The Office of the Indiana Treasurer of State kicked off its countdown to the Indiana Education Scholarship Account (INSEA) application deadline with a virtual reveal of a new video that highlights the challenges children with disabilities experience in education – and how the INESA helps to address those challenges.
Parents and advocates are encouraged to watch the video, find out more about the INESA application process, and learn how they can help spread the word to their communities.
The INESA program helps eligible students with disabilities in K-12 get the educational support they need. The funding provides access to the educational environment that best meets their learning needs, such as private education, at-home learning, and other non-public educational settings that qualify. The video explains how parents can apply for up to $19,000 in funding and use it to customize their child’s education. The application deadline is Sept. 1, 2023.
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“This fund gives Hoosier parents options, so instead of forcing a child to fit into the system, the INESA program gives parents the instruments to build around the individual needs of their child,” Indiana Treasurer Daniel Elliott said. “The INESA program is guided by that principle, and we believe in the mission.”
The Indiana legislature appropriates $10 million to fund the INESA program each year. More than 173 Hoosier students have benefited from this unique funding since the first enrollment took place for the 2022-2023 school year.
This scholarship funding can be used for a variety of qualified expenses for educational support, such as tuition and fees, transportation costs, occupational therapy, tutoring, vocational and life-skills courses, extra-curriculum programs, and more.
“A good education is necessary for a student’s future success, but not all children thrive in traditional school settings,” said State Sen. Brian Buchanan of Lebanon. “Indiana’s ESA program was established to help students with disabilities learn in an environment that meets their needs and to give them more flexibility to accomplish their educational goals.”
Click here to watch the video. Find out more about the INESA here.