2024-2025 EdChoice

Scholarship Renewal

For our Grade K-7 Students

Grade 8 Students renew with their high school

We are grateful to our families for following these instructions, as this helps us have as smooth an administrative process as possible in managing 450+ EdChoice Scholarship Students. Thank you!

DUE DATE FOR SCHOLARSHIP RENEWAL

DOCUMENTS TO SMS: March 1

DOCUMENTS NEEDED

Both Traditional and Expansion Scholarship Renewals require these two documents:

1. A completed 2024-2025 RENEWAL REQUEST form for each student. 
2. A copy of a current utility bill showing matching service and mailing addresses. DUKE ENERGY OR WATER BILL, please. Cable, internet, and cell phone bills typically do not display the words Service Address.  Read more about Acceptable forms of proof of address HERE.  

• Only one utility bill per family is needed.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR RENEWAL REQUEST TO ST. MARY 

Email is the preferred method for receiving your renewal documentS AS pdf. 

• ONE EMAIL PER FAMILY to edchoice@stmaryhp.org.
• Include the Family's Last name and Traditional or Expansion Renewal in the subject line. i.e. Subject: Smith Family Expansion Renewal.  If submitting a New Request, please indicate Traditional or Expansion NEW Request.

Or, if you need to:

Hard copies can be sent to the office in an envelope marked EdChoice RENEWAL (or NEW) and include your family's last name.  

NEED TO KNOW INFO

1. EXPANSION Scholarship Renewals DO NOT require a new income verification submission. Your award will be based on the Federal Poverty Level from your 2023-2024 submission. If your circumstances have changed and it is beneficial to resubmit your income verification, that is your choice.
2. ARE YOU ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THE TRADITIONAL SCHOLARSHIP NEXT YEAR? The Traditional Scholarship provides the maximum award from the State.

• Rising 7th and 8th Grade Students might now be eligible for the TRADITIONAL Scholarship. 7th and 8th Grade students who reside in the Cincinnati Public School district are subject to open enrollment for their public school, and the eligibility requirements have changed*.
• Or if a student has a sibling who received the Traditional Scholarship this past year (i.e., the sibling is currently a high school Freshman.) If applying under this criteria, please provide us with the sibling's name and DOB.
• *Read about the Eligibility Criteria for the Traditional Scholarship HERE. Please review the 5th and 6th bullet points under the Who is Eligible to Apply section in this linked document to help you determine your Traditional Scholarship eligibility.

• Changing to the Traditional Scholarship from the Expansion Scholarship requires a NEW Request application and a current utility bill. EdChoice Scholarship NEW Request Form

New Students to SMS in 2024-2025 may submit a NEW Request (Traditional or Expansion) and follow the above-noted steps to submit their request to St. Mary School. In addition to the Request Form and proof of address, please include a copy of the student's birth certificate.

If you want to track your scholarship status, please use your EdChoice parent portal. Instructions on setting up a parent portal can be found at the link on our weekly Enews or on the website HERE. Scroll down the page a bit.

Ohio Department of Education EdChoice Scholarship Page

Print out a page of these Renewal Instructions HERE.

2024-25 RENEWAL FORM

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Both front and back pages must be submitted

2024-25 NEW REQUEST FORM

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Both front and back pages must be submitted

2024-2025 EdChoice Fact Sheet

Includes Traditional Eligibility Criteria

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