Arizona ESA and voucher money for homeschoolers
Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA): what taking the money does to your homeschool status, then the amount, who can apply, what it buys and how vendors are approved.
This is general information, not legal advice; check your state's own page. Laws change, and Arizona's own statute and education department are the final word. The links below go straight to them.
Deadlines, forms and amounts checked on against the sources linked on this page.
What taking the money does to your homeschool status
A program exists, and taking the money changes your homeschool status. The ESA is its own route in the attendance law, not homeschooling. You sign an agreement not to enroll your child in a district or charter school and not to file the homeschool affidavit, and the signed agreement counts as school attendance.
Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2402 Empowerment scholarship accounts (legislature)
- How much
- Set by formula: 90 percent of the base support level and additional assistance the student would bring to a charter school. The state budget for 2026–27 assumed 113,602 students and $1,215,678,900 in awards. We could not read a per-student figure on the Department of Education's site.Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2402 Empowerment scholarship accounts (legislature); Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee: FY 2027 Appropriations Report, Department of Education (PDF)
- Who can apply
- Since 2022–23, Arizona residents who are eligible to enroll in a public school.Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2401.01 (ESA eligibility)
- What it can pay for
- Curricula and supplementary materials, tutoring, online learning programs, standardized and college-admission test fees, and therapies for qualifying students; not entertainment devices such as televisions or game consoles.Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2402 Empowerment scholarship accounts (legislature)
- How vendors and providers are approved
- The law lets the treasurer contract with private firms to manage the accounts, and the department provides the platforms families buy through. We could not read the department's vendor pages.Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2402 Empowerment scholarship accounts (legislature); Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2403 (ESA administration)
- How and when to apply
- Applications are taken all year, July 1 to June 30, with an award letter within 30 days of a complete application. You renew every year.Source: Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2403 (ESA administration); Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2402 Empowerment scholarship accounts (legislature)
The program's own page: Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA). Programs change their amounts, dates and rules every year, so read the current handbook before you apply or spend.
Before you decide
- Read what the money changes first. In some states taking it means you are no longer homeschooling under the homeschool law, and the program's own rules (an agreement, tests, a learning plan) apply instead.
- Keep every receipt and the program's approval emails; programs ask for them.
- Peabody Teach is free and sells nothing, so it is not a vendor in any program and has no stake in what you buy. There are no affiliate links on this page.
Arizona checklist for this year · ESA and voucher money in every state
Where this comes from
- Arizona Revised Statutes 15-802 School instruction; exceptions (legislature) (the law)
- Arizona Revised Statutes 15-745 Homeschooled children; testing (legislature) (the law)
- Arizona Revised Statutes 15-802.01 Homeschooled children; interscholastic activities (legislature) (the law)
- Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2402 Empowerment scholarship accounts (legislature) (the law)
- Arizona Department of Education: Empowerment Scholarship Account (state agency)
- Arizona Department of Education: ESA eligibility requirements (state agency)
- Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee: FY 2027 Appropriations Report, Department of Education (PDF) (state agency)
- Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2401.01 (ESA eligibility) (the law)
- Arizona Revised Statutes 15-2403 (ESA administration) (the law)
Checked on October 29, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice. Laws and forms change; confirm a date with your school district or the state agency before you rely on it. For legal advice, ask a lawyer licensed in Arizona; homeschool legal-help organizations and your state's homeschool groups can also point you to help. Something out of date? Tell us and we will fix it.