Become a Step Up Physical Education Provider in Florida
At a Glance
Physical education in this category covers dance lessons, sports lessons and training, fitness classes, sports participation and team fees, martial arts, gymnastics, swimming, and other physical education services. Families across Florida can pay for these services with scholarship funds, but only through providers Step Up has approved in EMA, its online system. Approval also lists you in the provider directory families search inside EMA.
This page covers what approval involves for a physical education provider: the scholarship programs that can pay for this work, what Step Up asks for when no individual license is specified, how payment reaches you, and the mistakes that slow applications down. Step Up reviews every application and makes every approval decision.
What Families Can Pay You For
Four scholarships can pay for physical education in this category: Unique Abilities (FES-UA), FES-EO, FTC, and PEP. A family can pay you through Direct Pay in EMA, or pay you themselves and request reimbursement from their scholarship account.
Eligible EMA service types include dance lessons, sports lessons, sports participation fees and team fees, fitness classes, and stand-alone athletic event fees. Eligible expenses also include sports fees and equipment, subject to the manufacturer's age recommendations.
Two delivery rules shape this category. For scholarship students, physical education services must be delivered in person in the state of Florida. Gym and fitness memberships or class passes are for the scholarship student only.
What It Takes
Step Up does not specify an individual license or certification for this category in its Physical Education provider guide. What matters instead is the program itself:
- Your program must provide courses or activities that enhance or enrich the student's learning opportunities
- You must be able to provide a program description of your courses and activities, including a fee schedule
At a headline level, the application asks for tax ID information (an EIN, or a Social Security number if you do not have an EIN), your legal name as registered with the IRS, and bank details, along with a program description with a fee schedule and a description of the type of service being rendered for your EMA service catalog.
Mistakes That Slow Physical Education Applications Down
- Offering services online or outside Florida. In-person delivery in Florida is required for scholarship students.
- A missing program description or fee schedule in your service catalog.
Questions Providers Ask
Which scholarships can pay for physical education?
Unique Abilities (FES-UA), FES-EO, FTC, and PEP. Physical education is a payable service under all four programs in this category.
Do I need a license or certification?
No individual license or certification is specified for this category in the Physical Education provider guide. Your program must provide courses or activities that enhance or enrich the student's learning opportunities, and you must be able to provide a program description including a fee schedule.
Can I deliver physical education services online or outside Florida?
No. For scholarship students, physical education services must be delivered in person in the state of Florida.
How do families pay me?
Step Up can pay you directly through EMA, or the family pays you and requests reimbursement from their scholarship account.
What counts as physical education in this category?
Dance lessons, sports lessons and training, fitness classes, sports participation and team fees, martial arts, gymnastics, swimming, and other physical education services. Eligible EMA service types also include stand-alone athletic event fees.
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