May 1st is the final day to apply for the 2025-2026 Utah Fits All Scholarship Program. If you haven’t yet completed the application for your students, we strongly recommend doing so now.
Here are some resources and information to help you navigate the process.
Important UFA Scholarship Dates & Deadlines
- May 1: Application portal closes for all applicants (new and renewal)
- May 15: ACE Scholarships final day as Program Manager
- May 16: Newly selected Program Manager assumes implementation of the scholarship program
- Within 30 days after the portal closes: Scholarship awards will be announced for the 2025-2026 academic year
- May 31: Portfolio or assessment must be submitted for the 2024-2025 scholarship year by all renewal students
- Go HERE for Program Manager instructions
- July 1: Effective date for the 2025-2026 scholarship
UFA Application Resources & Recommendations
Review our UFA Application Slideshow in our FAQ, Utah Fits All Scholarship application slideshow and resources for new applicants. This slideshow followed a new applicant parent who selected Tax Commission Income Verification and set up a TAP account.
Scholarship Application Slideshow
Follow these two very important recommendations in the slideshow:
- Select how you plan to use the scholarship from one of two options: Scholarship amounts will be determined based on your selection. There are currently six options presented. Only two are valid and in alignment with the law. It is highly likely that the new Program Manager will have to take steps to collect accurate information from each applicant; however, when completing the existing application we recommend the following:
- Choose the one that represents the way you will use the scholarship next year
- Private School
- Full-Time Home School
- Choose the one that represents the way you will use the scholarship next year
- Select Utah Tax Commission from the three options when presented with the screen, Income Verification Type
- The law according to H.B. 455 requires all new applicants, including siblings, to have their income verified through the Utah Tax Commission. This currently requires a TAP account. We recommend all new applicants set up a TAP account
- 2024 Income Taxes are required
- The Tax Commission cannot verify your income without your permission granted through TAP
- Those participating in DWS services will be identified during the application process and no further income verification will be required from them
- For unique filing circumstances, we recommend contacting the Program Manager, ACE Scholarships, directly with your questions
- The law according to H.B. 455 requires all new applicants, including siblings, to have their income verified through the Utah Tax Commission. This currently requires a TAP account. We recommend all new applicants set up a TAP account
In review:
- Get your 2024 taxes filed prior to applying
- Review the application slideshow resource
- Select Utah Tax Commission for Income Verification Type
- Set up a TAP Account (Review the TAP requirements ahead of the application process and be prepared)
Challenges Completing Your Application? Follow These 4 Tips
We’ve heard from parents experiencing challenges completing all the required steps in the application process—but don’t let that stop you! Your persistence can make all the difference.
- Apply using the TAP function to verify income through the Utah State Tax Commission as required by the law.
- Prepare ahead by gathering the info necessary for TAP — ensure you enter your personal info accurately.
- Scholarship Application Slideshow
- If you receive an error message setting up TAP or encounter other application issues, contact ACE directly to request help and assistance with resolving the problems. Contact ACE Scholarships HERE. We recommend email.
- If asked by ACE to upload your 2024 tax documents (1040) manually, comply with the request.
- Notify Cassie Hays at USBE of any application problems or barriers that remain unresolved.
- Cassie Hays, M. Ed.
cassie.hays@schools.utah.gov
801-538-7845
- Cassie Hays, M. Ed.
- Keep detailed records of your efforts to complete the application, including email communications and screenshots of any error messages or obstacles you encounter. This documentation will help demonstrate your good-faith effort.
Additional Application Resources
- Review our UEFA FAQs HERE for basic scholarship information
- UEFA Virtual Town Hall recording — Navigating the Changes to the Utah Fits All Law with USBE Deputy Superintendent of Operations, Scott Jones
- If you have gone through the online application process and have questions or concerns or are still awaiting direction, we recommend you contact the current Program Manager, ACE Scholarships. If they cannot answer your questions satisfactorily, contact their contract holder, the Utah State Board of Education.
- Contact ACE Scholarships HERE
- Contact USBE
Cassie Hays, M. Ed.
Parent Liaison and Engagement Education Specialist
cassie.hays@schools.utah.gov
801-538-7845
- Utah Fits All Application Portal
- Utah Fits All Website
