# Guides

ESA Vendors has 9 guides on education savings account (ESA) and microschool vendors, by what the state or country will reimburse, grouped by country.

## Australia

- [Home education in Australia: registration yes, funding no](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/au-australia-no-esa.md): Australia has no education savings accounts. Home education is legal with state registration, but families pay all fees. Distance education is a separate public-school path.

## Canada

- [Home-education funding in Canada: no ESA, some provincial help](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/ca-canada-funding.md): Canada has no education savings accounts. Alberta shares home-education funding with parents up to $901 a year. Other provinces mostly leave the fees to families.

## United Kingdom

- [Home education in England: no ESA and parent-funded](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/gb-england-no-esa.md): England has no education savings accounts. Elective home education is legal, but parents carry the full fees: councils provide no funding.

## United States

- [Florida Step Up scholarships: vendors and rules](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/us-florida-step-up.md): Step Up for Students runs Florida's FES-EO, FES-UA, tax-credit and PEP scholarships. Families find approved vendors in the EMA Marketplace or claim by receipt.
- [Texas Education Freedom Accounts: vendors and rules](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/us-texas-tefa.md): Texas TEFA pays state funds for tuition, tutoring and curriculum from 2026-27 through Odyssey. Home-school families receive up to $2,000 a year.

## General

- [How education savings accounts work, state by state](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/how-esas-work.md): An education savings account sends public education funds to your family instead of a school. You spend it on approved learning expenses through a marketplace or by receipt.
- [How to check an education vendor before you spend](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/how-to-check-a-vendor.md): Check the vendor on the program's own approved list, confirm the listing date, and get invoices with your child's name. Arizona has no list, so receipts matter more.
- [Microschool, co-op or homeschool: how they differ](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/microschool-coop-homeschool.md): A microschool is a small full-time school. A co-op is parent-run group learning. Homeschool means you direct it all. Funding treats each one differently.
- [What ESA programs typically reimburse](https://esavendors.fyi/guides/what-is-reimbursable.md): ESA programs reimburse tuition, tutoring, curriculum, therapies and testing. Enrichment, devices and transport vary by program and need proof of learning benefit.

> **Not financial or legal advice.** ESA Vendors lists education vendors and the programs families say reimburse them. Rules change often and differ by state, province and child, so check the program's own published rules before you spend. An approval label names the official list and the date we read it. Listings are records, not recommendations, and details may be out of date. Report a mistake to hello@esavendors.fyi and we correct it.