McKay Scholarship 2019-2020 for Students with Autism

McKay Scholarship 2019-2020 for Students with Autism.

McKay Scholarship 2019… McKay Scholarship program is available for children with disabilities. Only those who attended the Florida center for the Deaf and Blind during the preceding October and February student membership surveys (Grades K-12) are eligible.

McKay Scholarship 2019

The McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program expands statewide the center choice program originally created in 1999 as a pilot program. The scholarships are available for eligible students with disabilities to attend an eligible public or private center of their choice.

Students with disabilities include K-12 students who are documented as having a mental handicap, including trainable, profound, or educable; a speech or language impairment; a hearing impairment, including deafness; a visual impairment, including blindness; a dual sensory impairment; a physical impairment; a serious emotional disturbance, including an emotional handicap; a specific learning disability, including, but not limited to, dyslexia, dyscalculia, or developmental aphasia; a traumatic brain injury; or autism.

Eligibility Requirements

In order to be eligible for the McKay Scholarship Program, a student must apply for the program prior to withdrawing from public center. The student must also have an Individual Education Plan (IEP), and:

Have been enrolled and reported for funding in a Florida public center during the October and February Florida Education Finance Program surveys (Grades K-12); or
Have been a pre-kindergarten student who was enrolled and reported for funding in a Florida public center during the preceding October and February Florida Education Finance Program surveys and was at least 4 years old; or
Have attended the Florida center for the Deaf and Blind during the preceding October and February student membership surveys (Grades K-12).

Applied Behavior Center for Autism is an approved McKay Participant.

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