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Alabama CHOOSE Act

CHOOSE Act

The Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education Act of 2024 (The CHOOSE Act) is administered by the Alabama Department of Revenue (ALDOR). CHOOSE Act Alabama makes refundable income tax credits called education savings accounts (ESAs) available to support the success of eligible K5-12 students in Alabama.

An ESA can be used to pay for tuition, fees, and other qualified education expenses at approved Education Service Providers (ESPs) in Alabama.

  • $7,000 per participating student who is enrolled in a participating school.
  • $2,000 per participating student who is participating in a home education program (maximum of $4,000 per family.)

Ridgecrest’s key priorities as a participating school of the Choose Act:

  • RCA will continue to operate according to our mission, vision, core priorities, core values, with a Christ-Centered approach to education. Participation in this will not impact who we are as a school, how or what we teach, nor our standards or methodology.
  • RCA sees this as an opportunity for many qualifying families (current and potential) to continue or begin receiving an excellent Christian education with significant financial assistance. Our heart is to keep RCA as an affordable Christian school in order to benefit the greatest number of students within the RCA Family and community.

We believe these decisions and initiatives are completely aligned with our vision of loving our children, loving and welcoming our community, and continuing to make RCA a safe, excellent, and affordable place where gospel ministry and discipleship are carried out in the context of a faithful Christian school.

2026-27 Academic Year:

  • For the 2026-2027 academic year:
    • The renewal application portal for current participants will open December 15, 2025.
    • The application portal for new families for the 2026-2027 academic year will open January 2, 2026.
    • To be eligible for the 2026-2027 academic year, the student must be in grades K5-12, be a resident of Alabama, and be in a household whose income does not exceed 300% of the federal poverty level for the 2025 tax year.
  • To be eligible for the 2027-2028 academic year and beyond, the student must be in grades K5-12 and be a resident of Alabama. There will no longer be a household income requirement for eligibility.

Please see the following links for information and application instructions if you are interested in applying as a family: