Important Dates Now: File taxes * These dates will vary depending on the school you choose. Talk to admissions at school to get their important dates.**Scholarship/ESA is not available for International Students on a F1 Visa February - April: Current Student Registration Opens April: K-12 Foundation Scholarship deadline (need 2024 taxes here) April 15: STO Application deadline (need 2024 taxes here) April: Returning Students: ESA Application opens (need 2024 taxes here) April 16: New Student Registration Opens June 30: ESA Application Deadline for all schools August 23: First Day of School Iowa Education Savings Account (ESA) Apply for Students First ESAApplication Help: [email protected] or 515-368-9564 Iowa's K-12 Educational Savings Account (ESA) Families ESA for 2025-2026 - The State of Iowa uses a program called Odyssey for processing all K-12 ESA Information. For the 2025-2026 school year, all families that reside in Iowa will be eligible for this K-12 tuition assistance. New Families: Applying for the first time: Parents/guardians will first be directed to sign up with an email and password. Parents/guardians will receive a message from Odyssey asking them to confirm their email address. After the email is confirmed, the parent/guardian can sign in to the Odyssey portal to begin their application. Students First ESAs are awarded based on the following eligibility: School Year 2024-25
All Iowa families will need to apply and follow all steps and meet all deadlines in order to be approved. Returning applicants: Parents/guardians with an existing Odyssey portal account will log in to the existing account to begin the application for the 2025-26 school year. The state contracted with Odysseyfor ESA program administration, including applications, financial transactions, compliance, fraud prevention and customer service. Odyssey securely administers funds and provides families with direct customer service and support.For fall and spring semester, once tuition is entered by the Business Office staff in Odyssey, a parent must go into his/her Odyssey account and approve the tuition for each student so the State will send the funds to SCCS. Odyssey will send an email as a reminder. Tips for Returning Families
Our mission, as a non-profit corporation, governed by a volunteer board, is to advocate for and advance the excellence of Catholic education at Assumption High School, and in the Catholic elementary schools of Scott County. The Family Tuition Plan (FTP) strives to make it possible for every interested family to educate their children in Scott County Catholic schools regardless of financial barriers. Our Catholic schools offer outstanding academic and faith development programs, so we are especially excited about the FTP, a program funded through the Embracing Our Future campaign. Families that feel challenged to enroll or keep their children in Scott County Catholic schools are encouraged to fill out a Family Tuition Plan application. All financial information is held in strict confidence. Completed forms may be returned to P.O. Box 1597, Davenport, IA 52809-1597. Our mission as a public charity is to lessen the financial barriers of low and middle income families pursuing K-12 Catholic school education options within Scott County, Iowa The Educational Opportunities Act, signed into law on June 2, 2006, allows Iowa taxpayers contributing to School Tuition Organizations within the state to claim a 65% direct tax credit against Iowa income taxes. The new law received strong bi-partisan support in both houses of the Iowa legislature, where it passed the Iowa Senate by a vote of 49-1, and the Iowa House by a vote of 75-19. School Tuition Organization of Southeast Iowa (STO):A charitable organization representing two or more accredited nonpublic schools that receives voluntary cash contributions from Iowa taxpayers and allocates those funds in tuition grants to Iowa school children. In turn, STO grants allow families who otherwise are unable to afford an accredited, nonpublic K-12 school, to choose a school they feel best suits the needs to their children. Give the Gift of Catholic Education:Individuals wishing to help make it possible for children to receive a quality Catholic education can contribute to one of the funds that financially assist parents who are not able to pay all the tuition costs. The funds are:
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