Written by Christine Cooke Fairbanks
July 28, 2026
The Utah Fits All Scholarship is an education savings account program that allows Utah families to personalize their child’s education by using public funds for state-approved educational expenses like tuition, textbooks, curriculum, and more.
Created in 2023 by the Utah Legislature, the scholarship program has consistently seen more demand for scholarships than available funding can meet. For many scholarship families, it has been a godsend for their students. Families have shared how the scholarship has had a significant positive impact on their students’ education and lives.
Still, the program has been challenged in court and regularly criticized in the news.
We want to hear from families who use the program, and from those who don’t use it but would like to. What’s your story? How has the scholarship positively impacted your student? How could it impact your student if you were to be awarded a scholarship?
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- The Utah Fits All Scholarship is an education savings account program that allows Utah families to personalize their child’s education by using public funds for state-approved educational expenses.
- We want to hear from families who use the program.
- We would also like to hear from those who don’t use it but would like to.
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