Nearly 37K students apply for CHOOSE Act accounts

Nearly 37K students apply for CHOOSE Act accounts

BIRMINGHAM — Thousands of Alabama families are seeking public funds to support private or alternative education with 36,873 students applying for the state’s new CHOOSE Act education savings accounts.

Almost 37,000 Alabama students apply for CHOOSE Act

Thanks to Governor Kay Ivey’s leadership, Alabama now has an education savings account option, the CHOOSE Act. Monday night at midnight, the application period closed with almost 37,000 students applying.

CHOOSE Act applications nearing close - Lowndes Signal

Ivey reminds Alabama families to take action On Monday, Gov. Kay Ivey reminded Alabama families that the application period for the Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act — the state’s new education savings account (ESA) initiative — will close at midnight, a week from today, on Monday, April 7. The CHOOSE Act makes refundable income tax credits called education savings accounts (ESA) available to support the succ…