Low-Income Scholarship Guidelines

Scholarship Prerequisites
​Student’s family income cannot exceed 185% of the income required to qualify a child for reduced-price lunches AND student must meet ONE of the following:

• Student attended an Arizona public school as a full-time student for at least 90 days of the prior fiscal year or one full semester and then transferred from the public school to a private school. Those students who transfer to a qualified school after the first full semester are eligible to receive a scholarship that same academic year; OR • Is enrolling or currently enrolled in a private school kindergarten; OR
• Is enrolling or is currently enrolled in a private preschool program for students with disabilities (preschool students must have an MET or IEP from an Arizona public school; a 504 plan does not meet the requirement); OR
• Is a dependent of a member of the armed forces of the United States who is stationed in Arizona pursuant to military orders (preschool students must also have an MET or IEP from an Arizona public school; a 504 plan does not meet the requirement); OR
• Received a low-income corporate scholarship under one of the above criteria in a prior year and the child continued to attend a private school in subsequent years; OR
• Received an original individual scholarship or a switcher individual scholarship in a prior year and the child continued to attend a private school in subsequent years.