FES Update
Hello families who are using the UA FES / Gardiner Scholarship though StepUp for Students!
UA = Unique Abilities
FES = Family Empowerment Scholarship (formerly called the Gardiner Scholarship)
SUFS = StepUp for Students organization - a private (not government) organization responsible for managing & disbursing the funds according to what the Florida law requires them to do.
I know there is a lot of talk on the Facebook pages (here & here) right now about the recently released Purchasing Guide from SUFS. I have spent a lot of time reading everything over as well as meeting and talking with a few of the moms who are part of an advocacy group that advocates on our behalf! They advocate to the leadership of SUFS as well as taking things all the way to our state legislatures in Tallahassee.
(Which is amazing of these volunteers by the way - I want to buy them a cookie and a coffee. And figure out how to do even more soon.)
I am confident that Cheyne Ranch services are going to be covered by 2 different categories that each have NO dollar amount limit (no $ cap!)
The 2 categories are:
Physical Education > Sports Lessons > There is no annual spending cap on Sports Lessons
Home Education > Cheyne Ranch programs seem to qualify for this newly expanded / rewritten category of Home Education. There is no annual spending cap on Home Education
Here are the screenshots from the Purchasing Guide (screenshots taken 7/1/2023)
SPORTS LESSONS: Page 6 & 7
HOME EDUCATION: Page 12 & 13
There are 2 moms that have volunteered to submit a PreAuth for the Cheyne Ranch services soon. I need to update my webpage to make the tuition / fees more clear. I will definitely keep you in the loop as to what SUFS does with these PreAuths.
Please let me know if you have any questions,
Sally Ann Cheyne
Founder & President
Cheyne Ranch, Inc.
nonprofit 501(c)(3)
Located in Oviedo, FL
Call / Text: (407) 205-7744
email: Sally@CheyneRanch.com
Website: www.CheyneRanch.com
Facebook: facebook.com/CheyneRanch
Instagram: instagram.com/CheyneRanch
