Important updates regarding the Utah Fits All Program key dates and application
Dear Utah Family,
In collaboration with The Utah State Board of Education, ACE Scholarships, the Official UFA Program Manager, has been provided additional clarity and directives on the 2025-2026 Application Process.
Below you will find the important information regarding those updates that have gone into effect immediately. We are always here to help answer any questions, so please do not hesitate to reach out to our Customer Support Team at 1-385-503-8327 or support@UFAScholarship.com.
KEY DATE UPDATES:
- New Applicants: The application window for new applicants will open on Monday, March 3rd, 2025.
- Renewal and New Applicants: The application window for renewal and new applicants will close Wednesday, April 30th, 2025.
- Awarded students will be notified within 30 days after the application window closes.
RESIDENCY DOCUMENTATION:
Proof of residency documents will be collected from ALL applicants, including those seeking renewals.
- Renewal Families: If you have already submitted your renewal application, you will soon be receiving an email notification requesting proof of residency. This email will clearly delineate what is acceptable verification of residency.
- New Applicants: Proof of residency will be required when you apply.
NEW APPLICANT INCOME VERIFICATION:
- Income verification is required only for new applicants to be placed in an enrollment preference category, and only 2024 data will be used for this process. Renewal applicants do not need to provide income verification.
- To streamline the process for new applicants, a secure connection will be provided to the Utah State Tax Commission for income verification from your 2024 Income Tax Return.
- If you choose to opt out of this automated process, you may upload and submit filed 2024 income documents including, but not limited to:
- 2024 Form 1040, 2024 Form W2(s) and/or 2024 Form 1099(s) for each household income earner.
- Documentation provided must represent your complete and accurate household income information.
- Note: If you choose not to provide any income verification then you will be moved to Preference Category 5.
EXPENSE TRANSACTION EXTENSION:
- Current Scholarship Families: To help maximize the usage of your student’s scholarship, the final date of expense transactions for the 2024-25 school year has been extended to June 30th, 2025.
- All payments and requests for reimbursement must be initiated prior to June 30th, 2025.
It is an honor to support you and your student!
The Official Utah Fits All Program Manager, ACE Scholarships
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Common Waitlist Questions
Your waitlist number may increase as a result of an appeal that placed someone in a higher priority category than you, thus they would be placed ahead of you on the waitlist.
Your waitlist number may decrease as students are awarded scholarships that are in front of you, and you move closer to potentially getting awarded a scholarship.
The waitlist number for an application in priority category 1 may increase as a result of the following scenario:
An application ahead of them has multiple children on their application, one of which was determined ineligible. Parent appeals, and student is determined eligible. Our system places all students from the same household together. Therefore, that reinstated student would take a waitlist number alongside their siblings, and potentially ahead of other Tier 1 families.
For confidentiality reasons, we do not provide specific details on the reason for the change in waitlist numbers.
Looking to withdraw from the Utah fits all program?
If you have made the decision to decline the scholarship for your student, our customer support team will assist you with the process of withdrawing your student’s application. Once complete, this is not a reversible or appealable decision, and your application will not be reinstated during this school year.
Should you wish to participate in the future, you are welcome to apply during the 2025-26 application window. Please reach our customer support team at support@ufascholarship.com or 385-503-8327 for further questions or to withdraw your student from the program.
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How to use your scholarship funding
The Utah Fits All Scholarship Program provides $8,000 per eligible student for the 2024-25 school year. Parents are given the choice and flexibility to spend scholarship funds in the best interests of their student(s).
Private school tuition and fees
Transportation
Educational software and hardware
Tutoring
Physical, occupational, and speech therapy
After school programs
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Utah Fits All has both approved and prohibited expenses in our searchable database.
*Information accurate as of 1/30
Enrollment Preference Categories for 2025-2026 Academic Year UFA Scholarship Applicants
According to Utah statute, preference for the UFA Scholarships will be awarded using the order of preference outlined in Utah Code.
Enrollment Preference Categories
The law gives an order preference to eligible students for scholarship awards (Utah Code 53F-6-402). For the 2025-2026 school year, there are five levels of preference:
- Eligible students awarded and used Utah Fits All Scholarship funds during the 2024-2025 academic school year.
- New eligible student applicants who did not use a scholarship account in the 2024-25 school year and who meet a family income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level.
- New eligible student applicants who are a sibling of an eligible scholarship student who uses a scholarship account at the time the incoming sibling applies for a scholarship account; or new eligible student applicants who are a sibling of an eligible 2024-25 scholarship student who used a scholarship account.
- An eligible student who did not use a scholarship account in the previous school year; and with a family income between 200%-555% of the FPL.
- Last, it is open to all Utah K-12 students regardless of family income.
*Add $11,000 for the 200% FPL for each person in household over 8 persons
**Add $30,525 for the 555% FPL for each person in household over 8 persons
***Figures have been rounded to the nearest dollar amount.
SOURCE: https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economic-mobility/poverty-guidelines