of 2016.
--- If you think you would not qualify, please explain why.
--- If you are arriving in the USA after April 2016, indicate that you did not qualify because you are not currently
in the US, add your arrival date in the letter. Note that you first need to apply to the Government scholarship in
September 2016. Your School Scholarship Application may be reviewed in September as well.
Lycée Français de San Francisco
December 2015