Summer Award Cycle
April 15 – Applications for the 2011-2012 award year are released.
May 31 – Applications are due. These applications will also be considered during the fall and spring distributions occurring during the 2011-2012 school year.
Late June – Scholarship Committees meet to make awards. We send award checks to schools and send Grant/Scholarship award notifications to parents within a few weeks.
Fall Award Cycle
September 30 – Applications are due (for those that have not already applied for the summer awards). These applications will also be considered during the spring 2012 distribution.
Late October – Scholarship Committees meet to make awards. We send award checks to schools and send Grant/Scholarship award notifications to parents within a few weeks.
Spring Award Cycle
February 29 – Applications are due (for those that have not already applied either for the summer awards or for the fall awards).
Late March – Scholarship Committees meet to make awards. We send award checks to schools and send Grant/Scholarship award notifications to parents within a few weeks.
Other Important Dates
March 31 – Applications expire. (All applications expire every year on March 31, regardless of when they are received).
April 15 – New applications are made available.
April 15 – This is the official tax year deadline for the previous calendar year, so donors must have their donations either called in, done online, or postmarked by this date in order to claim credit for the previous year
Donation Due Dates – Please be advised that we have removed donation due dates because we always process as many donations as possible for each award cycle.
Starting school next year?
This is the perfect time to begin this program! If your child will be attending K-12th grade at a Christian private school for the first time in the fall, you may apply for a scholarship during the previous school year -- Mail your application to ACSTO between December 1 and February 28, and any funds awarded to your child in the March award cycle can be sent to the school in April. The school can hold the funds until you start paying tuition in the fall. A donor is welcome to donate to ACSTO and recommend your child for a scholarship up to one year before your child begins K-12th grade.
What does the law mean by Kindergarten?
We understand that to be eligible for a scholarship based on the Private School Tuition Tax Credit Law, the child must be attending the Kindergarten that is just before 1st grade. K-4 or Pre-Kindergarten does not qualify. There are exceptions for handicapped children spelled out in paragraphs G:1 and G:2 in the Tax Credit Law. |
