TUITION ASSISTANCE

King’s Gate offers scholarships based on demonstrated financial need and awarded according to a family’s present situation. Families are eligible to apply for Tuition Assistance once their student has been enrolled for one full year. A King’s Gate student can only receive one scholarship, but it can be stacked with the Parental Choice Tax Credit. Scholarship applications open in March. The information you provide in the scholarship application will be reviewed by the King’s Gate Scholarship Committee and submitted to the King’s Gate Board for approval during monthly Board meetings. Families are notified of their award amount upon approval by the Board.

Students applying for scholarships must be legal residents of the United States, live in Oklahoma, and be accepted to King’s Gate for the upcoming school year. Application and enrollment fees must be paid before a scholarship application is considered.

The Opportunity Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to Oklahoma K-12 students attending accredited private schools in our state. Individuals and corporations donate to OSF in King’s Gate’s name. We can only disperse what is allocated to us. You must apply for a scholarship through King’s Gate and be approved before you apply on the OSF website.

The Lindsey Nicole Henry (LNH) Scholarship Act authorizes the parent or guardian of a public school with a disability who is served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and who spent the prior school year enrolled in an Oklahoma public school to exercise their parental option and request to have an LNH Scholarship awarded for their child to attend a participating private school approved by the State Board of Education. The Act also authorizes scholarship eligibility for the following categories of students:

A student who has an Individualized Service Plan developed by the Department of Human Services (DHS)
A student who is a child of a military family with permanent change of station orders who has moved to OK after receiving Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) services in another state
A student who has been served through the Sooner Start program and during transition has been determined to be eligible for school district services
A student who has been in out-of-home placement through the Office of Juvenile Affairs
A student who has been in out-of-home placement with DHS, or who was adopted while in the permanent custody of DHS

The Parental Choice Tax Credit (PCTC) provides a refundable income tax credit of $5,000-$7,500 per student to pay for tuition and fees for eligible private schools in the state of Oklahoma. It can be stacked with other available scholarships, such as our tuition assistance through Opportunity Scholarship Fund and the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship.

Pastor's Tuition Discount

The King’s Gate Board approves a portion of our scholarship fund to bless pastors and church ministers with a reduction in tuition of up to $1,000 (application and enrollment fees still apply). Assigning these discounts is one of the great joys of our ministry. To serve as good stewards in assigning these discounts, the tuition discount applies to pastors and ministers based on financial need. To be eligible, the applying pastor must:

Sign the ACSI statement of faith
Be designated as “clergy” by the IRS
Must be considered full-time
Must provide at least half of the household income from pastoral work

The King’s Gate Board reserves the right to limit the number of discounts granted to any one church.

Pastors are also eligible to apply for general tuition aid, providing they meet the qualifications of acceptance.

To apply, pastors must submit a letter, signed by the governing board of their ministry verifying eligibility and meeting the requirements listed above.

The Pastor Tuition Discount application is valid for one school year. Pastors must apply each year.

Email Office Manager Linda Ford at [email protected] or call 45-283-0144 if you have any questions about the Pastor’s Tuition Discount.

Scholarship & Discount Requirements

Scholarship recipients must actively participate in King’s Gate fundraising efforts:

Fall ROAR Week – family will participate in our ROAR Week fundraiser by sharing the King’s Gate story as prepared by our office to reach your determined family fundraising goal.
Spring Silent Auction – you must bring a minimum of 3 donated new items (worth at least $100 each) to be sold at our auction and acquire at least one sponsorship.

This is the minimum we ask of every King’s Gate family, regardless of scholarship status. Please strategically think of companies and individuals whom you could ask to support our fundraising efforts. It’s often easier to find favorable sponsors with companies of whom you do business or those with whom you have a personal contact.

Families must be positive advocates of King’s Gate in word and deed.

Note: Tuition assistance will be terminated after the Silent Auction or ROAR Week for failure to assist as described above. Families who fail to participate will not be considered for future assistance.