Hope Scholarship Program

11002.40 The Hope Scholarship Program.—

A student is eligible for a scholarship if he or she has been subjected to an incident of battery; harassment; hazing; bullying; kidnapping; physical attack; robbery; sexual offenses, harassment, assault, or battery; threat or intimidation; or fighting at the public school and reported the incident to the public school. The public school must then investigate the incident and upon conclusion of the incident or within 15 days after the incident was reported, whichever occurs first, shall notify the parent of the Hope Scholarship Program and the available educational options.

Educational Options under the Hope Scholarship Program

  • Transfer to another public school – The parent has the option of enrolling his or her student in another public school that has capacity. If a parent chooses to enroll his or her student in a public school located outside the district in which the student resides, the parent shall be eligible for a scholarship to transport the student. To transfer to another public school, please contact your school district office. To apply for transportation funding, please contact the eligible scholarship funding organizations.
  • Transfer to an approved private school – A parent may choose to enroll his or her student in an approved private school. The parent must notify the district of his or her intent to withdraw the student from the public school and place the student in private school. To apply for scholarship funding, please contact the eligible scholarship funding organizations.

For a list of approved private schools, please visit: http://www.floridaschoolchoice.org/information/privateschooldirectory/.

To learn more about private school requirements in Florida, please review our Private School Information for Parents page at: http://www.fldoe.org/schools/school-choice/private-schools/parent-info.stml

Hope Scholarship Program FAQs

Hope Scholarship Program

Section 1002.40, F.S. Hope Scholarship Program

Rule 6A.60951, F.A.C. Hope Scholarship Program


Kim Bays
Director
Guidance and Choice
Kim.Bays @stjohns.k12.fl.us
(904) 547-7752

Dana Kirkwood
Executive Secretary
Guidance and Choice
[email protected]
(904) 547-7754


 

Hope Scholarship Program (HSP)
2022-2023 School Year

For the 2022-2023 school year, the following schools have available capacity for the specified number of seats. No K-8 Schools or High Schools currently meet the Hope Scholarship criteria.

Schools with

HOPE Scholarship Capacity

Available Seats for 2022-2023

as of August 10, 2022*

Elementary

 

PVPV/Rawlings

0 (at capacity)

Crookshank

10

The Webster School

295

Total Elementary Seats Available

305

 

 

Middle

 

Murray

134

Total Middle Seats Available

134

*Based upon the 2022 Controlled Open Enrollment (COE) seats remaining. Information regarding COE availability and process is available at: https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/coe/

 

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