Overview
- The comptroller began sending award notices Wednesday, April 22, to 42,644 students in the top-priority group.
- This first round covers students with qualifying disabilities in households at or below 500% of the federal poverty level, plus their siblings.
- A lottery scheduled for the week of April 27 will allocate awards for the next priority tier and set the waitlist order.
- Parents have 30 days to appeal decisions, and any openings from opt-outs or changes will go to students on the waitlist.
- The $1 billion program drew 274,183 applications and funds private school tuition, homeschool costs and tutoring, with about $30,000 for students with disabilities, $10,000 for other students and $2,000 for homeschoolers.