Step Up For Students
Florida families may be able to use a Step Up For Students scholarship to help pay for private Christian education at Lions Christian Academy.
Important Note
This page is a parent-friendly guide, not an official Step Up For Students website. Families should always complete applications and confirm deadlines, eligibility, and award details directly through Step Up For Students.
What parents should know.
Step Up For Students helps Florida families access education options through several scholarship programs.
Private School Scholarship
For eligible Florida K–12 students attending a participating private school. Step Up describes the average scholarship as approximately $8,000 toward private school tuition and fees.
Unique Abilities
FES-UA can help students with qualifying unique abilities pay for private school, therapies, tutoring, curriculum, and other approved educational expenses.
PEP Program
The Personalized Education Program is for eligible students who are not full-time private or public school students. Availability and deadlines can change each year.
Step Up sign-up guide.
The full Step Up For Students sign-up guide is now built into this website as its own page, so parents can open it, follow the checklist, and come back to the main Step Up information page anytime.
Inside the guide
- ✓Which scholarship to review
- ✓Documents parents should gather
- ✓How to create or log into EMA
- ✓What to do after approval
Official Step Up resources.
Use these official pages for current forms, deadlines, scholarship rules, and account access.
Apply for Private School Scholarship
Start or continue a private school scholarship application.
Open PageMeet Jennifer, your Step Up guide.
Jennifer is a simple website chatbot that walks parents through common Step Up questions and directs them to the right next step.
What Jennifer can help with
- ✓Which scholarship to look at first
- ✓What documents to gather
- ✓How to apply or log in
- ✓What to do after approval