Indiana's Tax Credit Scholarship program was created In 2009 as a way to give families who meet income guidelines an opportunity to send their child to a participating private school. Through the generosity of Hoosiers, private donations are given as scholarships so students may attend a private school that may not have been an option to them otherwise.
The Institute for Quality Education is the largest of six state-approved scholarship granting organizations (SGOs) in Indiana. Since the beginning of this program, SGOs have awarded over $45 million dollars in scholarships to more than 35,000 Hoosier students in partnership with more than 300 private schools statewide including St. Joseph Catholic School.
SGO scholarships help individual students start on a "pathway" to receive future assistance through the Indiana Choice Scholarship Program. Currently, we have 13 students who need an SGO scholarship in order to qualify for this future assistance.