St. Pius X High School, the only archdiocesan Catholic high school, already operates in a financial manner that is somewhat similar to the Charlotte model. St. Mary's School in Rome and St. Joseph's School in Athens, because of their geographic distance from metro Atlanta schools, are more challenging to include in a system, but have not been eliminated from consideration, Msgr. St. Anthony's and Our Lady of Lourdes in Atlanta, which have had low enrollment in recent school years and frequent turnover in leadership, may have to be treated as a special case but are still part of the overall plan. Any future funding formula is more likely to require families to seek tuition assistance by demonstrating financial need than to receive the subsidy across the board. There is a belief that a new funding system is needed to make the schools affordable at a diversity of income levels.
Tuition is set based upon the cost per child of Catholic school education in the regional system.
Then a significant financial aid pool created by contributions from parishes is made available to families who cannot afford the full tuition cost. This is only offered to families who are participating parishioners in Charlotte parishes. In Charlotte, parishes continue to support Catholic school education after regionalization, said Dr. Michael Skube, superintendent of schools in Charlotte. The parish support is placed in a general financial aid fund for the assistance of children from parishes in the region who need aid to offset the actual cost of tuition. Financial assistance is given to approximately 40 percent of families with children in Catholic schools in the Charlotte region.