Featured School Sponsorship Terms

These terms govern purchases of Featured School advertising on MilitarySchools.com from Family Media LLC (“MilitarySchools.com,” “we,” or “us”). By purchasing a placement or accepting a sponsorship quote, the purchaser represents that it is authorized to make the purchase personally or bind the purchasing organization and agrees to these terms. A purchase does not represent or imply endorsement by, authorization from, or affiliation with the featured school.

1. Sponsorship and term

A sponsorship provides the school identified in the order with the placement and geographic coverage shown in the accepted order. For invoice orders, the annual term begins when the invoice is issued and the placement may appear provisionally during the seven-day payment window. Each paid term otherwise lasts twelve months, unless a written order specifies another start date. Fees are billed annually in advance.

2. Renewal and payment

Card purchases renew automatically each year unless canceled before the renewal date. Invoice customers receive an annual recurring Stripe invoice at purchase and at each renewal unless canceled before the renewal date. Payment is due by the date shown on the invoice. An unpaid renewal may cause the placement and its renewal priority to be released. Fees for an active annual term are nonrefundable except where we agree otherwise in writing.

3. Founding rates and package pricing

A continuously active founding sponsorship retains its initial rate for its first three annual billing cycles. Later renewal pricing may change with advance notice. Regional add-on pricing depends on maintaining the qualifying anchor state; removing that state may cause remaining coverage to be repriced at then-current standalone or package rates.

4. State exclusivity

A paid exclusive-state sponsorship permits one featured school in that state during the active term. The school receives renewal priority while the sponsorship remains continuously active and paid, but does not own the territory. Only the states identified in the accepted order are reserved by the sponsorship. Submitting the invoice form immediately creates and emails a Stripe invoice, reserves its selected states for seven days, and may display the placement during that payment window. Payment must be completed before the deadline; otherwise, the provisional placement is removed, the invoice is canceled, and the states return to available inventory where another sponsor may reserve them. A new invoice may be requested later if the inventory remains available.

5. Placement and school information

Placements use the school name, official website, images, and factual information maintained in our verified directory. The sponsor must promptly identify material inaccuracies. We may adjust placement design, presentation, labeling, and location as the site evolves, provided the sponsorship remains reasonably prominent and materially consistent with the purchased coverage.

6. Advertising disclosure and editorial independence

Paid placements are labeled as advertising or paid placement and link to the school’s official website. Sponsorship does not affect directory eligibility, editorial descriptions, verdicts, rankings, organic order, listing standards, or coverage of other schools.

7. Reporting and no performance guarantee

Available reporting may include placement views, official-site clicks, and click-through rate. Historical traffic and performance are informational only. We do not guarantee traffic, impressions, clicks, inquiries, applications, enrollments, or any other business result.

8. Suspension and termination

We may suspend or terminate a placement for nonpayment, a materially inaccurate or closed-school listing, unlawful use, misrepresentation, or conduct that creates material risk to the site or its users. If we terminate without sponsor breach and cannot provide substantially similar coverage, our maximum obligation is a prorated refund for the undelivered portion of the current term.

9. Assignment

The sponsor may not transfer a placement without our written consent. Family Media LLC may assign these terms and the related sponsorship in connection with a merger, reorganization, financing, or sale of all or a substantial portion of MilitarySchools.com or its associated business assets.

10. Entire agreement and future changes

The accepted order, these terms, and any signed amendment constitute the agreement for the sponsorship. Conflicting purchase-order boilerplate does not modify the agreement unless we expressly accept it in writing. Updated terms apply to a future renewal only after advance notice; the version accepted for the current term remains associated with that order.

11. Contact

Questions, cancellations, and notices may be sent to schools@militaryschools.com.