Arkansas Education Freedom Account

Arkansas’s Education Freedom Account (EFA) program was created to give families more educational choice by providing state funding that can be used outside of the traditional public school system.

Eligible students may receive up to $6,864 for the 2025–2026 school year, with funds distributed quarterly. Families can apply EFA dollars toward approved educational expenses such as private school tuition, tutoring, homeschool curriculum, instructional materials, educational therapies, and more.

The program has expanded to universal eligibility for all K–12 students eligible to enroll in an Arkansas public school, giving more families access to flexible educational opportunities.

Arkansas’s EFA program gives families more control over how and where their child learns. Eligible families can use scholarship funding to create an education experience tailored to their student’s individual goals and needs.

Benefits of the program include:

• Funding that can help offset GCPA tuition costs
• Support for approved educational expenses beyond tuition
• Flexibility to personalize a student’s learning experience
• Additional scholarship opportunities for qualifying students with specialized needs
• Priority consideration for military, first responder, and law enforcement families
• A streamlined renewal process for returning participants

By expanding how education dollars can be used, the EFA program helps families access learning environments and services that best fit their child.

Arkansas EFA funds may be used for a variety of approved educational expenses, including:

• Private school tuition and fees
• Homeschool curriculum and instructional programs
• Tutoring and supplemental academic services
• Educational therapies
• Learning materials and school supplies
• Online courses and educational programs
• Other approved education-related expenses

Approved expenses are determined by the Arkansas Department of Education and processed through the ClassWallet platform.

Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, Arkansas’s EFA program is universally available to all K-12 students eligible to enroll in an Arkansas public school.

The program also provides priority processing for certain student groups, including:

• Students with disabilities or specialized needs
• Foster or homeless students
• Succeed Scholarship recipients
• Students from schools rated D or F
• Children of military members, law enforcement officers, and first responders
• First-time kindergarten students

Our enrollment consultants are available to help you confirm eligibility and answer questions about the application process.

Families must apply or renew their EFA participation each school year. New applicants complete their application through the FACTS application portal, while returning families renew through the ClassWallet platform.

Families applying for the EFA program may be asked to provide documentation such as:

• Proof of Arkansas residency
• Proof of student identity or guardianship
• Additional documentation for specialized eligibility categories, if applicable

Applications are reviewed during designated processing windows, and approved families receive access to their EFA funds through a secure ClassWallet account.

Our enrollment consultants can help guide you through the application and enrollment process and answer any questions along the way.

Once approved for the Arkansas EFA program, families can use their scholarship funds to pay tuition at participating private schools like Grand Canyon Private Academy through the ClassWallet platform.

Families can request a tuition quote from GCPA’s enrollment team and upload the required documentation to their ClassWallet account to process tuition payments directly to the school.

After enrollment documents and tuition payment requirements are completed, students are officially enrolled and families will receive onboarding support before the school year begins.