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Ohio provides vouchers to private schools for students attending low-performing public schools. There are also scholarships available for families who are considered low income, and students with learning disabilities to schools or programs to meet the student’s needs.
EdChoice Scholarship Program
The Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program provides students from underperforming public schools the opportunity to attend participating private schools. The program also provides low income students who are entering kindergarten through twelth grade the same opportunity. The program provides up to 60,000 EdChoice scholarships to eligible students.
For the 2019-2020 school year any student entering grades 9 -12 may be eligible for an EdChoice scholarship if they would be assigned to a designated EdChoice eligible public school. (list of designated public schools). If your child currently attends one of these schools they may be eligible for and EdChoice scholarship.
Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program
The Jon Peterson Special Needs (JPSN) Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students who are eligible to attend kindergarten through 12th grade and have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) from their district. The amount of each scholarship will be based on the primary disability condition identified on the student's Evaluation Team Report (ETR) and will not exceed $27,000. Students must be enrolled in the scholarship program for the entire program year to receive the full scholarship amount.
The passage of House Bill 49 eliminated student application deadlines for the JPSN Scholarship Program. Students will have the ability to apply for JPSN Scholarship year-round
Autism Scholarship Program
The Autism Scholarship Program (ASP) gives the parents of children with autism who qualify for a scholarship the choice to send the child to a special education program other than the one operated by the school district of residence to receive their education and the services outlined in the child's individualized education program (IEP).
Any student who has been identified by their district as a child with autism and for whom the district has created an individualized education plan (IEP) qualifies for the Autism Scholarship program.
The student must have a current IEP from the district of residence that is finalized and all parties, including the parent, must be in agreement with the IEP.
A child is eligible to apply to participate in the program when the child turns three.