SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE

With a Step Up For Students Scholarship, your K-12 student has more school options. The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship gives families a choice of financial assistance toward private school tuition and fees, or helps with transportation costs for students to attend a public school different than the one the student is assigned to. The Family Empowerment Scholarship may be used towards private school tuition and fees.

ELIGIBILTY

• Family of 4 must have income under $100,000
• Students entering kindergarten must be 5 on or before Sept. 1.
• Students entering first grade must be 6 on or before Sept. 1.
• Sibling of Gardiner Scholarship students
• Dependent children of a member of the United States Armed Forces
• Students with one of the following diagnoses: speech impairment; language impairment; orthopedic impairment; other health impairment; emotional or behavioral disability; or specific learning disability, including but not limited to dyslexia, dyscalculia, or developmental aphasia

With a Family Empowerment Scholarship (formerly Gardiner), your child has more learning options. 

The Family Empowerment Scholarship (formerly Gardiner) is different than other state scholarships in that it allows parents to personalize the education of their children with unique abilities by directing money toward a combination of programs and approved providers. These include schools, therapists, specialists, curriculum, technology – even a college savings account.