Career Credit Score: Do the Work. Document It. Build Your Professional Profile.
These opportunities are optional. A student may choose the standard contracted price, never make a public credit post, and still receive the same required instruction, clock-hour credit, academic treatment, graduation eligibility, and Kentucky Board certification process.
The posts are designed to market the student’s real work and professional growth. Tagging Louisville Beauty Academy connects the proof to an authorized school training environment so LBA can verify it. No student is required to praise LBA, post a positive review, recruit students, or surrender the right to speak honestly.
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Your signed program agreement controls. This checklist is a current operational aid, not a new promise or contract. Amounts, requirements, official handles, and submission methods may change. An activity or post earns credit only after LBA verifies and approves it under the applicable written agreement.
Lawful practice: do not independently offer regulated beauty services to the public before holding the required Kentucky license or permit. While enrolled, perform hands-on work only in an LBA-authorized setting, within your program stage and scope, and under required supervision. See the Kentucky Board of Cosmetology and KRS Chapter 317A.
The 4-step public-proof checklist
- Complete the approved action for your program and category. Take a clear photo or short video of the real work, process, milestone, or finished proof.
- Post from your own public account only when your lane says “public post required.” Use the platform you choose.
- Tag LBA and disclose the tuition-credit connection. Use the official handle LBA gives you in writing and a clear statement such as: “I may receive tuition credit for this post.”
- Submit the screenshot and keep the post public until verified. The screenshot should show the content, date, tag, and disclosure. Approval—not posting alone—creates the credit.
Privacy: Never expose grades, student records, health information, or private data. A client, model, classmate, or other identifiable person may appear only after the required written release. Use a mannequin, station, tools, or your own work when the applicable lane permits it.
Nail Technology · 450 hours
Public-proof categories: 30 approved items · up to $2,250
- Theory: 5 approved achievements × $100 = $500
- Sanitation and safety: 10 approved submissions × $50 = $500
- Practical work / digital portfolio: 10 approved posts × $75 = $750
- Client safety / professional conduct: 5 approved supervised live-model or client proof items × $100 = $500. This lane requires LBA’s internal five-star service evaluation and School verification—not a Google, Facebook, or Yelp review.
No public post: payment-at-enrollment lane up to $1,000; attendance lane up to $1,275.50 full-time or $500 part-time.
Esthetics / Skin Care · 750 hours
Public-proof categories: 23 approved actions · up to $2,074
- Theory: 8 approved posts × $103 = $824
- Career visibility / progress: 10 approved actions × $75 = $750
- Practical proof / client experience: 5 approved actions × $100 = $500
No public post: payment-at-enrollment lane up to $2,500; attendance lane up to $3,000 full-time or $1,500 part-time; 5 approved sanitation-support actions × $100 = $500.
Cosmetology · 1,500 hours
Public-proof categories: 60 approved posts/actions · up to $6,250
- Theory: 10 approved posts × $150 = $1,500
- Career visibility / progress: 10 approved actions × $75 = $750
- Sanitation / cleaning / environmental discipline: 40 approved posts × $100 = $4,000, with no more than one counted post in this category per calendar day.
No public post: payment-at-enrollment lane up to $6,975; attendance lane up to $9,500 full-time or $6,000 part-time.
Beauty Instructor / Apprentice Instructor · 750 hours
Public-proof categories: 30 approved posts · face value up to $3,000
- Theory teaching / academic self-proof: 10 posts × $100 = $1,000
- Practical teaching / live-by-example: 10 posts × $100 = $1,000
- Career visibility / progress: 5 posts × $100 = $500
- Sanitation / safety / institutional support: 5 posts × $100 = $500
No public post: payment-at-enrollment lane up to $3,000; attendance lane up to $3,275.50 full-time or $1,500 part-time. The agreement’s $8,775.50 aggregate cap controls even if lane face values add to more.
Shampoo and Style Services · 300 hours
Public-proof categories: 10 approved posts · up to $1,000
- Theory mastery: 5 approved posts × $100 = $500
- Practical work / portfolio: 5 approved posts × $100 = $500
No public post: payment-at-enrollment lane up to $1,000; attendance lane up to $1,000 full-time, $500 part-time, $250 at 10–20 hours/week, or $100 under 10 hours/week.
Eyelash Extension Specialty Permit Training · 16 hours
Current agreement: no tuition credit is assigned per public social-media post.
- Pre-class theory: 5 approved module completions × $100 = $500
- Digital reputation training exercise: up to $300; no actual public review, endorsement, or star rating is required.
- Live-model competency, sanitation, and documentation: up to $300
- Professional completion / readiness documentation: up to $500
