Arizona

Empowerment Scholarship Account

A state program that lets families use their child's public education funding on approved educational expenses instead — including curriculum like Sora Homeschool.

Typical award
$7,000–$7,800
per child, per year
Who qualifies
All K–12
no income test
Deadline
None
applications are year-round
Funds arrive
Quarterly
through ClassWallet

What the award covers

Sora Homeschool is $249 per month per child. Across a 10-month school year that's $2,490 — around a third of a typical award.

Sora Homeschool — $2,490 Yours for other approved expenses — about $4,500

How to apply

  1. Apply onlineSubmit through the ADE portal. Complete applications are processed in about 30 days.
  2. Sign your contractAllow around three weeks for the account to be set up and funded.
  3. Spend the fundsPurchases run through ClassWallet and are reported each quarter.

You'll need

Birth certificate, full colourProof of Arizona residency

Open the AZ Department of Education portal

When funding starts

Funding begins in the quarter your contract is signed, so applying earlier captures more of the year's award.

Q1Jul 1 – Sep 30
Q2Oct 1 – Dec 31
Q3Jan 1 – Mar 31
Q4Apr 1 – Jun 30

What else funds can buy

CurriculumTutoringOnline programsEducational therapiesTestingSome technology

Full list in the ESA Parent Handbook. Part of the award must be spent each year; the rest rolls over on renewal.

Worth knowing before you sign

Arizona law defines ESA participants as not homeschool students for compliance purposes. Families move out from under the homeschool affidavit rules and into a state contract with quarterly spending reports instead. A participating child can't be enrolled in public school at the same time.

Checked September 2026. Amounts and rules change during the year — confirm current terms at azed.gov/esa. Sora can't provide legal or tax advice about the program.