Between Launture LLC, a Utah limited liability company, doing business as Aletheian Academy ("Aletheian Academy," "Company," "we," "us"), and the tutor accepting this Agreement ("Tutor," "you").
Effective date: the date you accept this Agreement. Last updated: August 25, 2026
By clicking "I agree," submitting a tutor application, or providing tutoring through the Platform, you agree to this Agreement, you affirm Who we are, and you agree to the Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Acceptable Use Policy, and Child Safeguarding Policy. If you do not agree, do not provide tutoring through the Platform.
1. Independent contractor relationship
1.1 You are an independent contractor, not an employee, agent, partner, or joint venturer of Aletheian Academy. Nothing in this Agreement creates an employment or agency relationship.
1.2 You control how you work. You determine your own subjects, instructional methods, materials, schedule, availability, and the rate you wish to receive. You decide whether to accept any particular booking. We do not set your hours, require a minimum or maximum volume, dictate your teaching methods, require you to wear a uniform, or supervise the manner and means of your instruction. The Platform\'s safety, conduct, and faith-and-charter rules (this Agreement Sections 5--7, the Terms of Service, the Acceptable Use Policy, the Child Safeguarding Policy, and Who we are) define outcomes and boundaries for a safe Christian educational platform serving minors, not the means by which you teach.
1.3 You may work elsewhere. You are free to provide tutoring or other services outside the Platform, including to clients you did not meet through the Platform, subject only to the limited non-circumvention and confidentiality terms below.
1.4 No benefits. You are not eligible for employee benefits. You are responsible for your own equipment, internet, software, and workspace.
1.5 Taxes. You are solely responsible for all federal, state, and local taxes on amounts you earn, including self-employment tax. We do not withhold taxes. Where required, we will issue an IRS Form 1099-NEC. You must provide accurate taxpayer information (including a completed W-9 / TIN) as we request. We do not use Stripe Connect for tutor payouts.
2. Eligibility, application, and account
2.1 You represent that you are at least 18 years old, legally authorized to work as an independent contractor in the United States, and able to enter this Agreement.
2.2 You agree to provide accurate, complete, and current application information, including your biography, credentials, teaching statement, and any uploaded CV/résumé. Misrepresenting your identity, credentials, or history is grounds for immediate removal and may be unlawful.
2.3 Your public profile is User Content licensed to us under the Terms of Service.
3. Interview and background check
3.1 Interview. Where possible, we interview you before your profile is visible to Students. You will not be activated until we are satisfied with the result of our vetting.
3.2 Background screening as required. We may require you to complete a background screening conducted by a third-party consumer reporting agency ("CRA"), including a criminal records check and a sex-offender-registry check, as a condition of activation, of remaining active, or in response to a family's request. Routine screening of every tutor is not yet in place.
3.3 FCRA disclosure and authorization. If we order a screening, it is a "consumer report" under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"). You acknowledge that, separately from this Agreement, you will receive a standalone disclosure that a consumer report may be obtained, and you must provide written authorization before the report is ordered. You will also receive a summary of your rights under the FCRA. You agree to complete that process when we require it.
3.4 Adverse action. If we are inclined not to activate or to deactivate you based on a report, we will follow the FCRA's adverse-action process: provide a copy of the report and the summary of rights, allow a reasonable period to dispute its accuracy with the CRA, and then provide a final adverse-action notice if we proceed.
3.5 Ongoing duty. You must promptly notify us at legal@aletheianacademy.com if, while active, you are arrested for or charged with any offense involving violence, dishonesty, controlled substances, or any offense against a minor. We may require screening or suspend you pending review.
4. Payments, fees, and payouts
4.1 Pricing and platform fee. You set the amount you wish to receive per session (your "take"). The price shown to Students is that take grossed up by our live platform fee, which is set in basis points of the gross price (the default is 2,000 basis points of the gross: 20% of what the Student pays, a 25% markup on your take). We may change the fee prospectively on notice; changes do not affect already-booked sessions. The fee in force at booking is snapshotted onto that booking.
4.2 Payouts. Inbound Student card charges are processed by Stripe. Tutor payouts are not made through Stripe Connect. We pay you by ACH to the US bank account you provide on the Platform (currently via Mercury). You must keep accurate payout details on file. Completed-session earnings are paid on a weekly cycle after a reserve period (currently seven days), less any adjustments (refunds under the Cancellation Policy, chargebacks, or amounts you owe us). If a payout would bring your calendar-year net pay to the federal 1099-NEC reporting threshold, we hold that payment until you complete the tax form on the Platform. We do not withhold tax from ordinary pay. We may change payout rails or the cycle prospectively on notice.
4.3 Cancellations, no-shows, refunds. Payment for cancelled or no-show sessions follows the Cancellation Policy. If you fail to attend a session ("tutor no-show," determined by our presence tracking), the Student receives an automatic full refund and you are not paid for that session. Repeated no-shows are grounds for removal.
4.4 Chargebacks and reversals. You authorize us to offset against your payouts any refunds, chargebacks, fraud-related reversals, or amounts you owe us under this Agreement.
5. Conduct and child-safety obligations
5.1 Safeguarding. You will comply with the Child Safeguarding Policy, which is incorporated by reference. Key obligations include:
- Maintain professional boundaries with all Students, especially minors.
- **Do not contact, communicate with, or arrange to meet a minor Student
off-Platform** (including private messaging, social media, email, phone, or in person) outside the Platform\'s tools, except through a Parent.
- Do not request or accept a minor\'s personal contact information,
photos, or social-media connections.
- Keep sessions focused on instruction; avoid private one-on-one
arrangements that exclude the Parent\'s ability to supervise.
- Immediately report to us any safety concern, disclosure of harm, or
boundary violation.
5.2 Mandatory reporting. You will comply with all applicable child-abuse mandatory-reporting laws. Suspected abuse or imminent risk to a child must be reported to appropriate authorities and to us at legal@aletheianacademy.com.
5.3 No recording. You may not record any session (audio, video, or screen) without the prior consent of all participants and, for a minor, the Parent. You acknowledge the Company does not currently record sessions and that any Company recording in the future will be governed by the Terms of Service.
5.4 Professionalism. You will provide services with reasonable skill and care, treat Users with respect, not discriminate unlawfully, and comply with the Acceptable Use Policy and all applicable laws.
5.5 Qualifications and accuracy. You will not overstate your qualifications or guarantee specific outcomes (e.g., test scores or admissions).
6. Intellectual property
6.1 Your materials. You retain ownership of original instructional materials you create. You grant Students a limited license to use materials you provide for their own learning, and you grant us the license to host and display your profile and materials as set out in the Terms of Service.
6.2 Our materials and marks. You may use the Platform and our brand features only to provide services through the Platform. You may not use the names "Aletheian Academy" or "Learn the Classics," or our logos, except as we authorize. You assign to us any rights you may acquire in our marks or in improvements you suggest to the Platform.
6.3 Third-party content. You are responsible for ensuring you have the rights to any third-party materials you use in sessions and that your use is lawful (including fair use of texts).
7. Confidentiality and data protection
7.1 You will keep confidential any non-public information you learn about Students (especially minors), other Tutors, and the Company, and use it only to provide services through the Platform.
7.2 You will handle Student personal information consistent with our Privacy Policy and applicable law, collect no more than necessary, not retain it after it is needed, and never use it for marketing or any purpose other than delivering the booked sessions. You will not export or store Student data outside the Platform except as necessary to deliver a session and consistent with this Agreement.
8. Non-circumvention
8.1 To protect the Platform, for so long as you are active and for 12 months afterward, you will not solicit or arrange to provide paid tutoring off-Platform to a Student you first connected with through the Platform, for the purpose of avoiding our commission. This does not restrict your work with clients you did not meet through the Platform, and does not prohibit a Student and you from independently continuing a relationship that did not originate on the Platform.
9. Insurance
We may require you to obtain and maintain your own liability and/or abuse-and-molestation insurance as a condition of activation or continued participation, and to provide proof on request.
10. Suspension and termination
10.1 At-will. Either party may terminate this Agreement at any time, for any reason, on notice. You may deactivate your account; we may deactivate yours.
10.2 Immediate removal. We may suspend or remove you immediately, without notice, if we reasonably believe you have (a) violated the Safeguarding Policy or endangered a minor; (b) misrepresented your identity or history; (c) failed or refused screening; (d) violated law or these terms; or (e) created risk to Users or the Platform.
10.3 Effect. On termination, your profile is removed and your license to use our marks ends. Pending payouts for completed sessions will be settled subject to offsets. Sections 5.2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, and 13 survive.
11. Indemnification
You will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Launture LLC and its officers, members, employees, and agents from any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys\' fees) arising from: (a) your services or conduct; (b) your breach of this Agreement, the Safeguarding Policy, or any law; (c) any injury to or claim by a Student (including a minor) arising from your acts or omissions; (d) your misclassification claims to the extent you assert employee status contrary to Section 1; or (e) your tax obligations.
12. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
12.1 The Platform is provided "as is." We do not guarantee any volume of bookings, earnings, or results.
12.2 To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability to you arising out of or relating to this Agreement will not exceed the total commissions-net amounts we paid you in the six (6) months before the event giving rise to the claim, and we will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages.
13. Dispute resolution
The dispute-resolution, binding-arbitration, and class-action-waiver provisions in Section 17 of the Terms of Service apply to disputes between you and us under this Agreement, including the 30-day opt-out. This Agreement is governed by Utah law, with venue as stated in the Terms of Service.
14. General
14.1 Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement without our consent. We may assign it, including in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or a renaming/rebranding of the Company or LLC.
14.2 Entire agreement; order of precedence. This Agreement, with the documents it incorporates, is the entire agreement between you and us regarding your provision of tutoring. If there is a conflict, the Safeguarding Policy controls on child-safety matters; otherwise this Agreement controls over the general Terms for the tutor relationship.
14.3 Severability; waiver; notices. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. Notices to us: legal@aletheianacademy.com.
14.4 Independent legal advice. You acknowledge you have had the opportunity to seek independent legal and tax advice before accepting this Agreement.
Launture LLC d/b/a Aletheian Academy · 7533 S Center View Ct Ste N, West Jordan, UT 84084-5526, USA · legal@aletheianacademy.com