Grace Baptist Academy is qualified for the Educational Savings Account (ESA) program in the state of Tennessee. This program was enacted by state law to be offered to residents of Hamilton County. The fundamental goal of this legislation is to help qualified parents have the freedom to choose the school they desire for their child. 

At this time, this program is only available for residents of the Hamilton County school district and also has household income level qualifications (see website below for more details on this requirement).

Furthermore, to qualify for this grant (2025-26 recipients received $9,747.48), your student MUST qualify in one of these ways:

• Attended the full 2025-26 school year in a TN public school OR
• Eligible for the first time to enroll in a TN school in the 2026-27 school year (going into Kindergarten OR just moved from out of state for any grade level and any school) OR
• Attended the full year in a Tennessee public school in the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 school years.
• Eligible for the first time to enroll in (going into Kindergarten OR moved from out of state for any grade level and any school) a Tennessee public school in the 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22 school years.

To learn more details, visit the TN State website: https://esa.tnedu.gov. You can also sign up for regular email updates from the Education Savings Account Office.

The TN ESA office has recently announced the following application windows:

• ESA 2026-27 Student Application open on Tuesday, February 3, 2026, at 1:00 p.m. (EST). 
• ESA 2026-27 Student Application Priority Submission deadline is Monday, March 16, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. (EST). 

If you have any questions about the application process or how it works at Grace Academy, please reach out to our State Aid Coordinator, Jessica Luedtke, at stateaid@mygracechatt.org.