Proyecto de Tarifas 2026-2027
En nuestro compromiso por brindar siempre la mejor experiencia a nuestras familias, queremos compartir con ustedes nuestro Proyecto de Tarifas 2026-27.
Los invitamos a leer detalladamente cada sección. Su voz es fundamental para construir juntos un futuro sostenible y equitativo para todos.
¡Gracias por ser parte de nuestra Familia Rochesteriana!
Apreciados miembros del Consejo Directivo:
La Dirección del Colegio Rochester presenta para su estudio y aprobación el siguiente proyecto de tarifas para el nuevo año escolar 2026-2027. Este proyecto se basa en la Resolución 019805 del 30 de septiembre de 2025 del Ministerio de Educación Nacional.
Adicionalmente, para la elaboración de esta propuesta, hemos tenido en cuenta los indicadores económicos, el porcentaje de aumento del salario mínimo y los precios de los insumos, tanto en alimentos como en el servicio de transporte. Todo ello con el propósito de preservar el poder adquisitivo de las familias y la calidad educativa, así como actuar con responsabilidad frente a la sostenibilidad del colegio, de las familias, del personal y de nuestros contratistas y proveedores.
Enrollment Fees and Monthly Pension Fees
Teniendo en cuenta los criterios establecidos por el Ministerio de Educación Nacional para determinar el porcentaje del incremento anual para instituciones educativas privadas en el régimen de Libertad Regulada, el Colegio Rochester tendría un porcentaje de aumento igual al 6,9%, de acuerdo con los siguientes criterios específicos de dicha Resolución:
✓ El puntaje base de índice de precios al consumidor IPC anual, que para el corte de agosto de 2025 se estableció en 5,10% según datos del DANE.
✓ La acreditación de calidad expedida por la Fundación Colombia Excelente sobre nuestro proceso como Reconocidos por la Excelencia con European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM), equivalente a 1,0 puntos porcentuales. La certificación de acreditación la recibiremos el próximo 23 de abril de 2026.
✓ El índice de permanencia que expide el Ministerio de Educación Nacional, a través de su plataforma oficial respecto al comportamiento de la matrícula registrada en el Sistema de Información de matrícula SIMAT del año 2025, en el que estamos catalogados en nivel alto, equivalente a 0,5 puntos porcentuales.
✓ Implementación de estrategias de educación inclusiva y del Decreto 1421 de 2017, equivalente a 0,3 puntos porcentuales.
For the annual pension item, in accordance with the criteria previously recorded and taking into account that Rochester School continues to be classified in the Regulated Freedom Regime, the Rochester School Management proposes an increase of 12.73% in relation to the current school year, for students entering grades Kindergarten to 11th and freely assign the rate considered in Pre-Kindergarten, as authorized by the aforementioned resolution.
To support families' cash flow, we offer the following benefits :
Continue deferring pension payments for 11 months between August 2024 and June 2025.
Grant scholarships on Tuition Fees and monthly Pension payments like this: Second child with 10%, third child with 15% and fourth child with 20%, and children of former students with 20% to any of their children. Likewise, we continue with the percentages of 70% scholarship for children of school teachers and 50% scholarship for children of workers in associated services.
We will also grant scholarships for economic calamity up to $150 million and will receive applications until May 31, 2024 by email to María Evely Muñoz, Billing Coordinator ( mevely@rochester.edu.co ). Rochester College awarded more than $2.7 billion in scholarships for tuition fees, monthly pension payments and other monthly services during 2023-2024 and in total has awarded more than $17 billion in the last 10 years.
Offer 6% financial discount for early payment of the 2024-2025 school year along with tuition. We also offer a 3.0% discount for early payment along with registration, for the payment of monthly payments from August to December 2024 and a 3.0% discount for early payment of monthly payments no later than December 6. from January to June 2025.
✓ Otorgar becas sobre el Derecho de Matrícula y las cuotas mensuales de Pensión así: Segundo hijo con el 10%, tercer hijo con el 15% y cuarto hijo con el 20%, y a hijos de exalumnos con el 20% a cualquiera de sus hijos. Así mismo, continuamos con los porcentajes de 70% de beca para hijos de docentes del colegio y 50% de beca para hijos de trabajadores en servicios asociados.
✓ Otorgaremos también becas por calamidad económica hasta $160 millones y recibiremos solicitudes hasta mayo 31 de 2026 por medio del portal de solicitudes, área de facturación. Estas becas se pueden solicitar para el concepto de pensiones como también para los servicios de alimentos, transporte y actividades comunitarias.
Table 1 below shows the increase requested from the Board of Directors on the rate approved by Resolution 1954 of May 15, 2023 of the Municipal Mayor's Office of Chía.
Tabla 1. Tarifas de Pensión Anual solicitadas para 2026-2027 con base en la Pensión Anual aprobada.
Ofrecemos un beneficio adicional a los arriba descritos para los estudiantes actuales que son promovidos a Jardín y Transición, quedándoles la Pensión Anual descontada de la siguiente manera:
✓ De Prejardín a Jardín: 10% de descuento en el Derecho de Matrícula y las cuotas mensuales de Pensión solicitadas a Chía en la Tabla 1, equivalente a $4.995.234 en el año, quedando el valor descontado del Derecho de Matrícula en $4.495.711 y la cuota mensual de Pensión en $3.678.309.
✓ De Jardín a Transición: 5% de descuento en el Derecho de Matrícula y las cuotas mensuales de Pensión solicitadas a Chía en la Tabla 1, equivalente a $2.474.633 en el año, quedando el valor descontado del Derecho de Matrícula en $4.701.804 y la cuota mensual de Pensión en $3.846.930.
Se aclara que en la tarifa de Pensión Anual están incluidos los certificados de estudio, el primer carné estudiantil y el anuario digital para todos, al igual que el seguro de accidentes escolares para Prejardín.
En diciembre de 2025 publicamos unas tarifas tentativas para quienes deseaban realizar el pago anticipado del año escolar. Estas tarifas fueron calculadas con base en la información económica disponible en ese momento. Sin embargo, posteriormente se anunció el incremento del salario mínimo para el presente año, el cual fue del 23%, lo que genera un impacto directo en múltiples componentes de la operación del colegio.
Este aumento tiene efectos en los costos laborales, en los servicios tercerizados y en diversos insumos que dependen del salario mínimo como referencia —entre ellos algunos servicios de transporte, alimentación y mantenimiento—. Por esta razón, las tarifas inicialmente publicadas deben ajustarse de acuerdo con el presente proyecto de tarifas.
En todo caso, cualquier diferencia entre las tarifas tentativas pagadas anticipadamente y las tarifas finalmente aprobadas será acreditada a favor de las familias, manteniendo así nuestro compromiso de transparencia equilibrio y responsabilidad con la sostenibilidad del colegio y el bienestar de nuestra comunidad.
Bibliobanco Rate for Imported Series
Con respecto al uso del Bibliobanco de Series Importadas (impreso y digital), es nuestro propósito continuar a la vanguardia en el aprovechamiento de la tecnología educativa para el proceso de enseñanza y aprendizaje, al igual que en el uso de series impresas innovadoras y actualizadas, de la siguiente manera:
Regarding the use of the Imported Series Bibliobank (printed and digital), it is our purpose to continue at the forefront in the use of educational technology for the teaching and learning process, with the support of the following tools:
Student information system called ALMA, with Learning Management Systems, SeeSaw in Prekindergarten to 2nd and Google Classroom for 3rd-11th.
Admission and registration renewal system, OpenApply.
Online curriculum platforms for learning the various areas of knowledge deployed in English, such as Imagine Learning (5th-11th), Our World Avallain (English in Upper Primary), MyELT (English in Middle School and Upper Baccalaureate), AP Classroom (AP Courses in High School), Raz Kids (reading in English for 1st grade), and others.
Printed and digital texts, as well as imported series materials for English, mathematics and science, both for the student and for classroom use.
Standardized English tests (Toefl Primary in 4th grade, Toefl Junior in 7th grade and Toefl iBT in 10th grade), admission to higher education in Colombia (Presaber 11 in 10th grade and Saber 11 in 11th grade) and Life Project Orientation in 10th grade. Additionally, we will include 50% of the registration cost for 11th grade students for the international French and Portuguese exams, DELF and CELPI-BRAS.
To prevent parents of students entering 3rd and 4th grade from buying an iPad or MacBook for their school work and so that these devices are better managed by the school and with greater security for the students, we include an iPad with a Spanish keyboard and trackpad for the interdisciplinary One-To-One Deployment program used in all subjects . The use of family-owned devices in 3rd grade will not be allowed on campus for technical reasons of administration and security of the iPads. These devices will be the property of the school and will be rented to students, just as we do with imported texts and series, fully managed by the School, without parents having to manage them at home or during breaks during the school year. , thus keeping Internet access and device use safe and healthy for students. The cost of equipment increased considerably and in 2023-2024 the school incurred rental costs much higher than budgeted.
At the beginning of the 2024-2025 school year, we will share bibliobank information (print and digital), grade by grade. Taking into account the CPI and the movement of the US dollar from the last school year, we request a 10% increase in the fees for using the Imported Series Bibliobank in Table 2.
Table 2. Proposed annual rates for the use of the Imported Series Bibliobanco (print and digital). In 3rd-4th grade, the use of the iPad provided by the School is now included in the One-On-One Deployment program.
Rochester College offers food service, providing students with cultural and international experiences through monthly food festivals . We prepare balanced, balanced, sufficient and healthy menus endorsed by a professional nutritionist .
The food service has a high level of satisfaction on the part of the students, within an orderly and clean environment, where they learn manners and the etiquette of good eating. We work systematically in building our menus, incorporating natural, fresh and harvested foods into our preparations. We work on formulations with a 50% reduction in added sugar or with sweetening substitutes, such as Stevia, we incorporate fiber, we limit the use of sausages, ultra-processed and fried foods. We encourage the consumption of fruits and vegetables; we promote natural hydration without added sugars; and we include all the necessary food groups to promote the growth and development of our students.
We see with great concern that many lunch boxes that students bring are full of ultra-processed products, with refined sugar, preservatives and sodium, which generates disorders in their healthy habits and inconsistency with what we teach them in natural sciences and the health axis. integral in Development of Virtues, so that students take control of their lives by choosing in a coherent manner and aligned with the nutritional information constructed in the classroom. Additionally, we consider that the dining room is an integral part of the curriculum to learn to eat what the body needs, creating awareness of putting only the foods that are going to be consumed on the plate and thus avoiding unsustainable waste, maintaining an appropriate posture when eating, with Elbows off the table, chat when you are not chewing, and leave the place neat and clean for other people.
Monthly lunch and half nines fees will be charged in 11 months from August to June, along with the monthly boarding fee. The Snack Bar is open to students from 3rd to 11th grade and consumption is paid through the digital platform that the school provides. Taking into account that the minimum wage increased by 12% and the cost of food inputs increased in 2022-23 more than expected and we project an increase of more than 15% in 2023-24, we request an increase of 12.7 % in the rates for Lunch and Half Nines in relation to those for the year 2023-2024, to recover part of the costs of the current school year, as mentioned in Law 115 of 1994. These rates are exclusive for those who take monthly lunch during THE ENTIRE school year continuously (August to June), since the occasional month and lunch or daily half nines will have higher rates, proportionally. The occasional rate is higher to cover the fixed and variable costs involved in the lunch or half nines experience. Additionally, we will offer a 10% scholarship for the second child of the same family, 15% for the third child and 20% for the fourth child. Table 3 shows the proposed rates.
Vemos con gran inquietud que muchas loncheras que traen los estudiantes están llenas de productos ultra-procesados, con azúcar refinada, preservantes y sodio, lo cual genera desórdenes en sus hábitos saludables e incongruencia con lo que les enseñamos en ciencias naturales y el eje de salud integral en Desarrollo de Virtudes, para que los estudiantes tomen el control de sus vidas eligiendo de manera coherente y alineada a la información nutricional construida en el aula.
Las tarifas mensuales de almuerzo y medias nueves se cobrarán en 11 meses de agosto a junio, junto con la cuota de pensión mensual. El Snack Bar está abierto para estudiantes de 3º a 11º y los consumos se pagan por medio de la plataforma digital que el colegio disponga. Teniendo en cuenta que uno de las variables a considerar es el salario mínimo, el cual aumentó en un 23% a partir del enero de 2026, el Colegio haciendo un esfuerzo importante en la gestión de proveedores y sus finanzas, solicita un aumento del 9% en las tarifas de Almuerzo y Medias Nueves con relación a las del año 2025-2026. Continuaremos ofreciendo una beca del 10% para el segundo hijo de la misma familia, del 15% para el tercer hijo y del 20% para el cuarto hijo. En la Tabla 3 se observan las tarifas propuestas con relación a la aprobación anual.
Estas tarifas son exclusivas para quienes tomen el almuerzo mensual durante TODO el año escolar de forma continua (agosto a junio), ya que el mes ocasional y el almuerzo o las medias nueves diarias tendrán tarifas más altas, proporcionalmente. La tarifa ocasional es mayor para cubrir los costos fijos y variables involucrados en la experiencia de almuerzo o medias nueves.
Tabla 3. Tarifas anuales propuestas de almuerzo y medias nueves para cada grado Tarifas de transporte escolar
Rochester School offers the school transportation service through a strategic ally and expert in this type of transportation with reliable, safe and efficient routes for our students.
Likewise, it offers us an application for real-time route monitoring and communication between the monitors and parents. We invite you to take the school transportation service that the school offers through its strategic ally, since the school is solely responsible for the safety of the students who take the school transportation service offered by them.
This school year we have considerably increased family satisfaction by refining routes and improving the management of requests. The strategic ally is fulfilling the value offer in terms of time spent on the route and punctuality when arriving at the campus.
For the following school year, we will offer a 10% scholarship for the second child in the same family, 15% for the third child, and 20% for the fourth child. We will also continue with the sectorization of zones into near, intermediate and distant transportation, depending on the distance in kilometers between the campus and the student's residence, according to the following:
Nearby Transportation covers up to 18 kilometers from the campus.
Intermediate Transportation covers a distance from the campus greater than 18 km and less than or equal to 22 km.
Remote Transportation covers a distance from campus greater than 22 kilometers.
Due to the impact on vehicle spare parts costs, the increase in the minimum wage for instructors and drivers, and the increase in fuel, we request an 11% increase in school transportation rates, which are seen in Table 4. These rates also have been deferred to 11 months from August to June for greater comfort in the cash flow of families and are exclusive for those who take the service throughout the school year continuously (August to June), since they will be higher for those who take service occasionally.
Table 2. Proposed annual rates for the use of the Imported Series Bibliobanco (print and digital). In 3rd-4th grade, the use of the iPad provided by the School is now included in the One-On-One Deployment program.
Rochester School offers the school transportation service through a strategic ally and expert in this type of transportation with reliable, safe and efficient routes for our students.
Otros costos
Other Charges
The other charges that are paid one time or when requesting the service are proposed in Table 5 below.
Table 5. Rates of other charges that are paid when requesting the service.
We will continue with the other concepts of other charges below, made when the parents choose them:
Excursions
First Reconciliation, First Communion and Confirmation of Faith
Insurance (accident and educational life).
Extra-class academic tutoring.
Workshops on occupational, physical and language development, optometry (orthoptics) and audiometry.
Extra-class community activities (training, high performance, recreational).
The Rochester School Administration requests the community's Board of Directors to adopt this educational fee project for the 2024-2025 school year.
Thank you for your trust and support.
Alethia Bogoya
Rector
Juan Pablo Aljure
President
