STATE SCHOLARSHIPS

NBPS process for Step Up For Students scholarships 2024-2025 school year.

• After receiving the Step Up scholarship amount, you will need to email FES.scholarship@nbps.org to request the NBPS Scholarship Enrollment Form to register student(s).
• Parent will be notified by Scholarship provider to approve North Broward as the school of choice for their student(s).                       
• 2 and 10 Payment Plan Participants - Statement balances will be payable in full when presented each month beginning with the June 1, 2024 due date.  There will be no reduction of any amount for State scholarships in advance.  Payment is due in full by due date.  State scholarship payments will be applied to accounts as they are received by the school and reflected on subsequent statement, thus lowering the amount due at that time.
• 1 Payment Plan Participants – Those electing a One Payment Plan can deduct the amount awarded from their June 1, 2024 amount due, but must pay all ancillary charges during the year as presented on monthly statements.
• Late fees will be applied to all past due balances at a monthly rate of 1.5% (18% per annum). 

          Should you need additional information or have follow-up questions, please email us at

          FES.scholarship@nbps.org or call 954.247.0013 (please note email is preferred).

Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities (FES-UA)

This branch of the Family Empowerment Scholarship Program is designed to offer families of students with disabilities, as young as 3 years of age, access to additional education options. Families may choose to enroll their student in another public school, or they may choose to take the opportunity to receive a personal education savings account (ESA) for their student. With an ESA, instead of having their child attend a public school, parents receive a deposit of public funds into government-authorized savings accounts with restricted, but multiple, uses. An ESA can be used to fund not only items such as private school tuition and fees, but also online learning programs, private tutoring, community college costs, higher education expenses and other approved customized learning services and materials. Families apply and annually renew for participation in FES UA through one of the approved SFOs, which are responsible for determining eligibility, awarding and distributing funding to eligible student accounts, and approving eligible expenditures.

For further information on the FES-UA, please visit: https://www.stepupforstudents.org/scholarships/unique-abilities/

FES-UA FAQ's click here for more information.

*North Broward Prep can accommodate specific students who qualify for FES’s Unique Abilities (learning differences) Scholarships. These students will be assessed through the Admissions process and must demonstrate academic abilities that are on or above grade level and diagnosed with a unique ability that can be successfully accommodated by North Broward Prep while upholding the school’s mission to provide an academically advanced curriculum. 

Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (FES-EO)

This branch of the scholarship eligibility provides additional educational options for all K-12 students, such as attending a participating private school. Families apply and annually renew through one of the approved scholarship funding organizations (SFO), which are responsible for determining and distributing funding. FES EO also offers families of eligible students the option to receive a $750 scholarship to provide transportation to a public school different from the school to which the student was assigned.

For further information on the FES-EO, please visit: https://www.stepupforstudents.org/wp-content/uploads/2022-2023-FES-EO-Parent-Handbook-Final-Draft.pdf

FES-EO FAQ's click here for more information. 

Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC)

On March 27, 2023, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law House Bill (HB) 1, which expands available school choice options for all students in Florida. The bill eliminates financial eligibility restrictions in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program while still prioritizing awards to students with household incomes that do not exceed 185 percent of the federal poverty level and incorporating a second priority to award scholarships to students who live in households with incomes between 185 percent of the federal poverty level and 400 percent of the federal poverty level.

In addition, for the 2023-24 school year, the bill creates a new opportunity for up to 20,000 Florida students not enrolled full time in a public or private school to participate in the scholarship through a parent-directed Personalized Education Program. Details on this opportunity will be shared as the program is developed.

For further information on the FTC Scholarship, please visit: https://www.stepupforstudents.org/scholarships/

Hope Scholarship 

With recently passed legislation, the Hope Scholarship, created to support families whose K-12 students have experienced bullying, will merge with the Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (FES-EO) and Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC) programs.

Please click here to learn about eligibility requirements for the FES-EO/FTC programs and to apply for the 2024-25 school year.

Additional Resources

To view the 2023-24 FTC/FES-EO scholarship award amounts, please click here.

To view the 2023-24 FES-UA scholarship award amounts, please click here.

For an overview of all state scholarship programs, please visit: Scholarship Program Guide for Parents