Alaska — Correspondence School Allotment Programs

How it works

This is not an ESA. Alaska funds homeschooling through publicly funded, district-run correspondence programmes — you enrol your student in one (IDEA, Raven and others), and the programme gives you an allotment to spend on approved curriculum and educational expenses through their system. You pick the programme; the programme holds the money.

Programme: Correspondence School Allotment Programs
Administered by: Individual school districts — the state directory lists 43 programmes, including IDEA (Galena City School District) and Raven Homeschool (Yukon-Koyukuk School District)
Allotment: Set by each programme. IDEA, one of the largest, lists $2,700 per K-12 student per year; others differ, so compare before you enrol.
For homeschoolers: Homeschoolers can use it

Who qualifies

Alaska residents in grades K-12. Students must generally be 5 by 1 September. Full-time and part-time enrolment are both usually available.

Allotment amounts and rules differ by district — compare a few before you enrol. The allotment system is unchanged for 2026-27: the Alaska Supreme Court in 2025 set aside a lower-court ruling that had struck the allotment statutes down, and a 2026 proposal to restructure correspondence funding was removed from the education bill in committee in April 2026.

How to enrol

Choose a correspondence programme. Several districts run them and the allotment differs between them — compare a few before committing, because you are choosing your funding level as much as your programme.
Enrol your student. Each programme has its own enrolment form and its own deadlines.
Check this year's window. Each programme sets its own enrolment calendar. Enrol before the autumn count period to receive a full annual allotment — ask the programme for its exact 2026-27 cut-off. Dates move every year, so confirm on the official page before you plan around them.
Meet with your assigned contact teacher and get your learning plan approved. The allotment is released against that plan.
Order through the programme's system. You generally do not receive cash — you request purchases and the programme pays the vendor. One firm restriction worth knowing up front: state funds cannot be spent on religious or faith-based materials, and that applies to every publicly funded correspondence programme. Historical Conquest is a secular history curriculum, which is why it fits.

Official Alaska enrolment information → Ask us a question

Official programme page: education.alaska.gov/alaskan_schools/corres. Amounts, deadlines and eligibility are set by the state and change every year — always confirm there before you plan around them.

Sources

Checked 18 September 2026 against these sources:

Historical Conquest in Alaska

Using it with Historical Conquest

The card game, the Monthly Adventure Boxes, the textbooks and the digital game are history curriculum and instructional materials — the kind of purchase this programme lists as an allowed expense. Whether a particular item is approved is the programme’s decision, so check its expense list before you order.

Not sure whether something qualifies, or need an itemised receipt or product details for a review? Ask us.

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