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Financial Aid
Financial Aid Options
Financial Aid opportunities vary by location. Options will be discussed during the onboarding process with your admissions representative. For additional questions, please send us an email at info@saiacademy.com.
Financial Aid Process (all locations)
2024-2025 ACADEMIC YEAR
We partner with School and Student Services (SSS) in our financial aid process. To begin your financial aid application, you will complete SSS’s Parents’ Financial Statement (PFS).
The PFS is a comprehensive application that will take some time to complete. Give yourself the time you need by not waiting until the deadline to begin. You’ll need your most recent tax return before beginning the PFS. We also recommend that you review the wide range of materials offered by SSS to help families with the financial aid process. These resources are found at SSS Family Portal.
We will communicate our financial aid decision to you. To make our decision, we use the information from the PFS as a starting point and consider our school policies, practices, and available budget. Our graduates evolve into exemplary members of their community.
We will communicate our financial aid decision to you. To make our decision, we use the information from the PFS as a starting point and consider our school policies, practices, and available budget. Our graduates evolve into exemplary members of their community.
HOW TO COMPLETE THE PARENTS’ FINANCIAL STATEMENT (PFS) ONLINE
- Beginning January 1, 2024, visit the SSS Family Portal
- Create your Family Portal account with your email address and a password. If you applied for financial aid last year, login to the Family Portal as a Returning Family using the same email address and password.
- Complete a PFS for Academic Year 2024-2025. You can log out of the portal at any time and return later to finish it.
- Once all PFS sections are complete with green checks, the “Submit & Pay” button activates. Follow the prompts to the payment screen. The fee of $51 is nonrefundable. Once your PFS is submitted, it cannot be withdrawn from the SSS system.
KEY INFORMATION TO COMPLETE THE PFS
Full Name: SAI ACADEMY
Financial Aid #: 407-624-4208
SSS Code: 200156
PFS Deadline: July 15, 2024
Step Up For Students Scholarship (Florida Only)
ALL SAI Academy Florida-resident students will be REQUIRED to apply for the 2024 – 2025 school year.
- Parents should get on the waitlist to be notified once the application for the upcoming academic year opens.
- Once a family applies, they will be notified by EMA (Education Market Assistant) of the stage they are in. Stages include applications filed, approved, and funded.
- Once a student’s account is awarded, an Award ID is issued and that is when we can enroll the student into SAI Academy’s system to receive funds.
- Award ID is a 7-digit number and usually begins with “5” or “2” – must be sent to SAI Academy once received.
- Scholarships are funded in 4 quarters (September, December, March, May).
Step Up For Students Scholarship Application Checklist
Required for all renewals applications (FTC/FES-EO and FES-UA)
- Proof of Florida residency (and spouse/partner, if applicable)
- Valid Driver’s License or
- Recent Utility Bill (within the last two months)
- Social Security Number: You will also be asked to enter a social security number for yourself and your student. Note: FES applications require student social security numbers.
- Birth certificate for a student entering K and 1st grade: To upload this document, please use the “Documentation Type” upload field within the “Additional Information” portion of the “Student Information” section of the application.
Required for new FTC/FES-EO/Transportation applications
- Proof of Florida residency for primary (and spouse/partner, if applicable)
- Preferred proof of residency
- Valid Driver’s License or
- Recent Utility Bill (within the last two months)
- Other proof of residency options
- Health insurance, Medicaid, income documentation, court custody documents (with current Florida address listed), or residential lease listing household member
- Preferred proof of residency
- Social Security Number: You will also be asked to enter a social security number for yourself and your student. Note: FES applications require student social security numbers. If you or your student do not have a social security number, leave this question blank. You will only be considered for FTC.
- Birth certificate for a student entering K and 1st grade: To upload this document, please use the “Documentation Type” upload field within the “Additional Information” portion of the “Student Information” section of the application.
- Proof of income for all members of the household over the age of 18
- Pay stubs from the 30 consecutive days closest to when you submit your application
- Any other sources of income such as unemployment benefits, social security benefits, or child support benefits
- Non-priority status (above 400% of federal poverty level by household size): If you are above 400% income and do not want to include income documents, complete and upload the #1070NP – Non Income Priority form when asked to provide your income documents in EMA. Note: You must enter your accurate household income but need not provide any income verification documents. If you chose to complete and upload the #1070NP – Non Income Priority form, you agree to be in the non-priority status. Step Up For Students is obligated to award scholarships to students from income-priority households first. Open the form to view the income chart.
If you would like to apply as a Personalized Education Program (PEP) student . . . Please apply first as a private school student (FTC/FES-EO). After a student is awarded, you will receive further information to request a scholarship category change to PEP.
Required for new FES-UA applications
- Proof of Florida residency
- Valid Driver’s License or
- Recent Utility Bill (within the last two months)
- Birth certificate for a student aged 3 to 6: To upload this document, please use the “Documentation Type” upload field within the “Additional Information” portion of the “Student Information” section of the application.
- Social Security Numbers: You will also be asked to enter a social security number for yourself and your student.
- Diagnosis documentation: Click here to access a list of accepted Diagnosis Documentation in Appendix A and C of the FES-UA Parent Handbook.
Note: Please remove all password protection from all files. Document size is limited to 5 Mb (only 5 documents per upload field). If your diagnosis documentation is too large, upload the pages that include the student’s name, diagnosis, physician, psychologist or an autonomous APRN’s information.
