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This site is no longer updated. Click here for official information on the Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program. Click here for official information on the Ohio EdChoice scholarship program.
The ten-year old Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Program (CSTP) allows students in grades K-10 to receive scholarships to attend private nonsectarian or religious schools. Scholarships also may be used at public schools in participating adjacent districts, though no public schools currently choose to participate. In addition, the CSTP provides tutoring grants for students in public schools. The scholarship portion of the program has grown from 1,994 students in 1996-97 to 5,675 in 2004-05.
Scholarships and tutoring grants are awarded by lottery, with priority for low-income families below 200 percent of the federal poverty level ($38,700 for a family of four in 2005). Other families are eligible only if appropriated funds remain available. No more than half of new recipients may be children previously enrolled in private schools. The maximum scholarship had been $2,250 since the program’s inception. In the 2003-04 school year, the per pupil amount increased, for the first time, to $2,700. Special needs students may receive larger scholarships, based on individual need.
The United States Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of the constitutionality of the program on June 27, 2002. See Legal Action for more details.
Information on the CSTP was updated in December 2005. For more recent developments, go to News .
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