Summer Award Cycle

April 1 – Applications for the 2008-2009 award year are released.

May 31 – Donations are due.

June 30 – Applications are due. These applications will also be considered during the winter and spring distributions occurring during the 2008-2009 school year.

Late July / Early August – Regional Scholarship Committees meet to make awards. We send award checks to schools and send Grant/Scholarship award notifications to parents.

Winter Award Cycle

September 30 – Donations are due.

October 31 – Applications are due (for those that have not already applied for the summer awards.) These applications will also be considered during the spring distribution occurring during the Spring 2009 distribution.

Mid-November – Scholarship Committee meets to make awards. We send checks to schools and send Grant/Scholarship award notifications to parents.

Spring Award Cycle

December 31 – Donations are due. This is the official tax year deadline for 2008, so donors must have their donations either called in, done online, or postmarked by this date.

February 28 – Applications are due (for those that have not already applied either for the summer awards or for the winter awards.)

Late March / Early April – Regional Scholarship Committees meet to make awards. We send award checks to schools and send Grant/Scholarship award notifications to parents.

April 1 – All applications for the distributions occurring during the 2008-2009 school year expire. New applications are made available.

Starting school next year?  This is the perfect time to begin this program!.  If your child will be attending K-12 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 September1 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-12 grade.  

What does the law mean by Kindergarten?  We understand that to be eligible for 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 the tax credit law.