ESA & school-choice families
Use your ESA funds for ArborSlate
Homeschool record-keeping, transcripts, and our unit studies are digital curriculum and educational software — an allowable ESA expense category in Arizona and a growing list of states. Build your records all year, then submit one clean, itemized receipt for reimbursement.
Last reviewed July 2026
I'm an Arizona ESA mom — I built ArborSlate partly so the price objection disappears. Education savings accounts cover curriculum, educational materials, and online learning subscriptions, and ArborSlate fits squarely in that bucket. Every subscription and every unit-study purchase comes with an itemized receipt built for reimbursement — vendor name, EIN, the exact items, and the amount — the details ClassWallet and state reviewers ask for.
How families use it today
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Subscribe to ArborSlate or buy unit studies like normal.
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Download your itemized ESA receipt — one click.
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Submit it through your ESA portal (ClassWallet, Odyssey, and others) for reimbursement.
What's ESA-eligible at ArborSlate
- ArborSlate Family plan — records, transcripts, report cards, planner, and AI tutor (educational software / digital subscription).
- Unit studies — multi-subject homeschool curriculum (curriculum / educational materials), each with an itemized ESA invoice.
Coming soon:pay ArborSlate directly with your ESA funds — no out-of-pocket. We're completing vendor enrollment with ClassWallet now.
Start today — reimburse it later
Try ArborSlate free for 14 days, or pick up unit studies à la carte. Your itemized ESA receipt is one click away whenever you're ready to submit.
ESA-eligible doesn't mean we approve expenses — your program and its categories do. We make ArborSlate easy to pay for and fully itemized so it's straightforward to submit. Approved categories and amounts are set by your state and change each program year; confirm current rules before submitting.
Common questions
Can I use my ESA funds for ArborSlate?
In Arizona and a growing list of states, yes — ArborSlate is digital curriculum and educational software, which most ESA programs treat as an allowable expense. Today, families pay and submit a one-click itemized receipt for reimbursement through their ESA portal (ClassWallet, Odyssey, and others). Eligibility is set by your program, so confirm against its current category list.
Which ESA expense category does ArborSlate fall under?
In Arizona, ArborSlate is ESA-eligible under the “tuition or fees, online learning program (non-public)” category, and unit studies fall under curriculum / educational materials. Your program and its administrator decide the category — we make the purchase easy and fully itemized so it’s straightforward to submit.
Do you support ClassWallet Direct Pay yet?
We’re completing vendor enrollment with ClassWallet now. Until Direct Pay is live, families pay as normal and reimburse through their ESA portal with the itemized receipt we generate. When Direct Pay lands, you’ll be able to pay ArborSlate straight from your ESA with no out-of-pocket — check back or email hello@arborslate.com.
Are the unit studies ESA-eligible too?
The unit studies are multi-subject homeschool curriculum, which most ESA programs treat as an allowable curriculum or educational-materials expense. Every purchase includes an itemized ESA invoice (vendor, EIN, items, amount) ready to submit for reimbursement.
See also: the Arizona ESA guide, how to file your quarterly expense report, and ESA tracking by state.