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Arkansas runs the Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts. Here's who runs it, how you get paid, and where to start, with the full cited guide one click away.

Programs

Arkansas Dept. of Education, paid via ClassWallet

Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts

Arkansas's education savings accounts, run by the Arkansas Department of Education's Office of School Choice and Parent Empowerment with ClassWallet handling payments. Tutors, therapists, transportation providers, microschools and online schools apply to the Department as service providers; most product sellers don't need to apply at all.

Applications
Open for new providers1
Questions
ade.efa@ade.arkansas.gov, 501-683-18761
Arkansas provider directory. Browse 170 approved providers by city and type.

Programs in nearby states

Each program approves providers separately, so serving families across a state line means applying there too.

The federal scholarship tax credit in Arkansas

  • Beginning January 1, 2027, individual taxpayers may be able to claim a Federal Scholarship Tax Credit for cash contributions of up to $1,700 to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs). A state must choose to participate and give the IRS its list of SGOs before taxpayers can donate to an SGO in that state and claim the credit.2
  • Arkansas is on the IRS list of states that have made an advance election to participate in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit for 2027 (list as of September 14, 2026).2

What this means for providers will depend on how Arkansas's scholarship granting organizations set up their scholarships. We'll add those rules as they're published.

Where Arkansas sits

Provider guide publishedNo program we cover yetOpted in to the 2027 federal scholarship tax credit

Sources

  1. 1.Education Freedom Accounts: information for service providers, Arkansas Dept. of Education (EFA), updated Oct 9, 2026
  2. 2.Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC), Internal Revenue Service, updated Sep 16, 2026

Spot something out of date? Tell us and we'll check it against official sources. Neighboring states: Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas.