Private school tuition with Arizona ESA and scholarship funds
What is covered, conditions and how to pay
- Status
- Covered with conditions. Covered at Arizona qualified private schools, paid by complete invoice.
- Conditions
- Qualified school: a nongovernmental primary or secondary school, or a preschool for pupils with disabilities, located in Arizona and serving PK–12. It must not discriminate on race, color or national origin. By statute, it must require all teaching staff and personnel with unsupervised student contact to be fingerprinted. The student cannot hold a school tuition organization (STO) scholarship in the same year the contract is signed.
- Limits
- ESA staff approve only up to the total allowable charges on the invoice. Approved fees: application, computer lab, enrollment, facility, lab, musical instrument rental, payment processing, registration, required book/textbook, supply, transportation, tutoring and uniform fees.
- Payment routes
- Pay Vendor, Reimbursement
- Documentation
- Complete invoice meeting HB p. 43 requirements (student grade level required for preschool and kindergarten only). Incomplete invoices are rejected. Tuition does not require the school's curricula.
- Not allowed
- Non-educational school fees: parking passes, yearbooks, picture day packages, caps and gowns, spirit day, fundraising requirements, PTA participation. Concurrent STO or tax-credit scholarship.
- Example
- Registration fees
- Source
- ESA Parent Handbook, School Year 2025–2026, Table p. 15; 'Tuition or fees and required textbooks at a qualified school' and 'Approved qualified school fees', p. 17; debit card MCC note p. 48; unallowable list p. 41; A.R.S. §15-2402(B)(4)(a) p. 70 (version July 1, 2025). Checked 2026-10-15.
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