Does the family need to have school aged (or any) children to participate?
Usually not, younger families can start generating tuition assistance immediately and “roll over” their tuition assistance each year (without interest) until they need it to pay tuition. The tuition assistance designation sheet will have, as one of its choices, an option to “roll over” the tuition assistance to the following year. Also, grandparents, relatives or any family can start an account with a scrip organization, generate tuition assistance and then designate any family and school to receive the tuition assistance that they have generated.