Scholarship at Louisiana Department of Education program study Kindergarten through 12th grade students 2012-2013, offers Scholarship for kindergarten through 12th grade students at USA, With the expressed aim of providing families with greater educational choices and an increased opportunity for success, Louisiana lawmakers recently expanded the Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence Program statewide through the enactment of Act 2.
While a similar program has operated in New Orleans since 2008, 2012-2013 will mark the first year students across the state will be eligible to participate in the state’s scholarship program. Likewise, while the existing Orleans Parish program began by offering tuition assistance to kindergarten through 3rd grade students, with a grade level added each year, the statewide program will be open to kindergarten through 12th grade students. And students will be able to opt to attend not only approved nonpublic schools, but high performing public schools.
Study Subject(s):Courses offered by the School
Level:Kindergarten through 12th grade students
Provider: Louisiana Department of Education
Can be taken at: USA
No Open for International Students
How to Apply: By Electronically
Application Deadline: June 29th 2012
Eligibility:
To be eligible
-A child must have been enrolled in a public school during the 2011-2012 school year that was labeled C, D or F, unless a student is entering kindergarten for the first time in the 2012-2013 school year
-Students must also be a resident of Louisiana and meet income eligibility requirements (family income in 2011 cannot exceed 250% of the federal poverty guidelines)
-Continuing students who were awarded a scholarship in the previous year are also eligible.
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