Florida K-12 scholarships, explained.

Three nonprofit scholarship funding organizations (SFOs) run the state programs: Step Up For Students, AAA Scholarship Foundation and Sunshine State Kids Foundation. Each program page shows the date we last checked its status.

• Private-school scholarship (FES-EO and FTC)

  For K-12 students at a Florida private school. Families apply once; the SFO decides which program funds it.

  Open to new applicants
• FES-UA (Unique Abilities Scholarship)

  An education savings account for students with an IEP or a qualifying diagnosis, from age 3.

  Open · may close at capacity
• PEP (Personalized Education Program)

  An education savings account for students not enrolled full time in a school.

  Closed to new students
• Transportation Stipend

  For K-8 public-school students attending a school other than their assigned one.

  Not accepting applications
• Federal Education Freedom Tax Credit

  New federal tax-credit scholarships for public and private K-12 students.

  Starts in 2027
• Hope Program

  A referral for students who report bullying or violence at school; not a scholarship.

  Referral only
• New Worlds Scholarship Accounts

  Reading and math accounts that are closed to new students.

  Existing balances only

• Award amounts by county

  Every county's 2026-27 amounts for FES-EO, FTC, PEP and FES-UA, with CSV downloads.

• Deadlines

  Application, renewal, acceptance and switching dates for each program and SFO.

• Payment dates

  When quarterly scholarship money reaches accounts and schools.

• Income limits

  Income sets priority, not eligibility. The 2026-27 tiers by household size.

• Who is eligible

  Every program's rules side by side, including special situations.

• FAQ

  Answers to the questions families and providers actually ask, with sources.

Each SFO runs its own applications, accounts and payment platform. We are not one of them and can't see your account.

• Step Up For Students

  Uses the EMA platform. EMA login help · Contact

• AAA Scholarship Foundation

  Uses its Scholarship Management Platform (SMP). SMP guide · Contact

• Sunshine State Kids Foundation

  Uses the Odyssey wallet. Odyssey guide · Contact

Scholarship amounts depend on the county you live in. Each county page shows its award amounts, state funding, private schools and languages spoken at home.

• Alachua
• Baker
• Bay
• Bradford
• Brevard
• Broward
• Calhoun
• Charlotte
• Citrus
• Clay
• Collier
• Columbia
• DeSoto
• Dixie
• Duval
• Escambia
• Flagler
• Franklin
• Gadsden
• Gilchrist
• Glades
• Gulf
• Hamilton
• Hardee
• Hendry
• Hernando
• Highlands
• Hillsborough
• Holmes
• Indian River
• Jackson
• Jefferson
• Lafayette
• Lake
• Lee
• Leon
• Levy
• Liberty
• Madison
• Manatee
• Marion
• Martin
• Miami-Dade
• Monroe
• Nassau
• Okaloosa
• Okeechobee
• Orange
• Osceola
• Palm Beach
• Pasco
• Pinellas
• Polk
• Putnam
• Santa Rosa
• Sarasota
• Seminole
• St. Johns
• St. Lucie
• Sumter
• Suwannee
• Taylor
• Union
• Volusia
• Wakulla
• Walton
• Washington

• One source of truthEvery number, date and status comes from one facts registry, so a correction updates every page at once.
• Sourced and datedEach figure links to the statute, State Board item, budget document or SFO publication it comes from, with the date we checked it.
• NeutralWe don't rank scholarship organizations. Where the law and an SFO's practice differ, we show both.

Coming next: free profiles for scholarship-participating private schools that schools can claim and correct, then tutors, therapists and other providers, and Spanish and Haitian Creole versions of these guides.