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State Guides
Alabama's CHOOSE Act pays qualifying homeschool families $2,000 per student, and the 2027-28 window is the first with no income cap. Here is how the law works, what the money buys, and what to file before March 31.
Funding and Finance
The One Big Beautiful Bill raised the 529 K-12 cap to $20,000 and added curriculum, tutoring, and test fees to the qualified list. Two things still decide whether your homeschool can use it: the word "school" in the statute, and your state's tax code.
Legal & Compliance
ESA audits check receipts and approved expenses, not your lesson plans. Here is what auditors in Arizona, Florida, and West Virginia look at, the findings that come up over and over, and the folder system that covers you.
High School & College
Homeschool students qualify for Pell Grants, federal loans, and work-study. The financial aid office will still ask for documentation most families do not know they need until October of senior year. Here is what to prepare and how to file.
Funding and Finance
A federal scholarship program starts taking donations in January 2027, and it can pay for curriculum, tutoring, and technology. Whether your homeschool can spend any of it turns on two things: your state opting in, and whether your state's law calls your home a school.
Funding and Finance
Federal homeschool tax deductions are essentially zero. State-level deductions exist in a handful of states. Here's the federal vs state picture without the wishful thinking.
Funding and Finance
Five states offer real homeschool tax credits or deductions: Louisiana, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Ohio. Each one is different. Federal is essentially zero.
Funding and Finance
Once your homeschool ESA is approved, the actual question is: how do you spend it well? Application, fund deposit, approved-vendor purchases, annual reporting. Plus state-specific examples.
Funding and Finance
A homeschool ESA is a state-funded account that lets you spend public-school dollars on approved homeschool expenses. About a dozen states offer them. Here's where, what they pay, and who qualifies.