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Ohio families must complete the JCCS admission process and be accepted as students in order to apply for the scholarships through the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce scholarship funding is for the cost of TUITION ONLY. Families will be responsible for the cost of any additional school fees.  

For information and assistance with the scholarship application process, please call the school at 740-275-4326 or email Kathy Martin.

Traditional EdChoice and EdChoice Expansion Scholarships

The Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program provides students from designated public schools the opportunity to attend participating private schools.  The program also provides students who are entering kindergarten through12th grade with scholarship opportunities based on different eligibility criteria.

The scholarship amount is $6,166 for grades K–8 and $8,408 for grades 9-12.

Click here for more information on Ohio EdChoice scholarships.

 

TRADITIONAL EdCHOICE SCHOLARSHIP

The following students can apply for the Traditional EdChoice Scholarship:

  • Those enrolled in and attending EdChoice public school buildings in their districts of residence;
  • Students enrolled in and attending community schools who would otherwise be assigned to EdChoice public school buildings;
  • Students enrolled in and attending public schools in their districts of residence who would be assigned to EdChoice public school buildings for the upcoming year;
  • Students enrolling in Ohio schools for the first time who would be assigned to EdChoice public school buildings;
  • Students whose sibling received a traditional EdChoice Scholarship in the preceding year;
  • Students entering grades K-12 who would be assigned to EdChoice public school buildings regardless of where they attended school the previous year;
  • Students who previously received an Autism or Jon Peterson Scholarship but no longer qualify because they no longer need special education services;
  • Students who are foster children;
  • Students who reside in a certified foster home;
  • Students placed with a guardian, legal custodian or in kinship care;
  • Students who reside in the same household as a student who was placed with a guardian, legal custodian or in kinship care for at least 45 consecutive days;
  • Students who reside in the household of another for at least 45 days and but for not living there would have been homeless; or
  • Students who reside in a household with a student who would have been homeless (see previous criteria) for at least 45 consecutive days.

 

EdCHOICE EXPANSION SCHOLARSHIP

The EdChoice Expansion program is open to students who do not qualify for the Cleveland Scholarship program. Scholarships are universal.  All Ohio families qualify. Scholarships for EdChoice Expansion are awarded based on the Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) of a family’s household. If a family’s household income is at or below 450 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, they will be awarded the maximum scholarship amount. If a family’s household income is at or above 451 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, the student’s scholarship award will be prorated based on the chart found under EdChoice Expansion Resources.

The scholarship amount can only be used towards tuition. Parents and/or guardians may still have to pay registration fees, material fees and other similar types of fees.  If the private school's tuition is higher than the EdChoice Scholarship amount and the family does not qualify for low-income status (at or below 200 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines), the family may have to pay the difference. However, families who qualify for low-income status do not have to pay any tuition that is not covered by the scholarship. In order for the family to be considered for the low-Income status, the family must submit their household income annually to the Department of Education and Workforce.

Effective July 1, 2025, only Federal or State 1040 forms are accepted for Income Verification purposes. The Department uses an online Scholarship Income Verification System. The system is available for families to enter and submit their income information electronically to the Office of Nonpublic Educational Options for verification. Parents are able to enter household member information, income information and upload supporting income documents directly into the online system. 


 

 

Jon Peterson Special Need Scholarship

A student who has been identified as a child with a disability and for whom the public school district has created an individualized education program (IEP) qualifies for the JPSN scholarship program.

When the student has been identified by their public school district as a child with a disability, the child's evaluation team report (ETR) from the public school district states that the child requires special education and/or related services under the Individual with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA).

The student must also have a current IEP from the public school district of residence that is finalized and all parties, including the parent or guardian, must be in agreement with the IEP.