This article is intended for Nebraska parents who are inquiring about eligibility
Eligibility Requirements:
- Must be a Nebraska state resident
- Student must meet one of the following criteria:
- Must be receiving an education scholarship for the first time and is entering kindergarten or ninth grade in a qualified school or the first grade level offered by the qualified school. Since this is the first year of this new program, all students will be entering for the first time.
- Is transferring from a public school at which the student was enrolled for at least one semester immediately preceding the first semester for which the student receives an education scholarship to a qualified school and is entering any of grades kindergarten through 12
- Student entering a qualified school has a member of an active duty or reserve military family transferring into Nebraska from another state or another country
- Student has previously received an education scholarship under this section and is continuing education at a qualified school until such student graduates from high school or reaches twenty-one years of age, whichever comes first
- Student has previously received an education scholarship under the Opportunity Scholarships Act, as such act existed prior to its repeal by this legislative bill, and is continuing education at a qualified school until such student graduates from high school or reaches twenty-one years of age, whichever comes first
- Student is the sibling of a student who is receiving an education scholarship and resides in the same household as such student
- Student is currently enrolled in a qualified school and is a member of a family whose household income is no more than two hundred thirteen percent of the federal poverty level
- Further information can be found in LB1402