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Education Freedom Tax Credit for Homeschoolers

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.

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Compare Homeschool Laws Between States

135 comparisons, one for each pair of neighbouring states and each common interstate move where the rules differ. Nine rules side by side, and what changes when you relocate in either direction.

Need one state on its own? Requirements by state · Laws by state, ranked

Alabama

vs Florida (4 rules differ)
vs Georgia (5 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (3 rules differ)

Arizona

vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Colorado (6 rules differ)
vs Illinois (5 rules differ)
vs New Mexico (6 rules differ)
vs Texas (4 rules differ)
vs Washington (6 rules differ)

Arkansas

vs Louisiana (4 rules differ)
vs Missouri (5 rules differ)
vs Oklahoma (4 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (4 rules differ)
vs Texas (3 rules differ)

California

vs Arizona (6 rules differ)
vs Colorado (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (8 rules differ)
vs Georgia (6 rules differ)
vs Idaho (5 rules differ)
vs Illinois (5 rules differ)
vs Nevada (4 rules differ)
vs New York (6 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (6 rules differ)
vs Oregon (5 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (6 rules differ)
vs Texas (6 rules differ)
vs Washington (6 rules differ)

Colorado

vs Arizona (6 rules differ)
vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (7 rules differ)
vs Kansas (5 rules differ)
vs Nebraska (5 rules differ)
vs New Mexico (5 rules differ)
vs Oklahoma (5 rules differ)
vs Texas (6 rules differ)
vs Utah (5 rules differ)
vs Wyoming (6 rules differ)

Connecticut

vs Florida (7 rules differ)
vs Massachusetts (4 rules differ)
vs New York (6 rules differ)
vs Rhode Island (6 rules differ)

Delaware

vs Maryland (6 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (7 rules differ)

District of Columbia

vs Maryland (3 rules differ)
vs Virginia (4 rules differ)

Florida

vs Alabama (4 rules differ)
vs California (8 rules differ)
vs Colorado (7 rules differ)
vs Connecticut (7 rules differ)
vs Georgia (6 rules differ)
vs Illinois (7 rules differ)
vs Maryland (5 rules differ)
vs Massachusetts (4 rules differ)
vs Michigan (7 rules differ)
vs Minnesota (6 rules differ)
vs New Jersey (5 rules differ)
vs New York (6 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (5 rules differ)
vs Ohio (4 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (5 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (5 rules differ)
vs Texas (6 rules differ)

Georgia

vs Alabama (5 rules differ)
vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (6 rules differ)
vs New York (7 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (5 rules differ)
vs South Carolina (6 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (6 rules differ)
vs Texas (5 rules differ)

Idaho

vs California (5 rules differ)
vs Montana (3 rules differ)
vs Oregon (4 rules differ)
vs Utah (4 rules differ)
vs Washington (5 rules differ)

Illinois

vs Arizona (5 rules differ)
vs California (5 rules differ)
vs Florida (7 rules differ)
vs Indiana (5 rules differ)
vs Kentucky (5 rules differ)
vs Missouri (5 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (4 rules differ)
vs Wisconsin (5 rules differ)

Indiana

vs Illinois (5 rules differ)
vs Kentucky (5 rules differ)
vs Michigan (4 rules differ)
vs Ohio (5 rules differ)

Iowa

vs Minnesota (5 rules differ)
vs Missouri (3 rules differ)
vs Nebraska (5 rules differ)
vs South Dakota (5 rules differ)
vs Wisconsin (6 rules differ)

Kansas

vs Colorado (5 rules differ)
vs Missouri (6 rules differ)
vs Nebraska (3 rules differ)
vs Oklahoma (4 rules differ)

Kentucky

vs Illinois (5 rules differ)
vs Indiana (5 rules differ)
vs Missouri (7 rules differ)
vs Ohio (4 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (6 rules differ)
vs Virginia (4 rules differ)
vs West Virginia (6 rules differ)

Louisiana

vs Arkansas (4 rules differ)
vs Mississippi (4 rules differ)
vs Texas (5 rules differ)

Maine

vs New Hampshire (7 rules differ)

Maryland

vs Delaware (6 rules differ)
vs District of Columbia (3 rules differ)
vs Florida (5 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (5 rules differ)
vs Virginia (4 rules differ)
vs West Virginia (6 rules differ)

Massachusetts

vs Connecticut (4 rules differ)
vs Florida (4 rules differ)
vs New Hampshire (6 rules differ)
vs New York (4 rules differ)
vs Rhode Island (4 rules differ)
vs Vermont (4 rules differ)

Michigan

vs Florida (7 rules differ)
vs Indiana (4 rules differ)
vs Ohio (4 rules differ)
vs Wisconsin (4 rules differ)

Minnesota

vs Florida (6 rules differ)
vs Iowa (5 rules differ)
vs North Dakota (4 rules differ)
vs South Dakota (5 rules differ)
vs Wisconsin (6 rules differ)

Mississippi

vs Louisiana (4 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (3 rules differ)

Missouri

vs Arkansas (5 rules differ)
vs Illinois (5 rules differ)
vs Iowa (3 rules differ)
vs Kansas (6 rules differ)
vs Kentucky (7 rules differ)
vs Nebraska (6 rules differ)
vs Oklahoma (5 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (5 rules differ)

Montana

vs Idaho (3 rules differ)
vs North Dakota (3 rules differ)
vs South Dakota (5 rules differ)
vs Wyoming (4 rules differ)

Nebraska

vs Colorado (5 rules differ)
vs Iowa (5 rules differ)
vs Kansas (3 rules differ)
vs Missouri (6 rules differ)
vs South Dakota (3 rules differ)
vs Wyoming (5 rules differ)

Nevada

vs California (4 rules differ)
vs Oregon (2 rules differ)

New Hampshire

vs Maine (7 rules differ)
vs Massachusetts (6 rules differ)
vs Vermont (7 rules differ)

New Jersey

vs Florida (5 rules differ)
vs New York (5 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (4 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (7 rules differ)

New Mexico

vs Arizona (6 rules differ)
vs Colorado (5 rules differ)
vs Oklahoma (3 rules differ)
vs Texas (5 rules differ)
vs Utah (5 rules differ)

New York

vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Connecticut (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (6 rules differ)
vs Georgia (7 rules differ)
vs Massachusetts (4 rules differ)
vs New Jersey (5 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (7 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (7 rules differ)
vs South Carolina (8 rules differ)
vs Texas (7 rules differ)
vs Vermont (5 rules differ)

North Carolina

vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (5 rules differ)
vs Georgia (5 rules differ)
vs New Jersey (4 rules differ)
vs New York (7 rules differ)
vs South Carolina (7 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (5 rules differ)
vs Virginia (4 rules differ)

North Dakota

vs Minnesota (4 rules differ)
vs Montana (3 rules differ)
vs South Dakota (6 rules differ)

Ohio

vs Florida (4 rules differ)
vs Indiana (5 rules differ)
vs Kentucky (4 rules differ)
vs Michigan (4 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (5 rules differ)
vs West Virginia (4 rules differ)

Oklahoma

vs Arkansas (4 rules differ)
vs Colorado (5 rules differ)
vs Kansas (4 rules differ)
vs Missouri (5 rules differ)
vs New Mexico (3 rules differ)

Oregon

vs California (5 rules differ)
vs Idaho (4 rules differ)
vs Nevada (2 rules differ)
vs Washington (4 rules differ)

Pennsylvania

vs Delaware (7 rules differ)
vs Florida (5 rules differ)
vs Maryland (5 rules differ)
vs New Jersey (7 rules differ)
vs New York (7 rules differ)
vs Ohio (5 rules differ)
vs West Virginia (7 rules differ)

Rhode Island

vs Connecticut (6 rules differ)
vs Massachusetts (4 rules differ)

South Carolina

vs Georgia (6 rules differ)
vs New York (8 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (7 rules differ)

South Dakota

vs Iowa (5 rules differ)
vs Minnesota (5 rules differ)
vs Montana (5 rules differ)
vs Nebraska (3 rules differ)
vs North Dakota (6 rules differ)
vs Wyoming (5 rules differ)

Tennessee

vs Alabama (3 rules differ)
vs Arkansas (4 rules differ)
vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (5 rules differ)
vs Georgia (6 rules differ)
vs Illinois (4 rules differ)
vs Kentucky (6 rules differ)
vs Mississippi (3 rules differ)
vs Missouri (5 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (5 rules differ)
vs Texas (4 rules differ)
vs Virginia (5 rules differ)

Texas

vs Arizona (4 rules differ)
vs Arkansas (3 rules differ)
vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Colorado (6 rules differ)
vs Florida (6 rules differ)
vs Georgia (5 rules differ)
vs Louisiana (5 rules differ)
vs New Mexico (5 rules differ)
vs New York (7 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (4 rules differ)
vs Washington (6 rules differ)

Utah

vs Colorado (5 rules differ)
vs Idaho (4 rules differ)
vs New Mexico (5 rules differ)
vs Wyoming (3 rules differ)

Vermont

vs Massachusetts (4 rules differ)
vs New Hampshire (7 rules differ)
vs New York (5 rules differ)

Virginia

vs District of Columbia (4 rules differ)
vs Kentucky (4 rules differ)
vs Maryland (4 rules differ)
vs North Carolina (4 rules differ)
vs Tennessee (5 rules differ)

Washington

vs Arizona (6 rules differ)
vs California (6 rules differ)
vs Idaho (5 rules differ)
vs Oregon (4 rules differ)
vs Texas (6 rules differ)

West Virginia

vs Kentucky (6 rules differ)
vs Maryland (6 rules differ)
vs Ohio (4 rules differ)
vs Pennsylvania (7 rules differ)

Wisconsin

vs Illinois (5 rules differ)
vs Iowa (6 rules differ)
vs Michigan (4 rules differ)
vs Minnesota (6 rules differ)

Wyoming

vs Colorado (6 rules differ)
vs Montana (4 rules differ)
vs Nebraska (5 rules differ)
vs South Dakota (5 rules differ)
vs Utah (3 rules differ)

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