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.

*Hope Scholarship Parent Handbook-How to Apply for the Scholarship and Scholarship Rules*

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

Hope Scholarship Program (HSP)
2023-2024 School Year

For the 2023-2024 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.

*Based upon the 2023 Controlled Open Enrollment (COE) seats remaining. Information regarding COE availability and process is available at: https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/coe/