School Age Childcare

BAC Registration for the 2026-2027 School Year will open May 13 at 6 PM. 

Registration will be done through Arux, our new Child Care Portal. 

Important Reminders

• BAC is available for DK–5th grade students at each elementary school. Please note: if your child is entering DK in the fall, please select K for grade and Fall 2027 for the year when adding your child's information
• Registration is first come, first served
• A stored payment method is required at the time of registration
• A non-refundable $40 registration fee per student will be charged once your registration is accepted

Please use the link below to create your Arux account in advance so you’re ready when registration opens.

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Rockford Before and After Care is a prepaid program. The BAC program is tuition based; it is not funded by Rockford Public Schools. We do not offer sibling discounts. Tuition is charged based on enrollment, not attendance, i.e., illness, vacation. If BAC is open, you will be charged if your child was scheduled to attend.

Per Student Fees

• Non-Refundable Enrollment Fee: $40 per student
  There is no sibling discount 
• Morning Session: $10 per day per child
• Afternoon Session: $15.00 per day per child
• Early Release: $20.00 per day per child
• Full Day BAC: $45.00 per day per child
• AM Delay of School Care: $13.00 per child

Enrollment Requirements

Minimum enrollment is one day (am or pm) per week, per child. We DO NOT offer drop-in care. If your child/children do not sign up for the required minimum number of days, they will be automatically un-enrolled. Re-enrollment will not be an option.

Enrollment Calendar

The BAC calendar will be open until the 25th of the previous month to enter your schedule or to make changes to an existing schedule. After the calendar lockout date of the 26th, your schedule cannot be removed, and you will be invoiced. We do not credit or swap for scheduled days that are cancelled.

The calendar for the entire school year will be available for entry at any time. However, you are only required to submit your schedule one month at a time, and invoices will be issued monthly on the 26th of the month prior.

If you do not set your schedule in before the 25th of each month, you will be charged a fee on an increasing scale for our staff to enter your schedule for you.

If you add an AM or PM for the current day or current week of care, a $5 Add-In Fee will be added to the daily standard AM or PM BAC charge. Otherwise, you may add days at no extra charge ONLY if called in or scheduled through the portal by noon the Thursday before the next week’s scheduled days of care. DO NOT send add-in requests via email. All add-in requests must be called in by 2:15 PM to the Child Care office.

If your child is sent to BAC without a schedule or without contacting the Child Care office, a $10 Unscheduled Add-In Fee will be added to the daily standard AM or PM BAC charge.

• Calendar Input Fee - $25 for the first and second occurrence, $35 for the third and fourth occurrence, $50 for any additional occurrences
• Add-In Fee: $5
• Unscheduled Add-In Fee: $10

Late Pick Up Arrivals

Parents who arrive after 6 PM to take their child from care will be charged a progressive late pick-up fee. The fees are as follows: 

Continued late arrivals could result in dismissal from the program, so please make every effort to be punctual.  After 5 late pickups your child(ren) will be dismissed from BAC.

Services scheduled for the next month are invoiced on the 26th of each month. Tuition must be paid in full by the 26th of the month for those services which are scheduled to occur in the following month. A late payment charge of $25.00 will be applied to any accounts over 7 days late. Payments are made in your Arux account. You can also opt to set up automatic payments in Arux.

Non-payment of tuition will result in dismissal from the program.

Program Dismissal

In the event of a dismissal, a dismissal notice will be sent via email and must be paid in full within five days to remain in the program. If paid after the dismissal date, the child/ren will be subject to re-register, based on availability. A $40 re-enrollment fee will be assessed and tuition for the upcoming month will need to be paid in full in order to re-enter the program. If a dismissal email is issued more than twice in one school year, you will be asked to find childcare elsewhere.

We require a 10-business day notification for withdrawal from the program. Please contact the Child Care office by phone or via email.

Care is available during winter break and spring break for families who are enrolled in BAC. Full day care  is offered from 7 AM-6 PM. Registration information is sent to enrolled BAC families prior to the school break. The cost is $45 per day per child.

If your child is not going to attend BAC on an afternoon that he/she is scheduled to attend, a phone call must be made to the BAC office by 2:15 PM. 

• This is in addition to notifying his/her classroom teacher. 
• Emails or text messages to childcare staff will not be accepted. 

Student Safety

It is crucial that both the BAC and school staff know exactly where students should be. 

• If your child does not arrive at BAC and the BAC staff has not been given that information, school security begins looking for that child. 
• If your child is on a bus, she/he will be taken off the bus and brought back to BAC. 
• If the BAC office hasn’t received a call and a child shows up unexpectedly, due to district safety concerns, the child will not be sent home on the bus and they will remain at BAC. 

Note: An Unscheduled Add-In Fee will be added to the standard PM charge for the day.