John M. McKay Scholarships
for Students with Disabilities Program

Hillsborough County Public Schools is committed to providing all students with the opportunity to acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to realize their potential.

Parents of an exceptional education child have a number of school choice options in the district including the School Choice Program or other placement options as determined by the child's IEP committee. In addition, the John McKay Scholarship Program provides the following options:

• a special assignment to another district school that includes appropriate services to the child other than the one to which he/she is assigned
• a private school that is approved by the Florida Department of Education to enroll students under the McKay program
• a public school in an adjacent school district which has space available and a program with the appropriate services
• a charter school