Gill St. Bernard's School will typically consider the earning power of a non-working spouse if there are no legitimate, documented reasons for the spouse to be unemployed. When a parent/guardian whose youngest child is in school full-time chooses not to work, the Financial Aid Committee will re-calculate the family's contribution to education using imputed income. This policy does not require the parent to work - it only attempts to adjust the level of need by accounting for the minimum income that the parent could earn if he or she chose to work. If there are specific circumstances surrounding non-employment that a family wishes the Financial Aid Committee to consider, a written statement of special circumstances must be submitted with the rest of the family's supporting documentation.