Description
Per-session billed hours=max(minimum,class+travel); multiply by sessions and rate.
Education payment records distinguish subsidies, deposits, transferable credit, refund bands and administrative fees. A supplied calculation can reconcile a proposed balance without determining which fees or refunds are legally or institutionally available. Endpoint inclusion and the order of deductions can change the result.
Per-session billed hours=max(minimum,class+travel); multiply by sessions and rate.
When to use this tool
Use Evening Course Childcare Cost Term when checking the stated caller-defined course-cost or refund convention.
How to use the tool and how it works
- Enter sessions, classHours, travelHours, hourlyRate, minimumHours. Use the units and conventions below.
- Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
- Read billedHoursPerSession, totalHours, totalCost. Use the output convention below.
Require whole sessions>=0 and nonnegative class/travel/minimum hours and hourly rate. Per-session billed hours=max(minimum,class+travel); multiply by sessions and rate.1
| Input field | Meaning and units | Accepted input |
|---|---|---|
| sessions | Sessions | Required. Safe integer; minimum 0. |
| classHours | Class Hours | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| travelHours | Travel Hours | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| hourlyRate | Hourly Rate | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| minimumHours | Minimum Hours | Required. Finite number; minimum 0. |
| Output field | Interpretation | Returned shape |
|---|---|---|
| billedHoursPerSession | Billed Hours Per Session | Required. Finite number. |
| totalHours | Total Hours | Required. Finite number. |
| totalCost | Total Cost | Required. Finite number. |
{
"input": {
"sessions": 10,
"classHours": 2,
"travelHours": 1,
"hourlyRate": 12,
"minimumHours": 2
},
"output": {
"billedHoursPerSession": 3,
"totalHours": 30,
"totalCost": 360
}
}Limitations and assumptions
- Travel hours are a supplied per-session total; no actual childcare contract, care quality or fee entitlement is assessed.
- Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.
- Numeric calculations use binary floating point unless exact decimal-integer arithmetic is explicitly stated. No hidden measurement tolerance or decimal rounding is added; nonfinite or out-of-contract results are rejected. Numeric signed-zero results are exported as zero.
Alternative or Complementary methods
Inspect the applicable enrollment/funding agreement and current institutional rules with the responsible financial/legal professionals for actual entitlements.
References
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