Fees and Payment Policy

Registration fees are required from parents of children participating at the various levels within our program. These fees are due at registration are used to offset the cost of general and administrative costs of hockey.

Team fees are due on November 1^st and January 15^th and cover the estimated costs to purchase ice for your team. These are estimates, since some teams may decide to purchase more or less ice, enter additional tournaments or spend money in some other manner not specified by the LHA. If payment is not received as required, the team manager will notify the appropriate Level Director. The Level Director will notify the Treasurer and the player is subject to suspension from all team activity until the fees are current. At the discretion of the Treasurer, payment may be required by a money order or a certified check.

In addition to these fees there is a pre-registration fee of $35 per family collected from all families that have not yet contributed a total of $250 to the construction for the original sheet we now use.

Mandatory fundraising fees from past years that were not paid last year will be due at registration this year with a $25.00 late fee!

There will be a $25.00 non-refundable registration fee and a $25.00 NSF check fee.

The LHA did adopt beginning with the 1995/1996 Hockey season a formal refund policy that will be applied in all cases when a registered participant wishes to withdraw from the program. This policy will be applied equitably across all cases of withdrawal from the LHA and at all levels.

This policy was adopted with consideration of the fact that the LHA incurs costs almost immediately after a child is registered. Many of these costs are not refundable to the LHA by the district or USA Hockey. And as such we cannot refund them to the participant.

Once a decision to withdraw is made, it is the member’s responsibility to immediately notify the appropriate level director and follow that up with a written request for a refund if they feel one is due. The Level Director, Registrar and Treasurer will review the written policy and determine what if any refund will be allowed.

Injuries, although rare, area apart of the game of hockey and as such are not allowable reasons for withdrawing from the program and requesting a refund.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to suspend all of the above requirements to the fees of any member in the event that a catastrophe befalls a person or persons, e.g.; the death of a parent of a player during the course of the season.

In a very few extreme cases each year the LHA attempts to assist some families with partial scholarships. Those members that believe they may qualify for some level of assistance should contact the appropriate level director.

These members will be asked to prepare a letter outlining their need as well as complete a two-page questionnaire. The Financial Aid Committee consisting of the President, Treasurer, and VP of Operations will review these confidential documents. Short-term or recent financial situations are not considered to be acceptable reasons to qualify. It would be more typical that situations exist which are long-term or permanent and of a very severe nature to qualify.

If you are approved, the most assistance that will be granted is 50% of the cost of hockey for the level requested. The President will advise the Board of Directors of any financial aid provided, but will not disclose who the recipients are. All decisions are final.