ACSTO - Since it began in 1998, ACSTO has awarded over $100 million in scholarships to 20,600 students attending 150 Arizona Christian schools. Over 54,000 visionary Arizona taxpayers have made this possible by donating to ACSTO, and they were able to take advantage of Arizona's unique opportunity to receive a dollar-for-dollar credit against their Arizona state income tax.
ESA - An Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) is an account administered by the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) and funded by state tax dollars to provide education options for qualified Arizona students.
An ESA consists of 90% of the state funding that would have otherwise been allocated to the school district or charter school for the qualified student (does not include federal or local funding). By accepting an ESA, the student's parent or guardian is signing a contract agreeing to provide an education that includes at least the following subjects: reading, grammar, mathematics, social studies and science. ESA funding can be used to pay private school tuition, for curriculum, home education, tutoring and more.
ASCT- The Arizona School Choice Trust (ASCT) is a state-approved School Tuition Organization (STO) that exclusively serves low-income children through the administration of three state tax credit scholarship programs–the Individual Tuition Tax Credit Program, the Corporate Tuition Tax Credit Program, and Lexie’s Law for Disabled and Displaced students.
IBE - The Institute for Better Education (IBE) is a recognized 501 (c) (3) non-profit School Tuition Organization, or STO established in 1998 to accept tax credit donations to be used for private school scholarships. By law, scholarship recipients must be attending a recognized kindergarten through 12th grade program as a full-time student.
SCA - School Choice Arizona (SCA) was formed in 2006 primarily to implement the newly passed Corporate Tuition Tax Credit Law, but also to facilitate taking advantage of the Private School Tuition Tax Credit in special circumstances. Through these two avenues, our goal is to help families afford the education of their choice by providing scholarships to children attending qualified private schools in the state of Arizona.
TOPS - TOPS for Kids purpose is to assist children in receiving an Arizona tuition scholarship to attend the private school of their choice. Scholarships are given from the contributions of AZ taxpayers who use the tuition tax credit program.