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Step Up For Students Scholarships

Lakeside Christian School accepts the Step Up For Students Scholarships to help cover cost of school tuitions and their Learning Solutions Programs. Step Up For Students Scholarships were started in 1997 to help provide educational options for low-income families. It began as a privately funded program allowing an eligible family the opportunity to send their children to the qualifying private school of their choice. In 2001, the State legislature created the Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship Program that continues to fund the Step Up For Students Scholarships Program for over 17,000 Florida children. Step Up For Students Scholarships are not tuition vouchers but are privately funded. To visit the Step Up For Students Scholarships website for more information and an application, click here.

If you currently have the Step Up For Students Scholarship and would like a tour of Lakeside Christian School to consider enrolling your student, call 727-239-7808 now. We are located in central Clearwater and have been providing a quality Christian education since 1975.

The current amount of tuition assistance available for the 2008-2009 school years is $3950 per qualifying student in a family. Lakeside Christian School accepts this amount to cover the cost of school tuition. Parents must cover the cost of registration, uniforms, lunches, and sports fees. The Lakeside Learning Solutions Programs may add tuition cost that the parent has the responsibility to cover.

Any parent meeting the income qualifications may apply for a Step Up For Students Scholarship. The income eligibility requirements for 2008-2009 are as follows. Please check the Step Up For Students Scholarship website for additional details.
  1. If your child is enrolling in K5 or 1st you may apply to enter Lakeside without having spent a prior year in a local public school.
  2. If your child is enrolling in grade 2 or higher, your child must have spent the prior year in a local public school.
  3. Household size and Household Income Requirements
     
    Size Gross Monthly Income New Applicants Gross Monthly Income Renewable Applicants
    2
    		 $2,247 $2,428
    3
    		 $2,823
    		 $3,052
    4
    		 $3,400 $3,675
    5 $3,976 $4,298
     
  4. You must have a commitment form from Step Up For Students Scholarships before you can enroll.

If you are currently in a school that is not meeting your needs, Step Up For Students Scholarships may provide the help you have been waiting for. If you currently have a Step Up For Students Scholarship and want to transfer during the year, the school you are exiting must complete an exit confirmation form with the Step Up For Students office. All balances with that school must be cleared up before leaving. Lakeside will fill out a school commitment form for each of your students and send it to Step Up For Students. Step Up For Students completes the transfer only after they have received all documents. The Florida Pride Scholarships checks are sent to Lakeside Christian School in the parent’s name. The parent must endorse the check over to Lakeside Christian School within 5 business days of being contacted. Any balances must be paid in full in order to maintain your scholarship program. If a student is suspended or expelled due to past due balances, the student will lose their scholarship. Students expelled due to behavior issues also lose their Step Up For Students Scholarships.




Lakeside Christian School, Inc. admits students of any race, color, and national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs and activities made available to all students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational or admissions policies, scholarship program, athletics and other school administered programs.
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