Last verified: October 2026
Can a Cincinnati microschool accept EdChoice?
Not without a charter. Vouchers flow only to participating chartered schools; a learning pod organized as a non-chartered school, or as a group of homeschooling families sharing a teacher, lives on tuition, gifts and SGO awards.
Can a microschool serve students with IEPs through Ohio's scholarships?
Through provider registration, yes. Ohio lets Jon Peterson and Autism Scholarship dollars pay a registered business provider for the services in a child's IEP while parents handle the rest of the schooling at home, so a microschool registered that way can be paid for those services.
What could ten chartered seats bring in at the 2026-27 award?
At most $61,660 a year: ten K-8 students multiplied by the $6,166 maximum. That figure assumes each family gets the full award and that tuition is no lower than the award; Expansion families above 450% of poverty bring in less.
| Chartered | Non-chartered (NCNP) | |
|---|---|---|
| EdChoice students | Can enroll | Cannot enroll |
| State operating standards | Required | Minimum standards certified to parents |