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How Scholarship Funds Work

May 30, 2024

How do a student’s scholarship funds pay for school? That depends on what type of school the student attends. Direct Payment Schools (Opportunity Scholarship, ESA+) Schools that accept direct payments from SEAA are paid scholarship funds on behalf of students … Read more

Awarding Process

December 13, 2023

    Eligible applications are assigned an Award Tier based on the student’s household size and income. Scholarships are awarded per student, not per household. Parents applying for more than one student should submit a separate application for each student … Read more

Beth Anderson

October 4, 2023

Appointed on September 14, 2023 by the UNC Board of Governors. Currently serving as an administrator for a nonpublic school that enrolls students receiving scholarships from the Opportunity Scholarship Program. Beth Anderson is the executive director of Hill Learning Center … Read more

Income Verification

March 20, 2023

This information is for families who have received a request for income verification. The law that governs the Opportunity Scholarship program requires SEAA to select and verify a percentage of applications each year for income verification. All applications are subject … Read more

School Choice

September 7, 2022

Students who receive the ESA+ or Opportunity Scholarship have a variety of school choice options, including full-time enrollment in a private school, or co-enrollment in a public school and a private school. The ESA+ program also includes a home school … Read more

K12 Programs

September 2, 2021

General Inquiries 1-855-330-3955 Login Help (MyPortal) 1-855-763-5333 loginhelp@ncseaa.edu Opportunity Scholarship 1-855-330-3955 OpportunityScholarships@ncseaa.edu Education Student Accounts (ESA+) 1-855-330-3955 ESA@ncseaa.edu

Program Statutes and Rules

November 30, 2020

  The Opportunity Scholarship and Education Student Accounts help families afford nonpublic K12 schools. State forgivable loans for service, including the Forgivable Education Loans for Service Program (FELS), Principal Fellows Program (PFP), Teaching Fellows Program (TFP-S) and earlier programs offered … Read more

Contact Information

November 2, 2020

K12 Programs General Inquiries 1-855-330-3955 Login Help 1-855-763-5333 (toll free) loginhelp@ncseaa.edu Opportunity Scholarship 1-855-330-3955 (toll free) OpportunityScholarships@ncseaa.edu Education Student Accounts (ESA+) 1-855-330-3955 (toll free) ESA@ncseaa.edu