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Mckay Scholarship
Deadline: 17 Jan/28 Feb 2022 (Annual)
Study in: Florida, USA
What is The McKay Scholarship?:
The McKay Scholarship in the USA provides aid to disabled students in Florida. Students can use the scholarship to attend any public school of their choice. It also provides pupils with a scholarship to attend a McKay-approved private school.
The school choice programs in Florida enable parents to choose the best educational setting for their child, whether public or private. The McKay Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities will allow over 30,000 Florida children with special needs to attend a participating private school during the 2021-2022 academic year. Parents may also transfer their qualified child to a different public school through the Scholarship Program.
The state provides the funding for the scholarship. A student either receives the maximum state grant or is responsible for paying their private school tuition and fees. The private school gets money on your kid’s behalf four times a year.
Host Institution(s):
Selected Public and Private Schools in Florida
Scholarship Benefits:
Scholarships range from $5,500 to $22,000 per year, depending on the severity of your child’s identified handicap as indicated by the IEP. The size of the scholarship is determined by assessments that indicate where your child needs help and an analysis of your child’s needs by a school-based team.
The scholarship will be available until one of the following events occurs:
- The student returns to a public school.
- The pupil completes high school.
- The student has reached the age of 22.
The McKay scholarship application is not based on a family’s income. If a student is eligible for the program, they will get funding regardless of their family’s income level.
Scholarship Terms and Conditions:
- The scholarship will be available until you graduate high school, return to public school, or reach 22. Whatever happens first.
- You should note that if you are enrolled in McKay private school scholarship and want to transfer to a public school, your parents must inform the district.
- The district will determine the number of public schools that you can choose from. You will need to be in an October or February student survey to reinstate your eligibility for private school.
Eligibility:
- Every student who possesses an Individual Education Plan (IEP) is qualified for the Scholarship and custodians of every student who possesses an IEP are qualified to obtain a Scholarship.
- To be qualified, a student must possess an IEP and be registered in grades K through 12 in a Florida public school from October 1 through March 1.
- Students receiving the scholarship and attending a state-recognized John McKay private school automatically retain their scholarship every year until they return to their public school, graduate from high school, or reach the age of 22.
Students with the following disabilities are eligible for the McKay scholarship 2022-2023:
- intellectual disabilities
- speech, hearing, and visual impairments
- emotional or behavioural disabilities
- learning disabilities
- traumatic brain injuries
- developmental delays
- autism
Eligible students with disabilities may:
- Choose to stay at their assigned school
- Move to another public school
- Move to a public school in an adjacent district, or
- Move to a participating private school.
Scholarship Deadline(s):
There are two categories of deadlines for the scholarship. There is a deadline for filing intent and a deadline for registering your child in a private school.
- File your intent to participate in the Scholarship program by logging on to the Florida School Choice website, www.floridaschoolchoice.org.
- If you have any queries regarding the Scholarship, you can call the Office of Independent Education and Parental Choice at 1-800-447-1636.
How To Apply For a McKay Scholarship:
- The Scholarship, as mentioned earlier, allows parents to choose which Florida public school their child will attend.
- Before withdrawing your child’s public school education, you must first file an intention to apply for the scholarship program.
- Once you have filled out the intent to participate form, you will need to contact the school district regarding the available public schools for your child.
- You must fill out the scholarship intent at least two months before your first scholarship payment.