Paying with an education savings account

Using Arizona ESA funds for homeschool curriculum

Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship Account programme puts state education money in a family's hands to spend on approved curriculum, and Clareza is registered with the Arizona Department of Education and set up with ClassWallet, which is how those funds are spent. There is one rule worth understanding before you spend anything, because it changes what you buy.

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Arizona will not pay for a family subscription, and that is the whole complication

The ADE Parent Handbook says ESA funds cannot be used for online subscriptions that cover more than one user, such as a family membership, unless the receipt itemises each individual student. Clareza sold direct is exactly that: one flat price for every child in the household. It is the best thing about the pricing and it is the one shape the programme will not reimburse. So for ESA families there is a separate licence sold per student, for a fixed term, which produces the itemised receipt the programme asks for. This is the programme's rule about its own money, not a different opinion about what Clareza is worth.

Which door is cheaper depends on how many children you have

Worth doing the arithmetic out loud, because the answer is not the same for everyone. The household plan is $290 a year and covers every child you have. The ESA licence is $270 a year per student. So with one child the two are within twenty dollars of each other and the ESA licence is very slightly cheaper. With two children it is $540 against $290, and from there the household plan wins by more with every child you add. If you are paying with your own money and you have more than one child, buy the household plan. The reason to use ESA funds instead is not that they are a better deal per dollar. It is that the money is already allocated to your child and does not sit there forever, so spending it on curriculum costs you nothing out of pocket and leaves your own money alone.

Three ways to actually pay, and the one that goes wrong

You can have ClassWallet pay us directly: request an itemised quote from us, submit it through ClassWallet's DirectPay, and once Arizona approves it the funds come to us without you fronting anything. You can pay and claim reimbursement, though note that a family-subscription receipt is the shape the handbook excludes, so ask for the per-student licence if reimbursement is your route. Or you can use the ClassWallet prepaid card. The last one has a trap: Arizona funds arrive quarterly, and a monthly charge against a prepaid card that is topped up four times a year will approve at first and decline later when the balance has drained. If you are paying by prepaid card, use a single full-term charge rather than a monthly one.

The printable curriculum can be bought the same way, and suits ESA better

Every Clareza course also exists as printable PDF books: a single subject, a whole grade, a band of grades, or the complete K-12 library. They are a one-time purchase, not a subscription, so the family-subscription rule above does not come into it, and there is no monthly charge to trip over a prepaid card that is only topped up four times a year. Request a quote below and choose the books instead of the licence. The invoice names your student, lists what is being bought and how many pages it runs to, and goes through ClassWallet DirectPay exactly as the licence does. Arizona reviews every invoice, and once ClassWallet's payment reaches us we send the download link. The books are yours to keep and reprint for your own children.

How to pay for Clareza through ClassWallet

We are a DirectPay vendor, which means there is no listing to add to a cart. Instead: first, request an itemised ESA quote below, giving the student's name exactly as it appears on their ESA account, because that is what makes the receipt itemised in the first place. The itemised invoice is emailed to you straight away. Then log in to ClassWallet, choose to pay a vendor, and search for "Professor C's" (our legal name is Professor C's Academy LLC, so that is how ClassWallet lists us, not "Clareza"). Upload the invoice and submit it. The Arizona Department of Education reviews it, and once approved ClassWallet pays us directly and we set up the student's account.

Alabama CHOOSE Act families can pay the same way

Clareza is also an approved Education Service Provider for Alabama's CHOOSE Act, paid through the same ClassWallet DirectPay account. Choose Alabama in the form below and give your own name as well as your student's, because Alabama requires the parent's name on the invoice. Alabama pays only for service inside its school year, July 1 to June 30, so the Alabama licence runs to June 30 and is priced at $22.50 for each month left in the year, never more than $270. It does not renew on its own. Upload the invoice in ClassWallet the same way, searching for "Professor C's", and the Alabama Department of Revenue reviews it.

Arkansas Education Freedom Account families too

Clareza is an approved vendor for Arkansas's Education Freedom Account (EFA) program as well, through the same ClassWallet Direct Pay account. Choose Arkansas in the form below. You get the same per-student licence, twelve months for $270, or the printable books. In ClassWallet, search for "Professor C's", upload the invoice and request exactly its total: Arkansas rejects a request that does not match the invoice or that is more than your EFA balance when you submit it. The Arkansas Department of Education aims to review requests within two weeks.

New Hampshire Education Freedom Account families as well

Clareza is an approved education service provider for New Hampshire's Education Freedom Account program, administered by the Children's Scholarship Fund, through the same ClassWallet Direct Pay account. Choose New Hampshire in the form below and give your student's first and last name. You get the same per-student licence, twelve months for $270, or the printable books. In ClassWallet, search for "Professor C's", upload the invoice and submit, and the Children's Scholarship Fund reviews it.

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund families

Clareza is an approved provider for South Carolina's Education Scholarship Trust Fund (ESTF), through the same ClassWallet Direct Pay account. Choose South Carolina in the form below and give your name as well as your student's: South Carolina asks for the parent's name on the invoice. You get the same per-student licence, twelve months for $270, or the printable books. In ClassWallet, search for "Professor C's", upload the invoice and submit, and the South Carolina Department of Education reviews it.

If you cannot find it, or a purchase is not approved

Vendor search inside ClassWallet is by the vendor's registered name, so if "Professor C's" does not come up, try the full "Professor C's Academy" before assuming the registration lapsed. The invoice you get from the form below is also what manual reimbursement needs, which works even when the vendor search is not cooperating. Please do not send passwords, payment information or ClassWallet account credentials, in the form or by email, we never need them and never ask for them. If a purchase is declined rather than simply missing, that decision is made by your ESA account and the Arizona Department of Education, not by us, and their own help desk can tell you why faster than we can guess.

What you get for the paperwork

A published scope and sequence for every course, which you can read in full before you buy anything and without an account. Hours that log themselves as your child works, and a transcript page you can print. An itemised receipt naming the student. If your programme wants documentation in a particular format, ask and we will send it.

What this page does not promise

  • It does not say ESA funds will definitely be approved for your purchase. Your account, your programme and the state decide that, not us, and the rules are revised.
  • It covers Arizona, Alabama, Arkansas, New Hampshire and South Carolina. If you are in Florida, Utah, West Virginia or anywhere else, check your own programme before assuming this works there.
  • Clareza is curriculum, not a school. ESA programmes treat those as different categories with different rules, and we do not offer accreditation or issue a diploma.
  • If you are paying with your own money, this page is not for you. The household plan is cheaper and it is on the pricing page.

Paying with an ESA or EFA through ClassWallet

Request an itemized ESA quote

Use this option when paying through ClassWallet with Arizona ESA, Alabama CHOOSE Act, Arkansas EFA, New Hampshire EFA or South Carolina ESTF funds. These purchases use a separate per-student license.

Twelve months of the full online curriculum for one student, with Clara teaching each lesson. Renews yearly.

Please don't include passwords, payment information or ClassWallet account details, none of that is ever needed here.

Paying with your own card

Try Clareza for 30 days with your own card

This is the regular household trial. A card is required, and the household plan is $29 per month after the 30-day trial unless canceled.

Try Clareza for 30 days with your own card

Questions parents ask

Is Clareza approved for Arizona ESA?

We are registered with the Arizona Department of Education and set up with ClassWallet, which is the payment system the programme uses. Whether any particular purchase is approved is decided by your ESA account and the programme's own rules.

Why is the ESA price per student when the normal price is per family?

Because Arizona says so. The ADE Parent Handbook excludes subscriptions covering more than one user unless the receipt itemises each student. Our household pricing is exactly that kind of subscription, so ESA families buy a per-student licence instead. Nothing about the product changes.

Can I use ESA money for some children and pay for the others myself?

Request an itemised ESA quote below and we will work it out with you rather than guess in a FAQ. Mixing funding sources in one household is common and it is mostly a question of getting the receipts right.

What does the per-student licence cost?

$270 a year for one student, which buys twelve months of the full curriculum for that child. Request an itemised ESA quote below naming each student, which is the form Arizona wants, and you can put it through ClassWallet.

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The rule quoted above is from the Arizona ESA Parent Handbook, chapter 3. The programme revises it, so read the current handbook at azed.gov before you buy.