This article explains what each status means in the Odyssey Parent Portal for TEFA families.
When your child's school requests a fee, it appears on your TEFA Parent Portal dashboard under “School Requested Fees.” This guide walks you through reviewing a requested fee, confirming it, paying it with your available ESA funds, or dismissing it if you plan to pay another way.
Overview
● Confirm a fee if you intend to pay it using your TEFA funds.
● Pay a fee once it's confirmed and you have enough available balance to cover it.
● Dismiss a fee if you're paying the school directly and do not want to use ESA funds for it.
Step 1: Find School Requested Fees on Your Dashboard
Log in to the Parent Portal and go to your Dashboard. Select the student tab for the child whose fees you want to review. The “School Requested Fees” card shows the total unpaid fee balance and lists each individual fee the school has requested, along with a description and a Confirm button for each one.
Step 2: Review Each Fee and Choose Confirm or Dismiss
Each fee lists its name, amount, and a short description (for example, “SAT registration fee”). Next to the Confirm button is a three-dot menu ( ⋮ ). Selecting it reveals a Dismiss option.
Note: Use Dismiss only if you are not paying that particular fee with ESA funds — for example, if you're paying the school directly by another method. Dismissing removes the fee from your unpaid fee balance.
Step 3: Confirm a Fee You Plan to Pay with ESA Funds
Click Confirm on a fee to open the confirmation window. It shows which school issued the request, the amount due, and a reminder that fees are non-refundable and should be confirmed directly with your school. Click Confirm again to accept the fee.
Step 4: Confirmation Is Saved
A “Fee confirmed” notification appears in the top right corner. The fee's button changes from Confirm to Pay, indicating it's ready for payment whenever you have available funds.
Step 5: Pay a Confirmed Fee
Once a fee is confirmed, its button reads Pay. Click Pay to open the payment window.
Enter the amount you'd like to pay toward the fee. The Amount to Pay field will not accept more than your current Available Balance — shown as the Maximum. Click Pay Fee to complete the payment.
Note: If your Available Balance is $0.00, the maximum payable amount will also be $0.00 and the Pay Fee button will stay disabled until funds are available in your account.
Step 6: Dismiss a Fee You Won't Pay with ESA Funds
If you decide not to pay a particular fee through your ESA — for instance, because you already paid the school directly — open the three-dot menu next to that fee and select Dismiss. A “Fee dismissed” notification confirms the action, and the fee is removed from your School Requested Fees balance.
Quick Reference
● Confirm = you intend to pay this fee with ESA funds.
● Pay = confirmed and ready — enter an amount up to your Available Balance.
● Dismiss = you're not using ESA funds for this fee; it's removed from your balance.
● All fee confirmations are non-refundable, so confirm directly with your school first if you're unsure.