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The Personalized Education Program (PEP) Scholarship empowers Florida families to customize their child's education. Designed for students who are not enrolled full time in a public or private school, the PEP Scholarship provides an education savings account (ESA) that families can use for approved educational expenses, giving them the flexibility to choose the learning experiences and resources that best fit their child's needs.
Which Scholarship is Right For My Child
For more information on eligible expenses, please see our PEP Scholarship Family Handbook.
How Does It Work?
The Florida Tax Credit Scholarship (FTC), including the Personalized Education Program (FTC-PEP), gives families the flexibility to customize their student's education through an Education Savings Account (ESA).
An ESA allows scholarship funds to be used for approved educational expenses that support a student's individual learning needs. The following categories of items and services are eligible expenses under the scholarship:
Home education instructional program
At an eligible postsecondary institution, including those participating in the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)
- For dual enrollment
- For a full-time private tutoring program
- At an approved online or virtual provider
- As a private-pay student for Florida Virtual School
- At an FLDOE approved pre-apprenticeship program
Standardized testing fees, including test proctoring and administration
Contracted services provided by a public school or school district
Scholarship Amounts
Please note: The scholarship amounts are established annually by the Florida Legislature in the state budget.
Are We Eligible?
Your child may qualify for a PEP Scholarship if they meet the following criteria:
Student Eligibility
- Students in grades K–12 who are not enrolled full time in a public or private school*
- Open to all families, regardless of household income
*Students must be at least 5 years old by September 1 and younger than twenty-one (21) years old on or before September 1st of the year the application is submitted.
Florida Residency
Students satisfy the residency requirements if they meet one of the following:
- Be a Florida resident OR qualify under one of the following military exceptions below:
- A first-time applicant who is a dependent of an active-duty U.S. military member currently stationed outside of Florida but has Permanent Chane of Station (PCS) orders to Florida
- A renewing applicant who is a dependent of an active-duty U.S. military member that has been relocated outside of Florida but maintains Florida as their home of record