AAA administers two state-approved Florida scholarship programs for children with no eligible disabilities: (1) the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (“FTC”) and (2) the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (“FES-EO”). The same application is used to apply for both scholarships.
2024-25 School Year – Applications
To determine if you are eligible to submit a 2024-2025 school year application please start here: https://webportalapp.com/webform/aaasf_2024eligibility
The current submission deadline** is Monday, July 22, 2024 (subject to change).
Your 2024-2025 school year application must include one Household application and at least one Student application (including supporting documents) in order to activate the green “Submit Application” button.
You must click on the green “Submit Application” button in order to submit your application to us for processing. You will receive an email confirmation from us once your application has been submitted.
If you have questions about applying, please leave us a message at 888-707-2465 and we will call you back.
Already submitted your application? Click here to check the status.
¿Ya envió su solicitud para el año escolar 2024-25? Verifique el estado de su solicitud de beca basada en ingresos de 2024-2025 enviada*
*Cómo configurar la solicitud de beca en línea de AAA para que se muestre en español
**By law, dependent children of members of the United States Armed Forces may apply at any time for a scholarship, however, that does not mean that funding is guaranteed. If the link to the application is not available above, please contact us by using our Contact Us page or by leaving us a message at 888-707-2465 so that we may provide you with it directly.
Have you heard the news? AAA has an online Scholarship Management Platform (“SMP”) that makes it simple and convenient to manage your child’s scholarship with AAA. Scroll down for helpful information on how to use our SMP.
If your address or email has changed since you’ve applied with us, please let us know on the Contact Us page and let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.
Scholarship Management Platform (“SMP”)
After your eligibility has been determined, we will email you a determination letter and invitation to create an account on our new Scholarship Management Platform.
Once you have created an SMP account, you can sign back into it here: https://start.aaascholarships.org/userlogin
If you are not able to find your child’s school on the SMP, please contact them to ask if they have responded to the AAA email invitation. The school must complete their onboarding process before parents can choose them on the SMP.
You will not lose your child’s scholarship for missing an SMP deadline, however, we do ask that you contact your child’s school to ask if they have completed the AAA onboarding process so that your child’s scholarship payments are not delayed.
Once the school has completed that process, they will be available for you to select. If they’re having trouble with that process, we ask that they please send an email with details of the problem to us at help@aaascholarships.org.
Our new SMP makes it SiMPle and convenient to manage your child’s scholarship with AAA. Below are helpful tutorials to get you started:
1. Understanding your SMP email invitation – Part 1
2. Understanding your SMP email invitation – Part 2
3. Final step of the SMP email invitation process – Verification Code
4. Review of the SMP dashboard and School Commitment Form process
5. Verification Reports – Step-by-Step Instructions for Parents
Need more help? Check out our SMP FAQ page.
If you have additional questions or would like more help, please go to the Contact Us page and let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.
FOSTER / OUT-OF-HOME CARE STUDENTS
By law, foster and out-of-home care students may apply at any time for a scholarship, however, that does not mean that funding is guaranteed. Click here to access the 2024-2025 Foster/Out-of-home student application.
For the purposes of the Florida scholarship programs:
“Foster care” means care provided a child in a foster family or boarding home, group home, agency boarding home, child care institution, or any combination thereof, as defined by s. 39.01(29).
“Out-of-home” means a placement outside of the home of the parents or a parent, as defined by s. 39.01(55) which is further defined as the placement of a child in licensed and non-licensed settings, arranged and supervised by the department or contracted service provider, outside of the home of the parent, as defined by DCF Rule 65C-30.001 Definitions (82).
Students who are documented as foster or out-of-home care are eligible for priority funding status #1. Priority funding status #1 students will be funded with contributions from AAA’s FTC program first. If sufficient FTC contributions are available after that, students found eligible for priority funding status #2 will be funded next. The non-priority funding student will be funded after that. If insufficient FTC contributions are available, non-FTC funded student information will be submitted quarterly to the Florida Department of Education to request funding from state tax dollars (“FES-EO scholarships”).
If you have any questions or would like more information, please go to the Contact Us page and let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.
More Helpful Information:
Here is everything you need to know about applying for an income-based scholarship
PEP/FTC – Purchasing Guidelines for 2023-2024
FTC and FES-EO Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for 2023-2024
FTC and FES-EO Funding Priority Income Guidelines for 2024-2025
FTC – Maximum Scholarship Award Values for 2024-2025 – scroll to bottom of page for more information
FES-EO – Maximum Scholarship Award Values for 2024-2025 – scroll to bottom of page for more information
FTC/FES-EO/PEP Parent and School Handbook for 2023-2024
Florida Foster / Out-of-Home Care Flyer
Collection and Use of Social Security Numbers
Visit IRS Get Transcript Website for copies of Income Tax Returns or W-2 Information
Link to order a copy of a Florida birth certificate: Birth | Florida Department of Health (floridahealth.gov)
Video Tutorials for AAA Scholarship applicants
Need help locating a school near you? Try out our School Finder Map, visit GreatSchools.org, or our Private School Navigator may be able to help
FL Department of Education Private School Directory
File a complaint with the FL Department of Education about a school
Still have questions? Click on our Contact Us webpage to let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.