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Alabama Accountability Act scholarships (tax-credit scholarships)

Scholarships for students from lower-income families, paid by approved scholarship granting organizations from donations that earn an Alabama tax credit. A separate program from the CHOOSE Act.

163 schools on the state's list, August 10, 2026
8 approved scholarship organizations
$10,000 most a scholarship can pay in a year

How Accountability Act scholarships works

What it isA scholarship program created by the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013. Donors give to approved scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) and claim an Alabama tax credit, and the SGOs award the scholarships. It is a separate program from the CHOOSE Act. [1][2]
What you getUp to $10,000 per student per academic year, toward tuition and mandatory fees at a qualifying school. A lump sum or block grant paid to a school does not count as a scholarship. [2]
Who qualifiesA new student whose family income for the calendar year before is no more than 250% of the federal poverty level, who was eligible to attend public school the semester before or is starting school in Alabama for the first time, and who lives in Alabama. The SGO re-checks income every other year, and a student who has had a scholarship stays eligible until family income goes above 350%. [2]
Students with unique needsThe law also defines eligible students with unique needs, such as a current IEP or 504 plan, who attended a school in Alabama the year before and are not enrolled in a public school. [2]
How full it isDonor tax credits are capped at $40 million a year. The cap rises by $10 million when credits pass 90% of it in three of four years, up to $60 million. The Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund, one of the eight SGOs, says it will not offer new awards for 2026-27 because of funding. [2][7]
Which schoolsPrivate schools that tell the Alabama Department of Revenue they intend to take part and meet the law's accreditation rules. The department's list dated August 10, 2026 names 163 schools, and it keeps a separate list of schools removed from the program. [2][4][5]
With the CHOOSE ActNot at the same time. The CHOOSE Act excludes students receiving Accountability Act scholarship funds or tax credits. [6]

Numbers in brackets point to the sources at the foot of this page. Rules change when the legislature meets, so check the official program page before you count on a number.

How to apply for Accountability Act scholarships

  1. Check your household income for last calendar year against 250% of the federal poverty level.
  2. Choose a school on the department's participating list below, and check that it is not on the department's list of removed schools. Schools removed from the program (PDF).
  3. Apply to one of the approved scholarship granting organizations. Each runs its own application and decides its own awards. Approved scholarship granting organizations (PDF).
  4. If your child is awarded a scholarship, it covers all or part of tuition and mandatory fees at the school for that year.

Steps from sources [1], [2], [3], [5].

Which schools take part

The Alabama Department of Revenue publishes the participating non-public schools for this program, with each school's address, phone, accreditation and the date it joined. The list dated August 10, 2026 names 163 schools. [4][1]

This is a different program from the CHOOSE Act, so this list does not add or change the CHOOSE Act mark on any school page here.

The state's participating school list (PDF) Browse private schools in Alabama

The 163 schools on the state's list, by town

From the Alabama Department of Revenue list dated , which we read on and last confirmed unchanged on .137 of the schools have a page here (linked), and 131 of those are also on the CHOOSE Act list. The others are shown as the list prints them.

Birmingham (23)

Mobile (20)

Montgomery (18)

Huntsville (14)

Tuscaloosa (7)

Dothan (5)

Cullman (4)

Anniston (3)

Fairfield (3)

Florence (3)

Ashland (2)

Bessemer (2)

Daphne (2)

Decatur (2)

Gadsden (2)

Hoover (2)

Madison (2)

Prattville (2)

Selma (2)

Abbeville (1)

Albertville (1)

Athens (1)

Atmore (1)

Auburn (1)

Bryant (1)

Camp Hill (1)

Cecil (1)

Centreville (1)

Columbiana (1)

Cottondale (1)

Elberta (1)

Elmore (1)

Eufaula (1)

Evergreen (1)

Fairhope (1)

  • St. Michael Catholic School

Gardendale (1)

Greenville (1)

Harvest (1)

Hazel Green (1)

Homewood (1)

Hope Hull (1)

Hueytown (1)

Indian Springs (1)

  • Indian Springs School

Jackson (1)

Jacksonville (1)

Jemison (1)

Lafayette (1)

Lanett (1)

Luverne (1)

Marion (1)

Montevallo (1)

Owens Cross Roads (1)

Oxford (1)

Pell City (1)

Phenix City (1)

Prichard (1)

Robertsdale (1)

Smiths Station (1)

Sumiton (1)

Talladega (1)

Theodore (1)

Troy (1)

Union Springs (1)

Whistler (1)

Names are as the state prints them. A school can join or leave during the year: check the current list before you enroll.

Questions parents ask

Is the Alabama Opportunity Scholarship the same as the CHOOSE Act?

No. The Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund is one of the scholarship granting organizations under the Accountability Act. The CHOOSE Act is a separate state program, and a student receiving Accountability Act scholarship funds cannot also have a CHOOSE Act account.

Which schools accept Accountability Act scholarships?

Schools on the Alabama Department of Revenue's participating list: 163 on the list dated August 10, 2026. The department asks families and scholarship organizations to check its list of removed schools before enrolling or awarding a scholarship.

How much is an Accountability Act scholarship?

Up to $10,000 per student per academic year, toward tuition and mandatory fees at a qualifying school.

What is the income limit?

For a new student, family income for the calendar year before the scholarship can be no more than 250% of the federal poverty level. A student who already has a scholarship stays eligible until family income goes above 350%.

Which organizations give the scholarships?

Eight, on the department's list as of November 15, 2025: Scholarships for Kids, Inc; Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund; Rocket City Scholarship Granting Organization, Inc; Children's Tuition Fund of Alabama (ACSI); Renaissance Scholarships, Inc; C2 Opportunity Scholarships LLC; Deontaye V. Caple Scholarship; and Arete Scholars Fund, Inc.

Can we apply to the Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund for 2026-27?

The fund says it will not offer new scholarship awards for 2026-27 because of funding. The other approved organizations run their own applications.

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Sources

  1. Alabama Department of Revenue, Alabama Accountability Act, read .
  2. Act 2023-418 (SB263), amending the Alabama Accountability Act, posted by the Alabama Department of Revenue, read .
  3. Alabama Department of Revenue, Scholarship Granting Organizations as of November 15, 2025, read .
  4. Alabama Department of Revenue, Participating Non-Public Schools as of August 10, 2026, read .
  5. Alabama Department of Revenue, Participating Non-Public Schools Removed as of May 20, 2026, read .
  6. CHOOSE Act, Act 2024-21, posted by the Alabama Department of Revenue, read .
  7. Alabama Opportunity Scholarship Fund (a scholarship granting organization), Parents and Guardians, read .

Read on October 13, 2026. Facts come only from the state agency, the statute and the program's own administrator.

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