Does Your State Fund Homeschooling?

Funding

90% of the prior year's statewide foundation funding amount per student under A.C.A. 6-20-2305 (6 CAR 35-105(f)(1)).

Compliance requirements

• •Testing: EFA participants are required to take a standardized test. Homeschooled students who do not participate are not.

Funding

Set each year by the Florida Legislature, based on the child's grade level and county of residence; paid in four equal quarterly amounts (Step Up For Students, PEP funding page).

Compliance requirements

• •Testing: Nationally norm-referenced test or statewide assessment (Fla. Stat. 1002.395(7)(b))
• •Reporting: Annual student learning plan (Fla. Stat. 1002.395(7)(b))
• •Vendors: Restricted

Application window

New applications and renewals run February 1 to April 30 of the year before the school year; the parent must accept, renew or decline by May 31 (Fla. Stat. 1002.395(6)(e)1.-2., (7)(b)1.).

Funding

Set by formula, not a fixed dollar figure. With a Level I to III matrix of services or a diagnosis: the state's total per-student funding for the basic exceptional student education program for the child's grade and school district, plus shares of certain categorical funds. With a Level IV or V matrix: the per-student funding for that exceptional student education level, plus shares of certain categorical funds (Fla. Stat. 1002.394(12)(b)2.-3.).

Compliance requirements

• •Testing: Required
• •Reporting: Required
• •Vendors: Restricted

Application window

Apply by the date the scholarship-funding organization sets. A new scholarship must be accepted or declined by December 15, and a renewal confirmed or declined by May 31 (Fla. Stat. 1002.394(10)(b)1.-2.).

Funding

Up to $20,000 a year for a student with a disability, and up to $8,000 a year for a sibling (Indiana Department of Education, 2026-27).

Compliance requirements

• •Testing: The statewide summative assessment for the student's grade, or the assessment named in the student's IEP, service plan, choice special education plan or Section 504 plan (IC 20-51.4-4-1(a)(6)).
• •Reporting: Expenses are paid through invoices uploaded in ClassWallet, submitted within 90 days (Indiana ESA Parent Handbook; IDOE ESA page).
• •Vendors: Restricted

Application window

2026-27: March 1 to September 1, 2026, with a priority access window from March 1 to April 15, 2026 for students with disabilities funded the year before, then students with disabilities and their siblings, first come, first served.

Funding

Up to $8,421 for the 2026-27 school year, paid quarterly as reimbursement of documented expenses (Mississippi Department of Education).

Compliance requirements

• •Testing: A pre-assessment and a post-assessment each school year, given by the school and submitted to the MDE Office of Special Education by the parent by the end of the school year (MDE ESA FAQ).

Application window

Applications are accepted throughout the school year; applying December through May gives time for an award before the school year starts. Current recipients recertify in the parent portal April 1 to April 30 each year (Mississippi Department of Education).

Funding

$7,634 per student for 2026-27, paid in quarterly amounts of $1,908.50 ($7,500 in 2025-26).

Compliance requirements

• •Testing: Students in grades 3 to 11 complete required testing: SC READY/SC PASS, a nationally norm-referenced test such as the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, or an approved formative assessment given three times a year such as MAP; students in grades 9 to 12 may take the ACT, SAT or PSAT instead of one of those. A student whose IEP exempts testing submits the IEP documentation (SCDE ESTF FAQ; S.C. Code 59-8-115(D)(4)(b)).
• •Reporting: After testing, the parent completes the ESTF Testing Report Form and emails a PDF of the score report to ESTFProgram@ed.sc.gov. Funds are spent from a ClassWallet digital wallet by direct payment to approved providers; there is no reimbursement (SCDE ESTF FAQ).
• •Vendors: Restricted

Application window

Opens November 1 each year for current participants and their siblings, then a priority window for new students (active-duty military families, household income at or below 300% of the federal poverty guidelines, or prior-year public school attendance), then a general window. Applications are accepted until capacity is met, then a waitlist is kept (S.C. Code 59-8-115(A)-(B)).

Funding

$2,000 a year for a homeschooled child (for 2026-27, paid in full on July 1, 2026). $10,474 for 2026-27 for a child at a participating private school or pre-K or kindergarten program. Up to $30,000 for such a child with a disability and an IEP on file with the Texas Education Agency.

Application window

2026-27: February 4 to March 31, 2026 (closed). Families can join the 2027-28 interest list for application updates. Participants in good standing stay in the program and only confirm each year that they want to continue.