Alabama tax and funding
Yes. Alabama's CHOOSE Act education savings account pays $2,000 a year for each student in a home education program, up to $4,000 per family. Applications for 2027-28 open in January 2027, with no income limit.
Homeschool Tax Deductions and Credits by State
Choose your state to see which homeschool expenses may qualify for a tax break or funding program, and which enrollment and spending rules apply.
Tax breaks and funding routes by state
A few states offer a tax credit or deduction for homeschool expenses, and a growing number fund education savings accounts that homeschoolers can use. Many states offer neither. Where a program exists, it limits which expenses qualify and how you claim them, so keep itemized receipts.
Choose your state
Alaska tax and funding
Alaska has no individual income tax, so there is no homeschool deduction or credit. Families who enroll in a district correspondence program can receive a yearly allotment for approved learning costs.
Arizona tax and funding
Arizona has no homeschool tax credit or deduction. Its universal Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) pays for education at home, but a family that takes one signs a contract instead of filing a homeschool affidavit.
Arkansas tax and funding
Arkansas's main help for homeschool costs is the Education Freedom Account (EFA), open to any K-12 homeschooler and worth $7,208 for 2026-27, or $8,011 for a Succeed Scholarship student.
California tax and funding
No. Parents running a home-based private school in California pay for it themselves; the state offers no tax credit, deduction, or education savings account for those costs.
Colorado tax and funding
No. Colorado has no homeschool tax credit or deduction and no education savings account, so independent homeschoolers pay their own costs.
Connecticut tax and funding
No. Connecticut has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or scholarship, and the family pays homeschool costs itself.
Delaware tax and funding
No. Delaware has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher, and the Department of Education provides no funding for nonpublic schools, homeschools included.
Florida tax and funding
Florida has no personal income tax, so there is no homeschool deduction or credit. A child with a disability can stay in home education and still get state money through a scholarship for students with disabilities.
Georgia tax and funding
Georgia has no homeschool tax credit or deduction. The Georgia Promise Scholarship pays up to $6,500 a year toward home study, but only for children who leave a public school in an eligible attendance zone.
Hawaii tax and funding
No. Hawaii has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher. What the state does provide is free testing at the local public school and special education services.
Idaho tax and funding
Yes. Idaho's Parental Choice Tax Credit pays up to $5,000 per student in a nonpublic setting, homeschool included, or $7,500 for a student with a qualifying disability.
Illinois tax and funding
Yes. Illinois's Education Expense Credit covers homeschool costs: 25 percent of qualifying expenses above the first $250, up to $750 a year per family.
Indiana tax and funding
Yes. Indiana allows a $1,000 state income tax deduction for each homeschooled child in grades K-12 in a year you pay education expenses. A separate education scholarship account serves only students with disabilities and their siblings.
Iowa tax and funding
Yes. Iowa's Tuition and Textbook Credit covers homeschooled children: 25 percent of the first $2,000 of qualifying expenses per child, so up to $500 each. The Students First education savings account (ESA) does not cover homeschooling.
Kansas tax and funding
No. Kansas has no homeschool funding program, tax credit, or deduction, and its tax credit scholarships pay only toward accredited nonpublic schools, so homeschool students cannot receive them.
Kentucky tax and funding
No. Kentucky has no state tax credit, deduction, or education savings account for homeschool costs, and the Kentucky Department of Education gives homeschools no financial assistance.
Louisiana tax and funding
Yes. A Louisiana family in home study approved by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) can deduct 50 percent of what it paid for textbooks and curricula, up to $6,000 per child.
Maine tax and funding
No. Maine has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher. The largest public help is tuition-free college credit through the Aspirations Program for high school students.
Maryland tax and funding
No. Maryland has no homeschool tax credit or deduction, and its home instruction regulations come with no public funding for curriculum or materials.
Massachusetts tax and funding
No. Massachusetts has no state tax credit, deduction, or education savings account for homeschool costs, and an approved home education plan brings no public money for curriculum or materials.
Michigan tax and funding
No. Michigan has no homeschool tax credit or deduction, and no public funds go to homeschooling families.
Minnesota tax and funding
Yes. Two Minnesota tax breaks cover home school expenses: the K-12 Education Subtraction, up to $1,625 per child in grades K-6 and $2,500 in grades 7-12, and the refundable K-12 Education Credit, up to $1,500 per child.
Mississippi tax and funding
No. Mississippi has no homeschool tax credit or deduction, and its Education Scholarship Account for students with an IEP cannot be used for home instruction.
Missouri tax and funding
Missouri has no homeschool tax credit or deduction. Its MOScholars accounts exclude home schools but are open to Family Paced Education (FPE) schools, a second way to teach at home.
Montana tax and funding
No. Montana has no homeschool tax credit or deduction. Its Education Savings Account for children with disabilities was partly struck down in December 2025, and a court stay kept it running only through the 2025-26 school year.
Nebraska tax and funding
No. The Nebraska Department of Education (NDE) offers no funding to exempt schools, and the parent pays for curriculum and every other cost. The main public help is the Access College Early (ACE) Scholarship for college courses.
Nevada tax and funding
No. Nevada has no state homeschool funding, and its Educational Choice Scholarship pays the chosen school directly, so it covers private school tuition rather than a homeschool.
New Hampshire tax and funding
New Hampshire has no homeschool tax deduction, but two programs can pay education costs: Education Freedom Accounts, which replace home education with their own rules, and Education Tax Credit scholarships, which can cover a home educated student's expenses.
New Jersey tax and funding
No. New Jersey has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher, and the family pays for the homeschool program.
New Mexico tax and funding
No. The New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) provides no books, materials, or computers to home schools, and parents pay for curriculum. Public money reaches homeschoolers through college: the dual credit waiver and the Lottery Scholarship.
New York tax and funding
No. New York has no state program that pays for home instruction, and districts cannot claim state aid for home-instructed students. Families pay for testing away from the public school and for any evaluator.
North Carolina tax and funding
North Carolina's ESA+ scholarship is open to registered home schools and funds an account for a child with a disability. The Opportunity Scholarship pays private school tuition only, so a home school cannot use it.
North Dakota tax and funding
No. North Dakota has no homeschool education savings account, voucher, tax credit, or deduction. The 2025 Legislature passed an education savings account bill, but the governor vetoed it and the veto was sustained.
Ohio tax and funding
Yes. Ohio's Home School Expenses Credit lowers state income tax by up to $250 for each home-educated child, or your actual expenses if less.
Oklahoma tax and funding
Yes. Oklahoma's Parental Choice Tax Credit includes up to $1,000 a year per eligible homeschooled student for qualified expenses, claimed on Form 591-D with your state income tax return.
Oregon tax and funding
No. Oregon has no homeschool tax credit or deduction, no education savings account, and no state funding for homeschooling families, and the family pays the whole cost of the required tests.
Pennsylvania tax and funding
No. Pennsylvania has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher, and its scholarship tax credit programs cannot pay for home education.
Rhode Island tax and funding
No. Rhode Island has no homeschool tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher. Its support is a free loan of approved textbooks in five core subjects from your town's school committee.
South Carolina tax and funding
No. South Carolina has no homeschool funding program, and its Education Scholarship Trust Fund is closed to students taught at home under any of the three options.
South Dakota tax and funding
No. South Dakota has no state income tax, so there is no homeschool deduction or credit, and it has no education savings account. Two state benefits still reach homeschoolers: free textbook loans and reduced-tuition dual credit.
Tennessee tax and funding
Tennessee has no homeschool tax credit or deduction. Its Individualized Education Account (IEA) can pay approved expenses for a student with a qualifying disability who is independently home schooled or in an umbrella program.
Texas tax and funding
Texas has no income tax to deduct from, but Texas Education Freedom Accounts (TEFA) pay up to $2,000 a year for a homeschooled student. Applications for 2026-27 have closed.
Utah tax and funding
Yes. The Utah Fits All Scholarship gives a home-based student up to $4,000 a year at ages 5 to 11, or up to $6,000 at ages 12 to 18, under Utah Code 53F-6-402, subject to legislative funding.
Vermont tax and funding
No. The Vermont Agency of Education says no state or local money pays for a home study program, so the family buys its own curriculum and books.
Virginia tax and funding
No. Virginia has no tax credit, deduction, education savings account, or voucher for homeschool costs, and its home instruction law comes with no funding.
Washington tax and funding
No. Washington has no homeschool education savings account, voucher, tax credit, or deduction. What the state does provide is free part-time public school classes and services and low-cost Running Start college courses.
West Virginia tax and funding
Yes. From 2026-27, West Virginia's Hope Scholarship education savings account is open to existing homeschoolers, with an expected award of $5,435.62 per student, prorated by when you apply.
Wisconsin tax and funding
No. The state Department of Public Instruction (DPI) says Wisconsin offers no publicly funded financial help for homeschooling families, and the state does not supply curriculum or textbooks.
Wyoming tax and funding
Wyoming has no state income tax, so there is no homeschool deduction or credit. Its education savings account pays $7,000 a year, but a child taught at home with that money becomes an ESA student, not a homeschooler.
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