All students who live in the state of Arkansas and are eligible for public schooling in this state are eligible to sign up and participate in the Education Freedom Accounts. You must opt out full-time public education and choose private or homeschooling to receive the funding. You can still utilize some programs and part-time enrollment options in a public school as a homeschooler. These accounts provide funding for curricula, co-ops, co-curricular classes, extra curricular (at a 25% of funding spending cap) and therapies and testing needed for special needs students.

Each student enrolled for the 2025-2026 school year will receive $6,864 per school year. This is dispersed into your student’s CLASSWALLET account quarterly at $1,716 per deposit. If your child was formerly enrolled with a Succeed Scholarship they will be funded with EFA funding now in place of the Succeed Scholarship.

Non-succeed students - $6,864 total; $1,716 quarterly

Succeed students - $7,627 total; $1,906.75 quarterly

To receive funding for the 2025-2026 school year, your student is required to take a standardized test in the spring of 2026. The state has a list of approved tests HERE.

This year the Atlas test will also be offered to homeschoolers but details on test sites are not yet available.

Spring is defined as a tests date between March 1, 2026 and May 31, 2026. Tests taken before March 1st will not be usable to fulfill the testing requirement.

Test scores must be submitted no later than June 30, 2026 via an upload sent to your email by the ADE office.

We have test reviews on THIS page and will continue to add reviews as they are received to help with you test selection decision.

Technology purchases will no longer have a hard limit, but ADE will monitor spending in this category and will reach out if we need justification for technology purchases. Computers, tablets, printers, headphones, and all tech-related accessories will go into the same "technology" category. Please make sure to select that category for all technology purchases. Consider the age and grade of the child, and level of classes or lessons the child is taking when purchasing technology. NO kindergarten child needs a Mac Book but some 6th graders may be taking classes in robotics engineering while a 9th grader is in mostly the arts and writing. In that case the younger child may need more. NIETHER needs a computer over $1K.

With revisions to the LEARNS Act, there are also new spending limits on some categories. You may spend no more than 25% of your annual disbursement on travel, and no more than 25% on extra-curriculars, PE, and field trips. We will have more information on all of this in the coming weeks, but in the meantime, please pay attention to the purchase categories in ClassWallet and make sure to select the correct one.

But for reference a Co-Curricular course will include Art, Music, Wood Working, Metal Working, Driving Courses, Cooking courses, Sewing Classes etc. Dance, Ballet

Extra curricular includes: Gymnastics, Karate, Jujitzu, Taekwondo, Boxing, Tumbling, bascially ALL your PE replacements. and Riding.

Yes, you can buy a student desk and chair, and you can buy a bookshelf for each student for storage of their books and supplies. There is no exact set limit, but the ADE will NOT approve a matching office furniture set for your home. Do not expect approval for something from Ashley Furniture or Pottery Barn. But the IKEA billy shelves ( and if you need all the storage possible, the stackable unit that makes it ceiling height) are very reasonably priced. Many bookcases under $300 will more than hold your student’s needs. Same with desks, $300 and under would be considered a reasonable student desk. $100-$150 would be a reasonable chair. The ADE acknowledges that having a set workspace is beneficial to students but in the same this program is here to help you EDUCATE your student not redecorate.

If you used vouchers to private school last year and have now decided to homeschool, go into your FACTS account and change from private school to homeschool, then file a notice of intent online.

The state added a policy allowing reimbursement for travel to and from approved classes, schools, extra-curriculars and tutoring services. This rate is reimbursed at $0.52 per mile. You need to document and submit a fully filled in accurate spreadsheet tracking your milage. You can use THIS page to see the rules for tracking and to download spreadsheet templates that have all of the requirements labeled already for you.

ClasssWallet is well, let’s face it NOT super user friendly. But it’s workable if we utilize the search engine linked HERE and Use the vendor ads being added on THIS page. We CAN make this work!

There are also tutorials HERE to help you with how to use the class wallet system in general.

Curriculum from ANY store of your choice is ALWAYS reimbursable. There are many options available through the classwallet market because obviously paying ahead and waiting for reimbursement is not an option every family has the means to utilize.

But if you have a preferred coursework that is not signed up with classwallet you are absolutely able to buy it and submit it for reimbursement. I personally order mine that way even though it is available in the Market because AOP if you order over the phone offers a 25% discount to active duty and veteran families. Many other companies offer the same.

This is an important part of this program. You have 100% freedom of choice when it comes to curriculum. No other state is giving this much freedom. It becomes a big factor for families who prefer a religious-based company. Many of those will not participate directly in any state programs. But if you can do reimbursement, that will not matter.

There are items prohibited in the program.

• After school care

• Lunch boxes

• Paper Towels

• Ziploc Bags

• Wet Wipes

• Televisions

• Home theater or audio equipment

• Game consoles

• Smart Watches

• Fit Bits

• Alexa, Nest, Google Home devices

• Cell phones

• Lunch or other food fees

• Caps, gowns, and other graduation expenses

• Phone service fees

• Internet service fees

These items are not reimbursable under any circumstances.

Memberships to Little Rock Zoo, and Museums in state and State Gardens are approved under Extra Curricular which means they are allowed but come out of 25% ($1716 max per year) allotment for Field Trips, Extra curriculars and any equipment or uniforms required for the extra curricular.

If you can buy a child only pass then get that if you only have ONE child or get the family pass if it shows a break down per person (like museum of discovery) they will reimburse the children’s portions.

If you will use the family pass and the cost is very minimal difference between an individual versus family they will approve the family pass.

If a family pass is cheaper than getting the individual passes needed for your funded students, you can opt for the family pass.

Do not break down family passes and submit between multiple children. Just put Zoo under one kid, then if you do a museum put that under a different child. But breaking these down into 3-4 separate reimbursements will overwhelm the processing office and is not preferred.

Ninety-Nine times out of One Hundred NO!

If your child has special needs and needs to order a device insurance does not cover that would enhance their ability to access education - EMAIL THEM - if you can’t find where message me the info and I’ll give you the contact email.

Otherwise, ask the Facebook group, use the contact form here and ask. hell you can message me on Facebook (I admin the group)

If everyone bombards their emails with requests that can be dealt with other ways how in the hell are they supposed to keep up with and manage processing payments??

But be realistic. There is no justification for a $4k pc or other overpriced items that have equivalents much less costly and no amount of emailing or calling is getting that approved so stop it.

Your EFA funds can be used to purchase necessary EQUIPMENT to access internet services. The monthly or yearly internet fees are not a reimbursable expense. If you need help with internet service fees look into the Arkansas Affordable Connectivity Program.

It is possible to buy used items with EFA funding using the reimbursement option. There are specific rules and guidelines to follow ADE rules for reimbursement of USED items can be found HERE.