House Bill 7045 expanded the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program to include two branches of eligibility, the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (FES-EO) and the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA).
Family Empowerment Scholarship-Unique Abilities (FES-UA) formerly McKay
Effective July 1, 2022, students currently participating in the McKay Scholarship Program will join the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program under the Unique Abilities category (FES UA). Current McKay families will have the opportunity to remain in their current public or private school choice setting or to utilize the additional options available under the FES UA education savings account model to further customize their child's education experience for their specific needs.
Siblings of participating FES UA students are eligible for a scholarship to attend a private school under the Educational Options branch of the Family Empowerment Scholarship program, regardless of the family’s income level. Information on siblings should be submitted to your selected SFO during the transition process.
Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (FES-EO)
This branch of the scholarship eligibility is based on family income and provides the option for K-12 students to attend a participating private school. Families apply through one of the approved scholarship funding organizations (SFO), which are responsible for determining and distributing funding to private schools.
To learn more about the Family Empowerment Scholarship programs (FES-UA or FES-EO) visit one of the following websites:
AAA Scholarship Foundation
https://www.aaascholarships.org
P.O. Box 15719, Tampa, FL 33684
Phone/Fax: 888-707-2465
[email protected]
Step Up For Students
https://www.stepupforstudents.org/
P.O. Box 54367
Jacksonville, FL 32245-4367
877-735-7837
[email protected]