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North Carolina ESA and voucher money for homeschoolers

Personal Education Student Accounts for Children with Disabilities (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 North Carolina'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 is open to homeschool families. Your home school stays registered with the Division of Non-Public Education. You sign a written agreement each year, teach at least English language arts, mathematics, social studies and science for no less than 70 days each semester, and (for a full-time student) release the school district from its duty to educate your child while you receive the money.

Source: NC General Statutes Chapter 115C, Article 41 (Personal Education Student Accounts); NC State Education Assistance Authority: ESA+ for home schools, January 2025 (PDF)

How much
Up to $9,000 a year, or up to $17,000 for some disabilities (half for part-time students).Source: NC General Statutes Chapter 115C, Article 41 (Personal Education Student Accounts)
Who can apply
A child with a disability, as found by a public school assessment. Families may use it in a private school, a home school or co-enrollment.Source: NC State Education Assistance Authority: ESA+ new student application guide, January 2026 (PDF); NC General Statutes Chapter 115C, Article 41 (Personal Education Student Accounts)
What it can pay for
Curricula, tutoring by accredited providers, tests, therapies and approved technology. Not consumable supplies, and not tuition for a student in a home school.Source: NC General Statutes Chapter 115C, Article 41 (Personal Education Student Accounts); NC State Education Assistance Authority: ESA+ for home schools, January 2025 (PDF)
How vendors and providers are approved
There is no reimbursement: parents pay through ClassWallet. Service providers submit a credential and sign a provider agreement with the State Education Assistance Authority.Source: NC State Education Assistance Authority: ESA+ for home schools, January 2025 (PDF)
How and when to apply
Applications open by February 1 each year.Source: NC General Statutes Chapter 115C, Article 41 (Personal Education Student Accounts)

The program's own page: Personal Education Student Accounts for Children with Disabilities (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.

North Carolina checklist for this year · ESA and voucher money in every state

Where this comes from

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 North Carolina; 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.