Homeschool benefits: Mohave College and WAVE JTED
WAVE, Western Arizona Vocational District #50, pays tuition, college fees, course fees, and books for approved Mohave College concurrent courses. Arizona homeschool students can participate as early as sophomore year, but students using Empowerment Scholarship Account funds cannot receive WAVE funding.
Who qualifies
Lives in Arizona
The college explicitly accepts Arizona-resident homeschool students for WAVE-funded courses.
Applies to both programs
Complete Mohave College admission and the WAVE application with your signature as parent. The college directs applicants to submit the WAVE form to a high school counselor; homeschool families can use the WAVE college-program contact for routing.
Meets placement requirements
Meet an Early College Pathway Advisor to determine placement before registering for classes.
Does not use ESA funds
Students using an Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) are ineligible for WAVE funding. The college warns that WAVE-funded participation can result in loss of ESA funds.
What it is worth
Mohave College's WAVE page lists tuition, fees, course fees, and books as the costs WAVE covers.
- Tuition
- WAVE
- College fees
- WAVE
- Course fees
- WAVE
- Books
- WAVE
From applying to keeping it
- Before applying
Confirm the funding route
Contact the WAVE college-program coordinator about homeschool participation and approved courses.
- Before registration
Complete both applications
Apply to Mohave College and submit the WAVE application with a parent signature.
- Before classes
Meet your advisor and orient
Determine placement, register for approved classes, and attend the required new-student orientation.
- During each course
Complete your college work
WAVE reviews unsuccessful courses case by case. An unsuccessful course can affect continued participation or require repayment.
What it pays for
Covered
- Approved college tuition
- College fees
- Course fees
- Books
Not covered
- Funding for students using ESA funds
Who to contact
The WAVE district office lists its college-program coordinator and helps route questions about concurrent-course funding.
Homeschool rules and statewide help in Arizona
Within 30 days of starting, file an affidavit of intent and a certified birth certificate or other authorized ID with the county superintendent. The ID rule exempts homeless pupils. Within 30 days, notify the superintendent if you stop or file a new affidavit if you resume.
Arizona sets these rules:
- Subjects: Reading, grammar, math, social studies, and science required.
- Testing: Arizona does not require standardized testing for homeschoolers.
- Records: Arizona does not prescribe routine academic portfolios or attendance reports; required identity documentation is filed with the county superintendent.
- Teachers: Arizona does not require a teaching certificate or degree to homeschool your own child.
Arizona also has an education savings account that home-educated students can use.
- The Empowerment Scholarship Account pays about 90% of the state funding your child's district or charter school would have received, for curriculum, tutoring, and other approved expenses. Using it is a separate path from homeschooling under state law.
- TheHomeschoolingCompany is an approved vendor for it.
Read the Arizona homeschooling guide See statewide programs in Arizona
Questions parents ask
- When can my child begin WAVE?
- Participation can start as early as sophomore year. Your student must also meet college placement and course requirements.
- We have no high school counselor. Where does the WAVE form go?
- To the WAVE college-program contact. The college sends most applicants to a high school counselor, but homeschool families can route the form through the WAVE college-program coordinator.
- Does my child have to attend orientation?
- Yes. All new WAVE students attend orientation to meet faculty and receive program information and advising support.
- What happens if a course goes badly?
- It depends on WAVE's review. WAVE Administration decides each unsuccessful course case by case, and your child could lose eligibility or have to repay WAVE for the course.
Turn support into your child’s next lesson
College classes can cover part of high school. We teach the subjects your child needs alongside them, starting at the right level in each subject. We are an approved Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) vendor, so your ClassWallet balance can pay for it.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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