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Utah ESA and voucher money for homeschoolers

Utah Fits All Scholarship: 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 Utah'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. A scholarship student learning at home is a home-based scholarship student, which the law keeps separate from home school students without a scholarship. Each year you send the program manager a portfolio (a test is optional), and you cannot be paid for teaching your own child. We did not find an official page on how the scholarship affects the home school notification.

Source: Utah Code 53F-6-402, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program (Utah Legislature); Utah Code 53F-6-410 (assessments); Utah Code 53F-6-401 (Utah Fits All definitions)

How much
By law, up to $4,000 a year for a home-based student aged 5 to 11 and $6,000 for ages 12 to 18 (up to $8,000 at a private school), subject to funding. The State Board's page still showed a flat $8,000 when we checked.Source: Utah Code 53F-6-402, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program (Utah Legislature); Utah State Board of Education: Utah Fits All Scholarship
Who can apply
Utah residents eligible for public school in kindergarten through grade 12. A home-based student who was in public school attests to leaving it. If applications exceed the money, students are chosen at random after the law's preference groups.Source: Utah Code 53F-6-401 (Utah Fits All definitions); Utah Code 53F-6-402, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program (Utah Legislature)
What it can pay for
Tutoring, textbooks and curricula, educational software, therapies for students with disabilities, and a computer no more than once every three years. Not furniture, musical instruments, apparel, ski passes or entertainment tickets.Source: Utah Code 53F-6-401 (Utah Fits All definitions)
How vendors and providers are approved
Odyssey has run the program since May 16, 2025. A private program or service applies to the program manager and completes its orientation before it can be paid; a parent cannot be a provider for their own child.Source: Utah Code 53F-6-409 (qualifying providers); Utah State Board of Education: Utah Fits All Scholarship
How and when to apply
By law, applications open March 1 for returning students and April 1 for new ones, and close May 1. You apply for each school year.Source: Utah Code 53F-6-405 (program manager duties); Utah Code 53F-6-402, Utah Fits All Scholarship Program (Utah Legislature)
Court cases
A district court ruled the program unconstitutional in April 2025, and the Utah Supreme Court agreed to hear the state's appeal; legislative leaders said then that the program remains in place for now. We found no final decision on an official page.Source: Utah Attorney General: Utah Fits All scholarship program; Utah House of Representatives: leaders affirm commitment to school choice following court ruling (April 2025)

The program's own page: Utah Fits All Scholarship. 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.

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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 Utah; 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.