Florida ESA + iTeachWise: AI lesson planning, IEP support & audit-ready receipts
Florida Step Up For Students requires itemized receipts and aligned curriculum proof. iTeachWise generates both automatically.
- Status
- Active — Universal eligibility
- Program
- Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES-EO and FES-UA)
- Award amount
- ~$8,000/student/year (FES-EO base award)
- Eligibility
- All Florida K-12 students (universal since 2023)
- Approved expenses
- Curriculum, tutoring, therapies, devices, exams
Florida ESA at a glance (2026)
iTeachWise serves Florida families with AI-powered lesson planning, IEP-aligned differentiation, and ESA-ready receipts. Whether you teach a single child at home or run a small microschool, every output — lesson plan, worksheet, assessment, certificate — is timestamped, standards-aligned, and tagged with the ESA category code your state asks for.
Primary source: Family Empowerment Scholarship (FES-EO and FES-UA) (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 produces a curriculum-alignment letter, an itemized receipt, and a learning-progress summary per child per quarter.
Three things Florida families ask iTeachWise to do
- Plan. Generate a full week of lessons aligned to Florida state standards in under 10 minutes per subject.
- Differentiate. One-click adaptations for IEP, ELL, and gifted learners — every variant tagged to the matching IEP goal or ELL accommodation.
- Document. Per-quarter receipt packets and a year-end portfolio export that match what Florida ESA administrators want to see.
Florida ESA — frequently asked questions
Does Step Up For Students reimburse iTeachWise?
Yes — iTeachWise is purchased as FES-eligible curriculum + technology and reimbursed through Step Up's marketplace or direct receipt.
Which Florida scholarship is iTeachWise best for?
iTeachWise works for FES-EO (private school choice) and FES-UA (unique abilities), and pairs especially well with FES-UA's therapies-and-curriculum bundle.
Does iTeachWise meet Florida's instructional-time requirements?
iTeachWise logs instructional minutes per student per subject, which satisfies the FES learning-evidence requirement at the annual review.