All funding
Tuition moneyRolling
Arkansas Department of Education (Office of School Choice and Parent Empowerment)
Education Freedom Accounts: approved service provider (microschools, learning pods, co-ops, tutors)
Tuition money, not a grant: families pay approved providers from their Education Freedom Account. This is the route for microschools and co-ops that aren't accredited private schools.
- Amount
- Families pay you from their EFA (same 2026-27 amounts as above)
- Can a for-profit school apply?
- Yes, a for-profit school can apply
- Deadline
- Rolling
- Who this fits
- Microschool · Homeschool co‑opMicroschools and co-ops that serve homeschool students without being accredited. The rule lists 'micro-schools, learning pods, full-time home school co-op' as full-time providers and 'part-time home school co-op' as part-time providers.
- New schools
- Not stated for new schools
- Where
- Arkansas
- Last checked
- Oct 1, 2026on dese.ade.arkansas.gov
Unconfirmed: check with the funder
We couldn’t confirm these on an official page. Treat them as open questions, not facts.
- How ADE routes microschools between its new “2026-2027 Micro School Application” and the service-provider form. Ask ADE (501-683-1876, ade.efa@ade.arkansas.gov).
How to apply
- Step 1: Read ADE's 'Information for Service Providers' page
- Step 2: Decide: full-time provider (microschool/pod/full-time co-op) or part-time (part-time co-op, tutor)
- Step 3: Apply through ADE's 'Application for New EFA Service Providers and Vendors' (Smartsheet link on that page)
- Step 4: Set up a ClassWallet vendor account once approved
Funders change their requirements. Check the official page before you apply. Getting ready? See what funders usually ask for.
Who can apply
“An educational service provider is a person or entity, not including a participating private school, that receives payments from program accounts to provide goods and services that are covered as qualifying expenses.”
Students at a non-accredited microschool or co-op are legally homeschoolers: each family files a Notice of Intent to Homeschool (June 1–Aug 15) and arranges its own annual test.
- Background checks for student-facing staff (fingerprinting for part-time providers)
- Full-time providers: teach ELA, math, social studies, science and give assessments
- Staff credential (license, degree in subject, 3+ years' teaching, or subject expertise)
- Price list of goods/services
- Surety bond if receiving $100,000+ in EFA funds
Timing
Applications are reviewed “on a rolling basis throughout the year” (rule 7.04).