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State Scholarship Enrollment Period Opens Today
School Choice Ohio helps families learn about their
children’s education options
The application window for four of Ohio’s scholarship
programs opened on February. 1.
Parents whose children are applying for a Special Needs
Scholarship must enroll their child in a participating
school or service provider before April 15. Students
applying for the Cleveland Scholarship must enroll in a
participating school before April 29. Those applying for an
EdChoice or Income-Based scholarship may enroll in a
participating private school through July.
Ohio’s Special Needs scholarships are worth $7,447 to
$27,000, depending on the child’s special needs. The
scholarships can be used to cover the cost of services
outlined in a student's Individualized Education Program (IEP).
Any funding that remains can be used toward the student’s
education at a participating private school or a provider
that has an educational program approved by the Ohio
Department of Education.
EdChoice Scholarships are available to students who are
attending, entering or assigned to attend the state’s
underperforming public schools. The scholarships are worth
up to $4,650 per year for students in grades K-8 and up to
$6,000 for high school students. They are to be used toward
tuition at the participating private school of their choice
through high school graduation. There are 60,000
scholarships available for eligible students.
Income-Based Scholarships are an option for students who are
entering kindergarten, first, second or third grade in the
2016-17 school year, if their family’s income is at or below
200 percent of Federal Poverty Guidelines. The scholarships
are worth $4,650 and are to be used toward tuition at the
participating private school of their choice. The
scholarship is renewable through high school graduation.
There are roughly 8,000 of these scholarships available.
Applying for one of these state-funded scholarships is just
one of the many education options available in the state.
School Choice Ohio is the only statewide organization that
educates families on the full range of education options
available for their children.
Families who have questions about scholarship eligibility,
the programs, or any of the other education options
available to Ohio students can contact School Choice Ohio at
1-800-673-5876 FREE.
For more information about Ohio’s scholarship programs or
the wide variety of education options– public, private,
special needs, online, homeschool, etc. – available to Ohio
students, visit
www.scohio.org.
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Editor’s Note: The preliminary EdChoice eligible schools
list is available on the Ohio Department of Education’s
website. You can reach the list by
clicking here.
The list released by the department is preliminary and
subject to change until the state releases the overall
grades on the Performance Index and Value-Added progress
measures on the 2014-15 school report cards at the end of
February. You can also search the participating providers
for each scholarship program by
clicking here.
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