SC scholarship trust fund bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
The bond filed with the South Carolina Department of Education for the Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF) — the financial-viability guarantee a participant posts when the program requires one. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check; enter the amount the Department names and the premium updates.
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No underwriting queue for the standard ESTF bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Education. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your details, the bond amount the Department requires, and the effective date — that is the entire application.
Issued on the spot
No credit check and no waiting — the executed bond is generated as soon as you pay. Larger amounts may get a quick review.
File with the Department of Education
Submit the executed bond to the State Department of Education before the school year to participate in the ESTF program. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
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Bond amount × 3% = your premium, one-time, $275 minimum. Enter the figure the Department requires and the premium updates.
What it is and who needs it.
What the ESTF bond actually covers
South Carolina's Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF) lets eligible families direct scholarship funds toward approved educational expenses. Participants who handle meaningful sums of ESTF money must demonstrate financial viability to the State Department of Education, and a surety bond is the standard way to do that.
The bond is generally required when a participant is to receive $50,000 or more in ESTF funds in a school year (and, after the first year, when more than $50,000 was received the prior year). It is filed with the Department before the start of the school year.
The bond protects scholarship families and the State if the participant fails to deliver or properly account for what the funds were paid for. If the surety pays a valid claim, the participant repays the surety — it is a financial-viability guarantee, not insurance. Enter the amount the Department requires and we issue at a flat 3% with no credit check.
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Five minutes, issued on the spot.
Submit the application with the bond amount the Department requires — the executed bond is generated instantly, ready to file with the Department of Education.
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Five-minute application, flat 3%, $275 minimum. Enter the amount the Department requires and file before the school year.