Media and Research Inquiries

For media or research inquiries about Step Up For Students, the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship, Family Empowerment Scholarships, PEP, or New Worlds Scholarship Accounts, please contact below:

Scott Kent

Director, Strategic Communications

Patrick Gibbons

Senior Manager, Public Affairs

Ron Matus

Director, Policy & Public Affairs

Government or Legislative Affairs Contact:

Amy Graham

Vice President, Policy, Innovation & Empowerment

Research Proposals and Queries Contact:

Patrick Gibbons

Senior Manager, Public Affairs

Step Up For Students weekly enrollment numbers for the week ending 12/1/2022

Florida Tax Credit Scholarship and Family Empowerment Scholarship for Educational Options (income-based scholarships)

  • 185,984 enrolled students
  • 51 percent of students live in single-parent households
  • 63 percent Black or Hispanic
  • $42,795 average household income
  • 2,090 participating private schools

Family Empowerment Scholarship for Students with Unique Abilities

  • 69,513 students enrolled
  • $10,000 is the average scholarship value
  • 28.1% Autism Spectrum
  • 13.4% Multiple-Diagnoses
  • 12.5% Other Health Impairment
  • 10.5% Specific Learning Disability
  • 5.5% Speech Impairment
  • 3.9% Language Impairment
  • 3.6% Rare Diseases
  • 3.4% Intellectual Disability
  • 2.5% Anaphylaxis
  • 2% Emotional or behavioral disability
  • 1.5% High-Risk
  • 0.9% Hearing Impaired
  • 0.8% Cerebral Palsy
  • 0.8% Down Syndrome
  • 1.4% All other diagnoses

Hope Scholarship

  • 788 students enrolled

New Worlds Reading Scholarship

  • 5,710 students enrolled
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