SC education service provider bonds.
Flat 3%. Enter your amount.
Under South Carolina's Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF), an education service provider that expects to receive $50,000 or more in ESTF funds must file a surety bond with the Department of Education to show financial viability. We issue it at a flat 3% with no credit check — enter the amount the Department requires.
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No underwriting queue for the standard ESTF provider bond — enter your amount, pay, and file with the Department of Education. Here is the whole thing:
Apply online
Your provider 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 start of the school year to participate as an ESTF provider. 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 provider bond actually covers
South Carolina's Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF) gives eligible families scholarship funds to spend on approved educational expenses with participating education service providers — tutoring, therapy, curriculum, technology, and similar services. The program requires providers handling meaningful sums to demonstrate financial viability.
Under the ESTF statute, a provider must file a surety bond with the Department of Education before the school year if it expects to receive $50,000 or more in ESTF funds during the year. After the first year, the bond is required of providers who received more than $50,000 in the prior school year.
The bond protects scholarship families and the State if a provider fails to deliver the services the funds were paid for. If the surety pays a valid claim, the provider repays the surety — it is a financial-viability guarantee, not insurance for the provider. 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.