STUDENT ELIGIBILITY

• Children residing within the attendance boundary of a low-achieving school (bottom 15% of schools based on state assessments).
  
  
• Private school students are also eligible.
  
  
• Preference given to:
  • Students who received a scholarship during the previous year. 
  • Students from households with a family income that does not exceed 185% of the federal poverty guidelines ($49,025 for a family of four in 2021-22).
    
    
• Family income cannot exceed $96,676, plus $17,017 allowed for each additional dependent (income threshold adjusted annually to reflect growth of the Consumer Price Index/inflation). 
  
  
• For special needs students, family income cannot exceed 150% of the baseline income level for program eligibility; for severe special needs students, family income cannot exceed 299% of the baseline income level for program eligibility.