Student Portal — Record Tuition Payer (Updated)

Student Portal UAT — test on https://sp-dev.fly.dev. Story SP-02. Collab sync is separate from catalog Business UAT.

Updated walkthrough: Clearer prerequisites and steps for the same SP-02 story. Prior collab notes are on /sp-02-record-payer.

What you're proving

The system records an Active Self tuition payer when the learner completes a self-pay application and pays the $40 fee — required before SP-04 and SP-05.

Updated walkthrough: Self-pay happy path for the enrollment chain. Full funding-type scenarios remain on /sp-02-record-payer.

Before you start

Who	Email	Password
Learner (applicant)	`applicant@example.com`	`TestPass123!`
Enrollment Admin	`enrollment.admin@lsu.edu`	`admin123`
Django superuser	`admin@lsu.edu`	(ask team for sp-dev password)

Sign on: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/accounts/login/

QA Tools: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/admin/qa_tools/seedtool/ — seed Paralegal apply — open period + default transcript reminder rules

Staff pipeline: https://sp-dev.fly.dev/dashboard/applications/pipeline/

Stripe test card: 4242 4242 4242 4242 (any future expiry, any CVC)

If applicant@example.com cannot log in or has no application in progress, start with /sp-01-apply-and-fee (register, verify email, apply, pay).

On sp-dev, admin@lsu.edu is not admin123.

Step 1 — Self pay records an Active payer (Priority: P1)

Learner: Log in as applicant@example.com / TestPass123! → open https://sp-dev.fly.dev/applications/paralegal/apply/`.
Learner: On Program & funding, choose Self pay. Complete the application wizard.
Learner: Pay the $40 application fee with 4242 4242 4242 4242. Land on the confirmation page with a reference number.
Enrollment Admin: Open the pipeline → find applicant@example.com → open the application detail.
Enrollment Admin: On the Payers card, confirm one Active payer, type Self, named as that learner. On the Fees card, the $40 order Payer shows — (empty).


You're done when
Given a learner who answers who will fund the program, When the payer is recorded, Then that party is the tuition payer and a later tuition charge can be tied back to them.
On application detail as the Enrollment Admin, the Payers card shows exactly one Active payer. The type is Self, named as that learner. No organization is named. No second active payer. On the Fees card, the $40 order's Payer shows —.



Step 2 — No payer when funding is incomplete (Priority: P2)
Enrollment Admin: Open the application detail for a learner who saved Program & funding but did not pay, or who never saved funding.
Enrollment Admin: Confirm the Payers card lists no payer.
You're done when
The Payers card lists no payer. If you need an Active Self payer, return to Step 1 — complete Self pay and pay $40 as the learner.

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What you're proving

Before you start

Step 1 — Self pay records an Active payer (Priority: P1)

Step 2 — No payer when funding is incomplete (Priority: P2)

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