The Virginia Federation for Children seeks to empower families, especially lower-income families, with the freedom to choose the best K-12 education for their children. We are a project of the American Federation for Children.
For general education students, family income cannot exceed 300% of the federal poverty guidelines ($79,500 for a family of four in 2021-22) and student must have attended public school the previous year or be entering kindergarten or 1st grade or be a new resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Special education students must either:
Be educated in a public school with an IEP and have family income of less than 400% of the federal poverty guidelines ($106,000 for a family of four in 2021-22); or
Have severe disabilities and be educated in specially licensed private schools designed exclusively to serve students with disabilities and have family income of less than 400% of the federal poverty guidelines ($106,000 for a family of four in 2021-22).
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Our team focuses its time and resources on supporting state-level efforts to provide low-income and middle-income families with access to great schools through private school choice.
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