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Join the movement to uplift, attract and retain great educators.
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FAQ
Your questions. Answered.
Is Kina easy to setup?
Absolutely, getting started with Kina takes just a few steps:
1. Sign Up: Create your Kina school account.
2. Communicate: Share our ready-made parent materials.
3. Parents Enroll: Families complete a quick, 5-minute signup.
4. Impact Starts: Points begin flowing automatically from day one.
Where is Kina today?
Kina is now available in 25 cities across California, and expanding to new communities every month:
Pasadena, Marina del Rey, Glendale, Burbank, Long Beach, Torrance, Alhambra, Culver City, Irvine, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Venice, Santa Monica, Anaheim, Playa Vista, Mar Vista, Redondo Beach, San Mateo, Daly City, Fremont, Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Concord, and Redwood City.
How does Kina improve our school’s cash flow?
About 20% of parents skip auto-pay because they’re paid bi-weekly or semi-monthly and don’t always have the full tuition amount available at once.
With Kina’s Tuition Flex, parents can split their tuition payments 50/50 — half now, half later — while the school still receives the full amount upfront.
Impact:
When schools offer Tuition Flex, over 90% of parents opt into auto-pay, helping schools reduce late payments, lower admin costs, and gain predictable cash flow.
When parents share Kina points with their teachers, is it taxable?
No. When a parent shares Kina points with a teacher, those points are treated as a non-cash gift or future discount, not as income. Under IRS rules non-cash promotional points that can only be redeemed within a closed-loop system are not taxable.
For example, United MileagePlus allows members to transfer or pool miles to family or friends. Those transfers are not taxable, either to the sender or the recipient, because airline miles are promotional credits, not cash or property.
If Kina matches payment for teachers when they use points to pay off student loans, is that taxable?
Yes. The matched portion of the student-loan payment is considered taxable income because Kina pays the student-loan servicer directly on behalf of the teacher. Kina will track all matched payments and will issue the required Form 1099-MISC.
FAQ
Your questions. Answered.
Is Kina easy to setup?
Absolutely, getting started with Kina takes just a few steps:
1. Sign Up: Create your Kina school account.
2. Communicate: Share our ready-made parent materials.
3. Parents Enroll: Families complete a quick, 5-minute signup.
4. Impact Starts: Points begin flowing automatically from day one.
Where is Kina today?
Kina is now available in 25 cities across California, and expanding to new communities every month:
Pasadena, Marina del Rey, Glendale, Burbank, Long Beach, Torrance, Alhambra, Culver City, Irvine, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Venice, Santa Monica, Anaheim, Playa Vista, Mar Vista, Redondo Beach, San Mateo, Daly City, Fremont, Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Concord, and Redwood City.
How does Kina improve our school’s cash flow?
About 20% of parents skip auto-pay because they’re paid bi-weekly or semi-monthly and don’t always have the full tuition amount available at once.
With Kina’s Tuition Flex, parents can split their tuition payments 50/50 — half now, half later — while the school still receives the full amount upfront.
Impact:
When schools offer Tuition Flex, over 90% of parents opt into auto-pay, helping schools reduce late payments, lower admin costs, and gain predictable cash flow.
When parents share Kina points with their teachers, is it taxable?
No. When a parent shares Kina points with a teacher, those points are treated as a non-cash gift or future discount, not as income. Under IRS rules non-cash promotional points that can only be redeemed within a closed-loop system are not taxable.
For example, United MileagePlus allows members to transfer or pool miles to family or friends. Those transfers are not taxable, either to the sender or the recipient, because airline miles are promotional credits, not cash or property.
If Kina matches payment for teachers when they use points to pay off student loans, is that taxable?
Yes. The matched portion of the student-loan payment is considered taxable income because Kina pays the student-loan servicer directly on behalf of the teacher. Kina will track all matched payments and will issue the required Form 1099-MISC.
FAQ
Your questions. Answered.
Is Kina easy to setup?
Absolutely, getting started with Kina takes just a few steps:
1. Sign Up: Create your Kina school account.
2. Communicate: Share our ready-made parent materials.
3. Parents Enroll: Families complete a quick, 5-minute signup.
4. Impact Starts: Points begin flowing automatically from day one.
Where is Kina today?
Kina is now available in 25 cities across California, and expanding to new communities every month:
Pasadena, Marina del Rey, Glendale, Burbank, Long Beach, Torrance, Alhambra, Culver City, Irvine, Fullerton, Garden Grove, Venice, Santa Monica, Anaheim, Playa Vista, Mar Vista, Redondo Beach, San Mateo, Daly City, Fremont, Hayward, San Leandro, Oakland, Walnut Creek, Concord, and Redwood City.
How does Kina improve our school’s cash flow?
About 20% of parents skip auto-pay because they’re paid bi-weekly or semi-monthly and don’t always have the full tuition amount available at once.
With Kina’s Tuition Flex, parents can split their tuition payments 50/50 — half now, half later — while the school still receives the full amount upfront.
Impact:
When schools offer Tuition Flex, over 90% of parents opt into auto-pay, helping schools reduce late payments, lower admin costs, and gain predictable cash flow.
When parents share Kina points with their teachers, is it taxable?
No. When a parent shares Kina points with a teacher, those points are treated as a non-cash gift or future discount, not as income. Under IRS rules non-cash promotional points that can only be redeemed within a closed-loop system are not taxable.
For example, United MileagePlus allows members to transfer or pool miles to family or friends. Those transfers are not taxable, either to the sender or the recipient, because airline miles are promotional credits, not cash or property.
If Kina matches payment for teachers when they use points to pay off student loans, is that taxable?
Yes. The matched portion of the student-loan payment is considered taxable income because Kina pays the student-loan servicer directly on behalf of the teacher. Kina will track all matched payments and will issue the required Form 1099-MISC.