The program is a unique, three-sector partnership between school, civic and government leaders to strengthen education across the city evenly dividing $60 million among public schools, charter schools and scholarships to low income families to use at non-public schools. The legislation allows new students from low income families to enter the program creates a sibling preference and modestly increases the scholarship amounts for inflation. Opportunity Scholarship program was reauthorized by Congress for five years. Opportunity Scholarship Program is the first federally funded K-12 scholarship program and has enabled over 1,900 children from low-income families in the District of Columbia to attend non-public schools within the District of Columbia since 2004.Įarlier this year, the D.C. Families will be asked to bring their child’s most recent report card. Opportunity Scholarship Program and is sponsoring the fair.Īt the event, the Archdiocese of Washington will have information stations for at least twelve archdiocesan Catholic schools where families can meet with school officials, fill out applications for students, and ask questions.
The DC Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation serves as administrator of the D.C. More scholarship awards will be announced August 15. 681 families learned they would be receiving a D.C. The goal is to facilitate the school search for new scholarship awardees given the extremely short time frame until the start of the school year. Representatives from many of the eligible archdiocesan schools will be in attendance. Opportunity Scholarship Program, families of new scholarship recipients are invited to a school fair.
With the recent reauthorization of the D.C.
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