Homeschool funding & ESAs in Kansas

Can I get paid to homeschool in Kansas?

No. Kansas has no ESA or voucher that independent homeschooling families can use. Nationwide grants are listed below, each with its own eligibility rules. Romeschool tracks and organizes what you spend, so a receipt is ready the moment a program asks for one — it never files or submits anything on your behalf. Kansas's homeschool rules require no test or evaluation of their own, so there is nothing on that side to arrange.

What does Kansas require of homeschoolers — and what should I plan for?

Kansas does not require a test or an evaluation, so there is no assessment to arrange. What Kansas asks for — notice, instruction time, testing and records — is set out below, straight from the reviewed rules.

Notice

Yes. Kansas requires homeschooling families to file a notice. Where it goes: Kansas State Board of Education (KSDE) — registered as a non-accredited private school (NAPS). How: The online NAPS form asks for a registration type (New, Update or Inactive), the school's name, and its street address, city, county, state and zip. K.S.A. 72-4346 requires only the school's name and address, and the form asks nothing about the children — no grades and no number of students. KSDE's homeschool fact sheet also describes registration as showing the name and address of the custodian of the school's records, but the online form has no such field. When: One-time at establishment; no annual renewal. Update it if the school's name or address changes, and mark it inactive when you stop. Registration is not reviewed or approved. Print or save the confirmation letter the form produces — KSDE sends nothing afterwards, and if you lose it you can ask KSDE for a copy through the Letter of Registration Request form on its non-accredited private schools page. Separately notify a prior public school when withdrawing.

Testing or evaluation

No. Kansas does not require standardized testing for homeschooled students. No testing and no curriculum approval required — nothing is state-administered, and no results are submitted to anyone. Homeschool guides that list 'periodic testing' as a Kansas step draw it from In re Sawyer, 234 Kan. 436 (1983), where the court weighed many facts about one home program before deciding it was not really a school; the same opinion states that Kansas requires neither accreditation nor certified teachers. K.S.A. 72-3120 asks for a competent instructor and substantially the same instruction time as public school — nothing about testing.

Days and hours

Kansas's rule: Substantially equivalent to public schools — about 186 days / 1,116 hours for grades 1–11. Kansas case law also weighs how the teaching is organized: in In re Sawyer, 234 Kan. 436 (1983), the Kansas Supreme Court upheld a finding that a home program was not a school, listing among the facts that it had "no testing, planning or scheduling", and Attorney General Opinion 85-159 (1985) says the state agency that looks into a report of a child not in school must apply the Sawyer factors, with the courts making the final call. Those are case-law factors, not filings — Kansas still requires no testing and no curriculum approval, and nothing about your plan or schedule is sent to the state.

Records

Kansas does not require homeschooling families to keep specific records. No statutory record-keeping requirement.

Full Kansas homeschool requirements →

Nationwide grants

• ACT Today! Grant · Autism Care Today
  For U.S. families of a child with an autism diagnosis (priority to household income under $100k).
  Open to any family of a child with autism — not homeschool-specific, but useful for therapy costs.
• Dyslexia Services Foundation Grant · Dyslexia Services Foundation
  For low-income U.S. children with dyslexia who cannot otherwise afford treatment (need shown via free/reduced lunch, Medicaid, or SNAP).
  Typically identified through a teacher or provider; not homeschool-specific.
• HSLDA Compassion Curriculum Grant · Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
  For HSLDA members with significant financial need (legal custody of a child 6-19, homeschooling 3+ months).
  You must privately fund your homeschool (not receiving ESA or other public funds).
• HSLDA Disaster Relief Grant · Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA)
  For homeschooling families (child 6-19) with physical disaster damage in the past 18 months.
• MyGOAL Autism Grant · MyGOAL Inc.
  For the primary caregiver of a child under 18 with autism, with demonstrated financial need.
  Open to any family of a child with autism — not homeschool-specific.
• Our Military Kids Grant · Our Military Kids
  For children (1-18) of deployed National Guard/Reserve members (60+ days) or of post-9/11 combat-injured service members and veterans.
  Funds organized, provider-led activities (not parent-taught core instruction).
• UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation Grant · UnitedHealthcare Children's Foundation
  For U.S. children aged 16 or under with commercial (non-public) health insurance, subject to income guidelines.
  Medical (not education) funding — useful for special-needs homeschoolers' therapy costs.

Full details, amounts and deadlines for every program →