DC Opportunity Scholarship Program

Objective

To provide low-income parents residing in the District of Columbia with expanded options for the education of their children. This program is part of a broader school improvement effort in the District of Columbia.

Who Can Apply

• Private nonprofit institution/organization (includes institutions of higher education and hospitals)

An educational entity of the District of Columbia Government; a nonprofit organization; or a consortium of nonprofit organizations.

Who Benefits

• Private nonprofit institution/organization
• Education Professional
• Student/Trainee
• State
• Local
• School
• Child (6-15)
• Youth (16-21)
• Education (0-8)
• Education (9-12)

To receive an award under this program, an applicant must ensure that a majority of the members of its voting board or governing organization are residents of the District of Columbia. As required by the program statute, the Secretary gives priority to applications from eligible entities that will most effectively (1) in awarding scholarships under section 3007(a), give priority to—(A) eligible students who, in the school year preceding the school year for which the eligible students are seeking a scholarship, attended an elementary school or secondary school identified as one of the lowest-performing schools under the District of Columbia’s accountability system; and (B) students whose household includes a sibling or other child who is already participating in the program of the eligible entity under this division, regardless of whether such students have, in the past, been assigned as members of a control study group for the purposes of an evaluation under section 3009(a); or whether such students have, in the past, attended a private school; (2) target resources to students and families that lack the financial resources to take advantage of available educational options; and (3) provide students and families with the widest range of educational options.

Assistance Types

• Project Grants

Program Contact

beth.yeh@ed.gov
(202) 205-5798