Alabama

School Choice Programs

Alabama offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including three private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools and homeschooling. Alabama does not currently allow students to attend traditional public schools outside of their zoned schools via open enrollment policies.

3 Programs

Available School Choice Programs

Refundable Tax Credits(1 program)

Accountability Act of 2013 Parent-Taxpayer Refundable Tax Credits

Alabama provides a refundable tax credit to parents who transfer their children who are enrolled in, or assigned to, a priority public school to a qualifying public or private school. As the nation’s first refundable school choice tax credit, the program allows those with low- and no-state tax liability to benefit.

50 students

Since 2013

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Tax-Credit Scholarship(1 program)

Education Scholarship Program

Learn about this school choice program and how it can benefit your family.

Avg: $7,320

Since 2013

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Education Savings Account(1 program)

The Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024

Alabama’s Creating Hope and Opportunity for our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act of 2024 program provides parents a credit between $2,000 and $7,000 per student that is placed into aneducation savings account for qualified expenses. The program allows parents to direct fundsto pay for multiple uses, including private school tuition and fees, online education, therapiesand tutoring, curricula, and summer programs.

Since 2024

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Private School Choice

Alabama has three private school choice programs. These programs help families afford to send their children to participating private schools. * Alabama Education Savings Account [Learn More](https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/programs/creating-hope-opportunity-for-our-students-education/) * Alabama Refundable Tax Credits [Learn More](https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/programs/alabama-accountability-act-of-2013-parent-taxpayer-refundable-tax-credits/) * Alabama Tax-Credit Scholarship [Learn More](https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/programs/alabama-education-scholarship-program/)

Public School Choice

Alabama parents cannot transfer among public schools within their district (intradistrict) or outside their district (interdistrict). Magnet schools and online academies are allowed in Alabama, however.

Charter School Choice

Alabama does allow charter schools. Parents who choose charter schools do so the same way many parents choose private schools—only charters are public and receive tax dollars.

Home School Choice

Parents have to follow certain laws in Alabama when homeschooling their children.

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