Alabama Department of Revenue (ALDOR) + approved scholarship-granting organizations
Alabama Accountability Act scholarships: participating nonpublic school
Tuition money, not a grant: Alabama's tax-credit scholarships help low-income students attend private schools. A nonpublic school files a Notice of Intent with ALDOR to take scholarship students.
- Amount
- Scholarships set by each scholarship-granting organization (SGO); paid toward tuition at participating schools
- Can a for-profit school apply?
- Unclear: ask the funder
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Who this fits
- Private schoolNonpublic schools that are accredited, or that meet ALDOR's list of requirements for unaccredited schools (including at least three years in existence, or operating under the board of an accredited nonpublic school), file a Notice of Intent to Participate.Religious schools: not stated, ask the funder
- New schools
- Not stated for new schools
- Where
- Alabama only
- Last checked
- Oct 20, 2026on revenue.alabama.gov
Unconfirmed: check with the funder
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Treat them as open questions, not facts.
- Scholarship amounts (set by each SGO)
- How ALDOR handles a school that also takes CHOOSE Act students (students can't hold both)
- Whether for-profit schools can participate
How to apply
- Step 1: Read ALDOR's Alabama Accountability Act page
- Step 2: Download the Non-Public School Notice of Intent to Participate
- Step 3: Attach your accreditation certificate, or answer the unaccredited-school requirements
- Step 4: Send the form to ALDOR and wait for its eligibility check
- Step 5: Contact the scholarship-granting organizations on ALDOR's list about family applications
Funders change their requirements. Check the official page before you apply. Getting ready? See what funders usually ask for.
Who can apply
“The Alabama Accountability Act established a scholarship program for low income students to attend public or private schools.”
Tuition money, not a grant: donors get an Alabama tax credit for gifts to scholarship-granting organizations, and those organizations give scholarships to low-income students. A school files ALDOR's Notice of Intent to Participate; ALDOR verifies eligibility. An unaccredited school must answer yes to a list of requirements, such as a 180-day school year, the Stanford Achievement Test or its equivalent, and at least three years in existence (or operating under the board of an accredited nonpublic school). That route is temporary: a school has three years from notifying ALDOR to get the required accreditation, or its scholarship students lose funding until it does. ALDOR keeps lists of participating and removed nonpublic schools. A student who receives an Accountability Act scholarship or tax credit can't also be a CHOOSE Act student (CHOOSE Act, Act 2024-21).
- File ALDOR's Non-Public School Notice of Intent to Participate
- Accredited (certificate attached), or meet ALDOR's list of requirements for unaccredited schools
- Unaccredited schools: at least three years in existence, or operate under the board of an accredited nonpublic school
- Affirm financial and academic status each year on forms from the SGO and ALDOR
- Unaccredited schools must become accredited within three years of notifying ALDOR
Timing
No school deadline is posted on ALDOR's page; the Notice of Intent form is current (dated 8/26). Each scholarship-granting organization sets its own family application dates.