Meet the Tran Family –

DOTHAN – Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday continued to spotlight School Choice Week by introducing the Tran household who makes use of the CHOOSE Act, the governor’s schooling financial savings account (ESA) program. Parents Michael and Kieu Tran have two women: McKenzie “Kenzie” in 3^rd grade and Kylee in 2^nd, each at Northside Methodist Academy in Dothan.

“As we continue to celebrate School Choice Week, it is imperative that we remember, at the core, it is about providing Alabama families an opportunity to choose the education that best suits their child,” mentioned Governor Ivey. “With the help of the CHOOSE Act, McKenzie and Kylee are not only learning – they are thriving in an environment that helps them reach their full potential.”

For Michael and Kieu Tran, a smaller, extra personalised strategy to schooling is what they needed for Kenzie and Kylee. They sought a closeknit, hands-on studying atmosphere the place their daughters may construct robust relationships with their friends and lecturers.

To different Alabama mother and father, Michael and Kieu suggested concerning the CHOOSE Act, “It does not hurt to apply – if you can get the help to better your children’s education, why not take the chance?”

The Tran household stays busy with Kenzie and Kylee’s well-rounded pursuits. Kenzie is compassionate, caring and a perfectionist, and Kylee is extra lighthearted, fun-loving and inventive. Both women take pleasure in studying, however the place Kenzie enjoys soccer, ballet and jazz, Kylee prefers being artful and taking part in the piano.

Michael and Kieu added, “We were committed to doing whatever it took to help our girls succeed. Every child learns differently, and a smaller setting with more focused instruction was the right fit for our family.”

Since shifting colleges, Michael and Kieu are extra optimistic for his or her daughters’ future schooling. They have already seen significant enhancements in studying, engagement and tutorial progress for each Kenzie and Kylee.

The Tran household is one in all tens of 1000’s being supported by the CHOOSE Act. In latest months, the governor featured households from throughout the state, together with Charlie Perkins and Susan Stacy in Mobile, the Moseleys in Camden, the Carbonells in Birmingham the McDades and the Walkers from Montgomery and the Siemenses in Dothan, and she’s going to proceed highlighting actual Alabama households positively impacted by this college alternative program.

School Choice Week 2026 Highlights:

Monday: Governor Ivey Kicks Off School Choice Week, Celebrates Education Freedom Wins for Alabama Students.

Tuesday: Governor Ivey Introduces a CHOOSE Act Family: Meet Charlie Perkins and Susan Stacy

About the CHOOSE Act:

The CHOOSE Act web site gives Alabama households with the most recent details about the CHOOSE Act, together with eligibility info, a web based software for each renewing and new households, program FAQ, essential deadlines and guardian and schooling service supplier (ESP) guides.

As the 2026-27 college yr approaches, the CHOOSE Act functions are open and proceed to boast success with 1000’s of current CHOOSE Act college students renewing their functions. Applications for each renewing households and for brand spanking new households have to be submitted by the March 31, 2026, software deadline. Award notifications will probably be despatched to eligible college students on April 15, 2026. Verification of collaborating college enrollment have to be submitted by June 30, 2026, for funding starting on July 1, 2026.

The CHOOSE Act makes refundable earnings tax credit referred to as schooling financial savings accounts out there to assist the success of eligible Okay-12 college students in Alabama. An ESA can be utilized to pay for tuition, charges and different certified schooling bills at authorised Education Service Providers (ESPs).

Since CHOOSE Act functions opened in January 2025, college students in each county all through the state have utilized, totaling 36,873 college students. Funding for eligible college students contains:

• $7,000 per eligible pupil enrolled in a collaborating college
• $2,000 per collaborating pupil enrolled in a house schooling program (most of $4,000 per household)

For the 2026-2027 tutorial yr, this system is open to new households with an adjusted gross earnings (AGI) not exceeding 300 % of the federal poverty stage for the previous tax yr. For the 2027-2028 tutorial yr and past, this system is open to all households, no matter earnings.

The program will prioritize college students with particular wants, collaborating college students and their siblings and college students who’re dependents of active-duty service members enrolled in or assigned to a precedence college. Remaining ESAs will probably be out there to college students based mostly on the household’s AGI as a proportion of the federal poverty stage.

For functions and extra details about CHOOSE Act Alabama, go to chooseact.alabama.gov.

A photograph of the Tran household is hooked up.

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