Welcome to the Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) Program

The Empowerment Scholarship Account (ESA) program is an account administered by The Arizona Department of Education that is funded by state tax dollars to provide educational options for qualified Arizona students. By opting out of the public school system, parents can seek a range of alternative educational services, such as private school or home-based education.  The ESA program is not affiliated with any services, providers, vendors or websites, please ensure you are referring to our website and documents for program direction.

Important Dates

• ESA is now accepting applications for the 2021-2022 School Year (starting July 1st, 2021).
  • The deadline to apply for Quarter 1 funding is May 1st, 2021. 

Class Wallet Live Training

ClassWallet will be hosting live trainings of their banking platform.

• March 11th starting at 9am
• March 25th starting at 1pm

You can access the Zoom Meeting Here.

We are in the process of working with ClassWallet to offer a live evening training for Summer 2021.

ESA Handbook Revision (2021-2022)

The feedback window for the revision of the 2021-2022 ESA Parent Handbook has closed.