Homeschool Tax Deductions and Credits in Missouri
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.
How MOScholars treats homeschoolers
MOScholars is Missouri's education savings account program, run through the State Treasurer. Donors to approved nonprofit Educational Assistance Organizations earn a state tax credit, and those organizations award the scholarships, so the number of awards depends on donations.
Since 2024, Missouri law has recognized the FPE school, which keeps the same hours and records as a home school and, unlike a home school, may enroll MOScholars students. The law bars a home school from enrolling a child in the program and lists an FPE school as a qualified school.
Awards are capped against the state adequacy target, the per-student figure in the public school funding formula: 100 percent of it for most students, 125 percent with free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, and 175 percent with an IEP.
Funds pay for curriculum, tutoring, therapies, approved computers, and public school classes, but not consumable supplies or payments to relatives.
Who qualifies
IEP route
A child with an individualized education program (IEP) under federal special education law qualifies.
Income route
Household income at or below 300 percent of the free and reduced-price lunch standard qualifies when one more condition is met: a semester of full-time public school in the past 12 months, eligibility to start kindergarten or first grade, or a sibling with a scholarship.
Applying and paying
First step
Decide whether teaching as an FPE school suits your family before applying, since a home school cannot hold a MOScholars award.
What you still pay
Without an award, families pay homeschool costs themselves.
When to apply or file
The 2026-27 application deadline was April 3, 2026, so the next chance to apply is the 2027-28 cycle.
Teaching that takes the work off you
We teach every subject starting at your child's level, grade the work as it is submitted, and keep the attendance, grades, and transcript, so homeschooling asks less of your time.
$149/month per child after the trial.
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Confirm current tax, scholarship, and ESA rules with the program before you rely on them.