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What Can You Buy With Florida Family Empowerment Scholarship Funds?

What your Florida education funds cover for reading and curriculum, how it works, and what is allowed.

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From The Dig · Episode 2“Every mark lit gold in the order you had read them… and a stone stairway spiraled down into the earth.”

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Program rules change; your program office has the final word on every purchase.

The short version

  1. Florida’s FES-UA and PEP scholarships cover more than you might think: curriculum, software, tutoring and materials.
  2. Online learning is eligible too, and you spend it through Step Up For Students (MyScholarShop) and ClassWallet.
  3. Amounts and rules shift year to year, so confirm the live number with your program before you buy.

Short answer: Florida’s FES-UA and PEP scholarships cover more than you might think: curriculum, software, tutoring and materials. Online learning is eligible too, and you spend it through Step Up For Students (MyScholarShop) and ClassWallet. Florida's disability scholarship (FES-UA) is one of the largest in the country, and software subscriptions and curriculum are explicitly allowed. Here is the plain-English version of what the money covers for a struggling reader, and the smartest way to spend it.

The basics

  • How much: about $8,000 to $10,000 or more per student (the disability matrix goes up to $34,000).
  • Status: Pays you back Buy it yourself, keep the itemized receipt, and your program pays you back. The program is active for the current program year. Amounts and rules shift year to year, so confirm the live number with your program before you buy. Status as of October 15, 2026.
  • How you spend it: through Step Up For Students (MyScholarShop) and ClassWallet. Keep every receipt and your child's progress documentation.

What reading families can buy

  • Curriculum and textbooks for every subject, including a full structured-literacy reading curriculum.
  • Educational software and online learning from approved vendors. This category stretches your dollars furthest, because a single annual license often covers a whole year of instruction.
  • Tutoring from approved providers. Worth knowing: certified structured-literacy tutors run $80 to $120 an hour, which adds up fast. See what reading tutors cost.
  • Services and therapies for students with a documented disability such as dyslexia.

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What you cannot buy

  • Anything from a vendor who is not approved in the program. Check before you commit money.
  • General household goods, electronics with no clear educational purpose, and entertainment subscriptions.
  • Anything outside the program year's rules. The program office has the final word on every purchase.
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From Stardrift · Episode 4“Nobody moved. Nobody swallowed. The only sounds on the whole bridge were the tick of the console and your voice, reading on, steady as a lighthouse, one mark at a time.”

One example in the software category

A New Page is a structured-literacy program, from first sounds to confident reading, for struggling and dyslexic readers ages 3 to 18, built on the science of reading. A free reading check finds the safest place for your child to start, then explicit phonics is delivered inside illustrated stories your child unlocks by reading aloud. The Florida offering is a $299 annual license for one student, purchased with that student’s funds. Before you spend anything, run the free reading check so you know exactly where your child stands.

A smart order of operations for a struggling reader

  1. Step 1, free: the free reading check finds the right place to start and the specific skill that is breaking down. No funds spent.
  2. Step 2, $299: a full year of structured-literacy instruction through A New Page, starting where the check found your child is ready, for one student.
  3. Step 3, the rest: decodable books, the remainder of your curriculum, and targeted tutoring only if the data says you need it.

Program rules, amounts, and eligibility change; your Florida program office has the final word on every purchase. This guide is educational, not legal or tax advice. Status as of October 15, 2026.

Florida families: see exactly how to use your funds for A New Page

$299 a year for one student. Today Florida families buy first and submit the itemized receipt for reimbursement. We are applying to MyScholarShop, the Step Up marketplace, for when it reopens.

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Not sure your child needs it? The reading check is free, no account and no card (we keep only your email; your child's name stays on your device), and you keep the result either way.

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What A New Page is

A reading program you do together, at home.

Fifteen minutes a night, side by side, from first sounds to confident reading, for ages 3 to 18. Your child reads the hero’s lines in a real story, built only from the sounds your child has learned. You read the rest from a script, so you never have to guess what to say.

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Fifteen minutes a night.
A real story.

Start the free reading checkor read one night free, no account

7 days free. No card.