
Georgia Promise Scholarship Program
Georgia Promise Scholarship Program:
Expanding Educational Choices for Families
Brookwood Christian School has been accepted into the Georgia Promise Scholarship Program!
We are excited to announce that our school has been accepted as a participating school in the Georgia Promise Scholarship Program! This program provides up to $6,500 per school year for students who have been enrolled at a designated low-performing school during the October and March FTE counts for the 2024-2025 school year.
Who is Eligible to Apply?
- Students who are enrolled in a Georgia public school for the 2024-2025 year, or those entering kindergarten for the 2025-2026 year.
- Students must reside in the attendance zone of a lower-performing public school (as identified by the Governor's Office of Student Achievement).
- Parents must have lived in Georgia for at least 1 year, with exceptions for active-duty military families.
- Students who already receive the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship or Georgia Student Scholarship Organization scholarships are not eligible.
How Can Scholarship Funds Be Used?
Parents can use the scholarship funds for:
- Tuition, tutoring, curriculum, and required textbooks.
- Specialized services such as occupational therapy, speech-language therapy, physical therapy, and other services from certified physicians or licensed therapists.
- Transportation up to $500 per year to help cover travel costs to approved service providers.
Student Application Periods:
- March 1 – April 15, 2025
- June 1 – June 30, 2025
- September 1 – September 30, 2025
- December 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026
More Details:
Apogee Tax Credit Scholarship
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INFORMATION
-APOGEE Submits to the Georgia Department of Revenue.
- On the first business day of January 2024, APOGEE begins submitting applications to the Georgia Department of Revenue (DOR).
- If you pledge after the December deadline, these will be submitted soon after you pledge.HOW TO MAKE A PAYMENT
-Pay APOGEE by check or credit card within 60 days of DOR approval (mid-March 2023).
If you pledge after the December deadline, you will receive a deadline to make payment.
-Make payment online: https://apogee123.org/donation-checkout
-Mail check:
Make check out to APOGEE Scholarship Fund
Include Brookwood Christian Language School on memo line
Mail to:
The Apogee Georgia School Choice Scholarship Fund
PO Box 745815
Atlanta, GA, 30374-5815HOW TO TAKE THE CREDIT
- In June, APOGEE will send you a letter with attached Form IT-QEE-SSO1 (tax receipt) for claiming the credit on your 2024 Georgia income tax return.
- You will take the credit when you file your 2024 taxes in April of 2025.
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2022-2023 Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Calculator
**Students must enroll by September 15**
To newly qualify for the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program for the upcoming school year a student must meet ALL the following requirements:
Student Eligibility Criteria 1
A student have must a parent/guardian who currently lives in Georgia and has been a resident for at least one calendar year.
Student Eligibility Criteria 2
A student was enrolled and completed the 2020 – 2021 school year in a Georgia public school in grades kindergarten through twelfth.
Student Eligibility Criteria 3
A student was reported as attending a Georgia public school by a school district(s) during mandatory student counts conducted in October 2020 and March 2021.
Student Eligibility Criteria 4
A student does not need to have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) for the entire school year to qualify for the GSNS Program. A student must have received special education services at some point during the 2020 – 2021 school year through an IEP. A student must be reported by a school district(s) in either the October 2020 OR March 2021 student counts OR in final student record as a student receiving special education services by the end of the 2020 – 2021 school year.
At the end of the school year, school systems update student records for students served by an IEP after the March count to reflect that they are special education students. By mid-July the database for the scholarship calculator is updated to include these students.
If a student meets the eligibility criteria for the GSNS Program; a parent/guardian has the right to request a transfer from a student’s current public school to:
- Another public school within their district of residence; or
- Another public school district outside their district of residence; or
-One of the three state schools for the blind or deaf; or
-A private school authorized to participate in the GSNS Program. Funds received through the GSNS Program can only be used to pay for tuition and fees at a private school authorized by the State Board of Education to participate in the program.
Funds cannot be used to pay the costs of:
-out of district tuition
-charter schools
-other options available under public school choice