Florida students who are not full-time private or public school students may be eligible for a personalized education program (PEP) through the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) Scholarship Program. Eligible PEP students will be granted an educational savings account to help fund their educational needs.
A “personalized education program” means the sequentially progressive instruction of a student directed by his or her parent to satisfy the attendance requirements of ss. 1003.01(13) and 1003.21(1) while registered with an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization pursuant to s. 1002.395.
Parents/guardians of PEP students must annually: 1) submit a Student Learning Plan* to their SFO, 2) require their students to take a FL DOE approved national norm-referenced test and submit the results to their SFO, and 3) sign a sworn compliance statement with their SFO. The law limits the PEP program to 20,000 students for the 2023-24 school year. Once that limit is reached, no additional PEP students may be funded. Please consider that before deciding how you intend to use your student’s FTC scholarship. The program will grow by 40,000 students per year thereafter.
*A “Student Learning Plan” (SLP) means a customized learning plan developed by a parent, at least annually, to guide instruction for his or her student and to identify the goods and services needed to address the academic needs of his or her student.
2024-25 school year – Application
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.
Renewing PEP students must submit a copy of their annual norm-referenced test results or statewide assessment test results in order to complete the renewal process. Here is the FL DOE’s list of approved norm-referenced tests: https://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice/k-12-scholarship-programs/ftc/annual-assessment-requirement.stml
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.
Summary of AAA’s PEP scholarship process
- Interested families will annually apply with AAA.
- AAA will submit the information of eligible students to the FL DOE to determine whether they are within the PEP funding limit of 20,000 students.
- The FL DOE will periodically report to AAA the funded PEP students.
- AAA will notify the families of their funding status.
- Funded PEP families will fill out and submit AAA’s online Student Learning Plan (SLP) form for each of their PEP students***.
- AAA will review each submitted SLP form and determine whether it is complete.****
- If an SLP is determined incomplete, an email will be sent requesting additional information/clarification to the email address on file.
- AAA will fund the PEP accounts for students with completed SLP forms. An invitation to our Scholarship Management Platform (SMP) will be sent to those families in our weekly SMP invitation batch request. See below for information about how to use our SMP.
- Funded PEP families will request reimbursements for authorized educational uses of their student’s PEP scholarship account via the SMP. Here is a helpful guide on how to request a reimbursement.
***Need help preparing your PEP student’s SLP? The Association of Florida Evaluators may be able to help.
****If your student is enrolled in a school district home education program, you must disenroll them before your SLP will be reviewed. Here is a home education termination form that you can use for that purpose.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please go to our Contact Us page and let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.
Authorized educational uses of a funded PEP scholarship account
PEP/FTC – Purchasing Guidelines for 2023-2024
Here is a helpful guide on how to request a reimbursement.
Here is a list of Frequently Asked Questions about the PEP Program
If you have any questions or would like more information, please go to our 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 and your student’s PEP account has been funded, we will email you an award 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
SMP makes it SiMPle and convenient to manage your child’s PEP 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
Here is a helpful guide on how to request a reimbursement.
If you have any questions or would like more information, please go to our Contact Us page and let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.
More helpful information:
Link to guide for requesting a reimbursement from your student’s PEP account.
PEP/FTC – Purchasing Guidelines for 2023-2024
Frequently Asked Questions about the PEP Program
Link to list of FL DOE approved norm-referenced assessments
PEP/FTC – Maximum Scholarship Award Values for 2024-2025
Link to FTC and FES-EO Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) for 2023-2024
FTC/FES-EO/PEP Parent and School Handbook for 2023-2024
Need help finding a choice navigator? The Association of Florida Evaluators may be able to help.
Collection and Use of Social Security Numbers
Link to order a copy of a Florida birth certificate: Birth | Florida Department of Health (floridahealth.gov)
Email for submitting application documentation: fldocs@aaascholarships.org
If you have any questions or would like more information, please go to our Contact Us page and let us know or leave us a message at 888-707-2465.