Yearly testing
Full-time EFA students in K-10 take the state exam or an ADE-approved norm-referenced test each year, with results reported to ADE by June 30.
Homebook in Arkansas · Open now
Built around Arkansas’s EFA.
Homebook is an ADE-approved Arkansas EFA vendor. It works alongside ClassWallet: ClassWallet handles the money, Homebook handles running the school.
Open to Arkansas homeschools, microschools and private schools now.
The Arkansas EFA, in short
Education Freedom Accounts (EFA) are run by the Arkansas Department of Education (ADE). Families are paid through ClassWallet, and schools send payment requests there.
- Per student, 2026-27
- $7,208 a year ($1,802 a quarter) Source 1: ADE: EFA information for families
- Students funded, 2026-27
- Nearly 50,000 (49,773 as of Sept 15, 2026) Source 5: 2025-26 Arkansas EFA Program Annual Report (University of Arkansas with ADE, Sept 2026), filed with the Arkansas Legislative Council
- How schools get paid
- You send a payment request in ClassWallet; you’re paid when the parent accepts it Source 1: ADE: EFA information for families
- Run by
- ADE’s Office of School Choice and Parent Empowerment Source 2: ADE: EFA information for private and micro schools
What EFA schools keep up with
From ADE’s own pages and the EFA rule. Rules change, so check ADE before you rely on a date.
Accreditation in process (private schools)
A participating private school that is still getting accredited files a progress report by September 30 each year.
Source 2: ADE: EFA information for private and micro schools
Background checks (private schools)
Participating private schools: background checks and fingerprinting every five years, in place by August 1. Full-time providers run background checks for student-facing staff.
Source 2: ADE: EFA information for private and micro schools
Enrollment checks (private schools)
A participating private school verifies each EFA student in the ADE portal before every quarterly deposit.
Source 2: ADE: EFA information for private and micro schools
What Homebook does for Arkansas schools
Live today
- EFA deadlines and to-dos on your school calendar, with reminders before each one is due
- The annual EFA assessment tracked for every EFA student
- Daily attendance that saves to your compliance log
- A homeschool plan ($29 per student a month) designed to be paid from each child’s EFA funds through ClassWallet
- The free Funding Helper, with a full Arkansas guide, and the Arkansas School Finder
One flat price in every state: $59/mo for microschools and co-ops up to 100 students, with no per-student fees. Every core Homebook feature. College & Career is an optional add-on. Founding schools lock their price for life. See all pricing
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Sources
Checked Oct 12, 2026. This is general information, not legal advice.
Be a founding school
We’re onboarding Arkansas schools now — homeschools, microschools, and private schools. Lock founding pricing while it lasts, and help shape what we build next. In another state? Request your state.
Made in Central Arkansas, because the tools schools were stuck with cost too much and did too little, and someone needed to do it better. When you need help, an import, or something custom, you email me and I answer.
Open in Arkansas now. Alabama is next, then more EFA and ESA states.