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OSP Eligibility Requirements
Students who are enrolled in, or who are assigned to, a failing public school are eligible for Florida's Opportunity Scholarship Program.
A public school student's parent may request and receive from the state an Opportunity Scholarship for the student to enroll in and attend a higher performing public school if:
- By assigned school attendance area or by special assignment, the student has spent the prior school year in attendance at a public school that has been designated pursuant to s. 1008.34, Florida Statutes, as performance grade category "F," failing to make adequate progress, and that has had 2 school years in a 4-year period of such low performance, and the student's attendance occurred during a school year in which such designation was in effect;
- The student has been in attendance elsewhere in the public school system and has been assigned to such school for the next school year; or
- The student is entering kindergarten or first grade and has been notified that the student has been assigned to such school for the next school year.