NOTE: STUDENTS RECEIVING AN ARIZONA EMPOWERMENT SCHOLARSHIP CANNOT ALSO RECEIVE STATE TAX CREDIT SCHOLARSHIP
There are two different types of scholarships available to Kino students:
1. The Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program
ESA Program Overview:
2. Arizona State Tax Credit Scholarship Organizations (STOs)
Participating STOs:
1. The Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program
ESA Program Overview:
- Currently available to K-12 students with disabilities and military families (click here for more eligibility information)
- Eligibility is being expanded to all students (click here to read more about the expansion)
- Pays for private school tuition, educational therapies, tutoring and more
- Applications accepted year-round
- Funding is awarded quarterly
2. Arizona State Tax Credit Scholarship Organizations (STOs)
Participating STOs:
- Arizona Leadership Foundation
- Arizona Private Education Scholarship Fund:
- Institute for Better Education:
- Arizona Tuition Connection
- Education Liberty Fund
- School Choice Arizona
- Academic Opportunity of Arizona
- Families, friends, and co-workers who contribute to one of the above STOs can recommend their funds to Kino School
- Contributions can be recommended for specific students (not your own) at Kino School
- Donations to the Arizona State Tax Credit Program are a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for AZ state taxes
- Donations that are made to Kino School become available scholarships for students
- Students can be eligible for four different funding programs (click here to read more about eligibility for each program)
- Applications can be submitted to each STO
- Applications typically require access to most recent tax returns and IEP/504 plans (if applicable)
