State Scholarships & Grant Programs

Alabama CHOOSE Act provides an ESA for families to expand school choice options. Funds can be used toward private school, home school, and educational costs such as tutoring.

The CHOOSE Act will not be offered until the 2025-26 school year.

Who will be eligible?

Priority support will be for low-income families and students with disabilities first, then gradually extend to more eligible families starting in 2027-28 school year.

Arkansas LEARNS is offering 2 types of grants to students.

• Arkansas High Impact Tutoring (HIT) Pilot Program
• Literacy Grant Program

HIT Pilot provides grant funds to districts to apply for and use to hire tutors, develop instructional materials, admin expenses, cost for technology, contracts with approved tutoring providers. This pilot began in SY 2023-24. Funding amounts depends on district need and application.

Literacy Tutoring Grant provides $500 to support K-3 graders who aren’t meeting the state reading standards or at risk of reading difficulties. Instruction can be offered online or in-person in a high-dosage tutoring model from a list of state approved providers. This rolled out in SY 2023-24.

HOW TO APPLY FOR ARKANSAS LEARNS?

School districts will let parents of students know if they are eligible and where to apply.

To learn more, visit learns.ade.arkansas.gov.

The Arkansas Children’s Educational Freedom Account Program is a transformative education savings account (ESA) program that will be available to all K–12 students in Arkansas by 2025, after a targeted phase-in in years one and two. The ESA can be used to pay for educational expenses, private school tuition and approved education goods and services.

Who is eligible?

2024–25: Targeted eligibility expands to students within attendance zones of D- or F-rated schools, students with parents who are military veterans or reservists, first responders, and Law Enforcement Officers, up to a cap of 3 percent of total public enrollment.

2025–26: Eligibility expands to all K–12 students who are eligible to attend public school in Arkansas, with no enrollment cap

HOW TO APPLY?

Visit Arkansas ESAfor more information.

Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (ESA) program allows parents to opt their children out of public district or charter schools and receive a portion of their public funding deposited into an account for defined, but multiple, uses, including private school tuition, online education, education therapies, private tutoring or future educational expenses. This was the nation’s first ESA program.

Who will be eligible?

Students must meet one of the following characteristics: Is eligible to enroll in a public school in Arizona in (1) a preschool program for children with disabilities, (2) a kindergarten program, or (3) any of grades 1 through 12.

How to apply?

Visit here to apply.

New Worlds Scholarship provides funds to public school students in PK-5th grade in becoming a stronger learner in math and reading. This scholarship can be used for feed related to tutoring and after-school or summer programs, in addition to instructional materials, curriculum, and more.  

Eligible students are those students’ showing deficiencies or scored below a level 3 on the statewide standardized assessment from the prior year. As of SY2024-25, this scholarship is worth $1200 per student for tutoring services.  

HOW TO APPLY FOR NEW WORLDS READING SCHOLARSHIP?

To apply, parents need to visit Step Up For Students. To learn more, visit fldoe.org.

Give your child access to the education that best meets their needs. These scholarships provide financial assistance for private school tuition and other related education costs, such as tutoring.  

Available to Florida residents, regardless of household income, who are eligible to attend a K-12 public school. The scholarship will first pay for the cost of private school tuition and related fees. Florida students who are not full-time public-school students now have access to the Personalized Education Program (PEP) through the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.

House Bill 1403 merged the Hope Scholarship Program with the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options and the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship programs. Families who would have previously benefited from the Hope Scholarship are encouraged to apply through the FTC/FES-EO programs.” 

Eligible Funding by County

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE FLORIDA TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP?

Families can apply by clicking on the link and choose the scholarship they are applying for and follow the steps: Step Up For Students.

Personalize the education of your child with unique abilities. This scholarship is delivered as an education savings account (ESA) that you can direct toward a combination of programs and approved providers. This includes schools, therapists, specialists, curriculum, technology, a college savings account and more. 

Available to students age 3 through grade 12 or age 22, whichever comes first, who have a specific diagnosis can receive $10,000 on average award for an FES-UA scholarship. These funds may be used for tuition and fees for a private school, homeschooling options, therapies, tutoring and more. 

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE FAMILY EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP FOR EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS?

Families can apply by clicking on the link and choose the scholarship they are applying for and follow the steps: https://www.stepupforstudents.org/scholarships/logins/ 

Florida students who are not full-time private or public school students can access the Personalized Education Program (PEP) through the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. This scholarship provides an education savings account (ESA) to fund the educational needs of eligible students.

Where can I learn more about Step Up for Students?

Parents should visit Step Up For Students to learn more.

Indiana Learns is a statewide grant program that provides qualifying families with up to $1,000 to spend on math and English/language arts high-dosage tutoring and approved out-of-school academic programs for their students. The initiative’s goal is to increase access to effective, out-of-school academic support to help students recover from learning disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

HOW TO APPLY FOR INDIANA LEARNS GRANT PROGRAM?

Families can learn more about this grant and apply on indianalearns.org.

Indiana’s Education Scholarship Account Program is an education savings account (ESA) where students  with special needs receive a portion of their assigned state education funding for private school tuition or other educational expenses, including special needs services and therapies, individual classes, testing fees and transportation.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Students must come from families earning no more than 400 percent of the threshold for free and reduced-price lunch (FRL) ($222,000 for a family of four in 2023–24) and have an education plan for students with special needs. Eligible plans include an Individualized Education Program (IEP) from a public school district as well as a special needs service plan from a private school.

HOW TO APPLY?

Families can learn more about this grant and apply on Indiana’s ESA Website..

Iowa’s Education Savings Account Program is an education savings account (ESA) that allows eligible parents to receive the per-pupil state funding already set aside for their children’s education into an electronic, parent-controlled fund for educational expenses.

Louisiana Tutoring Initiative starts with the premise that all children can achieve high expectations and the parents know best how to prepare their children to succeed in college and careers. Our goal is to empower you with information so you can decide the best education for your child.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Kindergarten through fifth grade public school students who are below reading proficiency to address unfinished learning.

HOW TO APPLY?

Families can apply here.

The Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Program, an education savings account program, allows Mississippi students with special needs to receive a portion of their public funding in a government-authorized savings account with multiple uses.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Students must have had an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) within the past three years. While participating in this program, students are not eligible for either a Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship or a Nate Rogers Scholarship.

HOW TO APPLY?

Families can apply here.

Montana’s Special Needs Equal Opportunity Education Savings Account program provides families of students with special needs who meet the federal definition of a “child with disabilities” under the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) an account with a maximum annual allocation up to $8,000

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Students must have an Individualized Education Program and be identified as having special needs under the IDEA definition of a “child with disabilities.” These include autism, an intellectual disability, a hearing or visual impairment, a speech or language impairment, a serious emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, a traumatic brain injury, another health impairment and/or a specific learning disability. Qualified students must also be a Montana state resident between ages 5 and 19.

North Carolina’s Personal Education Student Account for Children with Disabilities program provides families of students with special needs who meet the federal definition of a “child with disabilities” under the IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act) an account with a maximum annual allocation of $9,000 ($17,000 for students with certain disabilities) for educational and therapeutic uses, including private school tuition.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

To qualify, students must have an Individualized Education Program and be identified as having special needs under the IDEA definition of a “child with disabilities.” These include autism, an intellectual disability, a hearing or visual impairment, a speech or language impairment, a serious emotional disturbance, an orthopedic impairment, a traumatic brain injury, another health impairment and/or a specific learning disability.

HOW TO APPLY?

Families can apply here.

Education Freedom Accounts allow eligible New Hampshire students to direct state-funded per-pupil education adequacy grants toward select educational programming of their choice for a variety of learning experiences.

HOW TO APPLY FOR EDUCATION FREEDOM ACCOUNTS?

For more information on eligibility and further details please visit: New Hampshire Department of Education

John Peterson Scholarship aims to help provide equitable services to students with special needs. The amount is up to $27,000 per year/per student based on disability.

Who it serves: Students who are in Kindergarten-12th grade who already have an Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) in place.

HOW TO APPLY FOR THE JOHN PETERSON SCHOLARSHIP?

Registration for vendors is in December and you must have an OH|ID Account. To create an account, visit: OH Dept of Education OH|ID Portal.

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program allows families residing in the state of South Carolina who have a qualified K-12 student(s) to apply for a scholarship of $6,000 to create a customized education for their student.

Parents can choose to use the funds for tutoring (Math, Reading, English, Science, Social Studies, Foreign Language), independent school tuition and fees, textbooks, educational materials, educational therapies, online classes, and contract services from a public school district.

Awards are limited to first 5,000 approved students for the 2024-25 school year. Total award amounts equal $6,000.

To learn more, visit here.

Tennessee’s ESA program offers students that are zoned to attend Memphis-Shelby County Schools, Metro Nashville Public Schools, and Hamilton County Schools to apply for state and local funds to use towards education expenses such as tutoring services, tuition fees to a non-public school, textbooks, uniforms, transportation, and educational therapies.

To learn more, visit here.

Tennessee’s Education Savings Account Pilot Program is a state-funded Education Savings Account program that is available to students from low- and middle-income households in Chattanooga, Memphis, and Nashville who are switching out of a public district or charter school or are eligible for the first time to enroll in a Tennessee school.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Eligible students must be enrolled in either the Hamilton County (Chattanooga), Shelby County (Memphis) or Metro Nashville school districts, or the Achievement School District. In addition, students must have attended a Tennessee public school during the prior school year, or any year during the 2019-20 through 2021-22 school years, or be newly eligible to attend a Tennessee public school, or was newly eligible to attend public school any year during the 2019-20 through 2021-22 school years, and come from households earning less than 200 percent of the federal free lunch program ($111,000 for a family of four in 2023–24).

HOW TO APPLY?

To learn more, visit here.

Tutoring programs for qualified special education students in Texas.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Eligible students must be enrolled in a Texas public school, grades PK-12th, and have a disability served through Special Education. Students meeting the above criteria + be identified with as “medically fragile”. These students must have a PEIMS coding.

HOW TO APPLY?

To learn more, visit here.

Utah Fits All Scholarship Program allows families residing in the state of Utah who have a qualified K-12 student(s) to apply for a scholarship of $8,000 to create a customized education for their student. Parents can choose to use the funds for tutoring and test prep fee, independent school tuition and fees, textbooks, educational materials, educational therapies. Awards are limited to about 5,000 approved students for the 2024-25 school year.

WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE UTAH-FITS SCHOLARSHIP?

Visit here to learn more!