Scholarships & Tuition Assistance

STATE FUNDED SCHOLARSHIPS

• Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC)/Step Up for Students/Florida Empowerment

Scholarship based on family income

• Gardiner Scholarship

Scholarship based on student’s special needs or diagnosis

For the above scholarships, please visit https://www.stepupforstudents.org  for eligibility requirements and online applications, or email info@stepupforstudents.org for more information.

• AAA Scholarship Foundation – FL, LLC

This foundation offers scholarships based on family income or student’s special needs or diagnosis

Please visit https://www.aaascholarships.org for eligibility requirements and online application, or email info@aaascholarships.org for more

information.

• McKay Scholarship

Scholarship based on a student’s special needs or diagnosis

Please visit http://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice for eligibility requirements and application.

• Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten (VPK)

State funded VPK program (up to 540 hours) is FREE for eligible children entering PreK4, regardless of family income.

Please visit https://familyservices.floridaearlylearning.com/ for eligibility requirements and online application.

SJCS TUITION ASSISTANCE/SCHOLARSHIP

SJCS scholarship funds are limited and available for those students entering grades K-8 who have been enrolled in St. James Cathedral School for at least one school year. In order to be consider to receive an SJCS scholarship, an application must be submitted online using your FACTS/Tuition Plan account. One would select “Tuition Aid” to complete an application.

Further information on the above scholarships, including how they are applied to tuition at SJCS can be found in the Parent-Student Handbook.