Florida ESA + iTeachWise: AI lesson planning, IEP support & audit-ready receipts

Florida Step Up For Students requires itemized receipts and aligned curriculum proof. iTeachWise is designed to generate both automatically.

Status

Active — Universal eligibility

Program

Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES-EO, FES-UA) + Personalized Education Program (PEP)

Award amount

FES-EO ~$8,000/student/year (statewide average); FES-UA ~$10,000 average, up to ~$22,000–$34,000 for higher needs levels — confirm current amounts with the official Florida program

Eligibility

All Florida K-12 students (universal since 2023)

Approved expenses

Curriculum, tutoring, therapies, devices, exams

Florida ESA at a glance (2026)

iTeachWise gives Florida families AI-powered lesson planning, IEP-aligned differentiation, and receipt generation designed for ESA documentation. Whether you teach a single child at home or run a small microschool, once iTeachWise is approved in Florida, every output — lesson plan, worksheet, assessment, certificate — will be timestamped, standards-aligned, and tagged with the ESA category code your state asks for, so approved families are receipt-ready from day one.

Unlike general AI lesson tools, iTeachWise is built for ESA families and special education: every lesson, worksheet, and assessment is IEP-aligned, standards-aligned, and automatically documented with an itemized, category-coded receipt formatted for ESA audits — planning, IEP support, and compliance documentation in one workspace.

Primary source: Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES-EO, FES-UA) + Personalized Education Program (PEP) (official Florida program page).

How iTeachWise keeps Florida ESA spending audit-clean

Step Up For Students audits FES-EO and FES-UA spending against the approved-use list. iTeachWise is designed to produce a curriculum-alignment letter, an itemized receipt, and a learning-progress summary per child per quarter once iTeachWise is approved in your state.

Three things Florida families ask iTeachWise to do

1. Plan. Generate a full week of lessons aligned to Florida state standards in under 10 minutes per subject.
2. Differentiate. One-click adaptations for IEP, ELL, and gifted learners — every variant tagged to the matching IEP goal or ELL accommodation.
3. Document. Per-quarter receipt packets and a year-end portfolio export that match what Florida ESA administrators want to see.