ESA & school choice
ESA & School Choice in Georgia
Georgia families ask whether an education savings account can help fund homeschooling. Here's what the Georgia Promise Scholarship offers, who qualifies, the trade-offs, and how to keep ESA records.
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Georgia Promise Scholarship
Who qualifies and what you give up
Georgia's Promise Scholarship pays roughly $6,500 per student per year, but it is functionally a public-school-exit program rather than a homeschool ESA. Eligibility requires that a student either (a) was enrolled in a Georgia public school in a bottom-25% attendance zone for the two consecutive semesters before applying, or (b) is a rising kindergartener. Currently-homeschooling families do not meet either path.
For a Georgia homeschool family this means there's no direct way to take the funds. To become eligible an existing homeschooler would have to enroll their child in a qualifying public school for two semesters first — a step most homeschool families won't take. Once on Promise, recipients are reclassified out of standard homeschool registration and subject to program-specific testing, vendor approval, and reporting. Georgia's existing Section 20-2-690 home-study law remains the path for independent homeschooling.
Deeper guides: homeschool ESAs explained — which states offer them in 2026 covers eligibility and the trade-offs you sign up for. How to use an ESA for homeschool curriculum walks through what's reimbursable and where families get stuck.
Every state's program, side by side
Moving, or comparing what Georgia pays against a neighbour? The ESA guide lists each state's program, amount, and what it covers.
Homeschool ESA and school choice programs by stateCommon questions
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Last verified September 2026 by Andy Leverenz against Georgia's own published requirements. See the sources.
Source pages last confirmed live on Oct 26, 2026.
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- Homeschool Hours Required in Georgia The number, what counts toward it, and the pace to hit it.
- Required Subjects in Georgia The list, how much time each needs, and proving you taught them.
- Georgia Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
- Homeschool Testing in Georgia What the state asks for, when, and low-score rules.
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