Idaho

School Choice Programs

Idaho offers K–12 students and their families several types of school choice, including a private school choice programs, charter schools, magnet schools, homeschooling, and public school choice via open enrollment.

1 Program

Available School Choice Programs

Refundable Tax Credits(1 program)

Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit

Idaho provides a refundable tax credit of up to $5,000 per eligible student (and up to $7,500 per eligible student who has a disability) for qualifying expenses, including private school tuition and fees, tutoring, fees for standardized assessments, textbooks, and curricular materials. Students may begin benefitting from the program at the start of the 2025-2026 school year. Applications for reimbursement of qualifying expenses made in 2025 will be processed beginning in January, 2026.

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Private School Choice

Idaho has one private school choice program. This program helps families afford to send their children to participating private schools. * Idaho Refundable Tax Credits [Learn More](https://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/programs/idaho-parental-choice-tax-credit/)

Public School Choice

Idaho has inter-district and intra-district open enrollment policies, which allow students to attend traditional public schools outside their zoned school. Idaho has some magnet schools.

Charter School Choice

Idaho has some charter schools, which are publicly funded schools that are free from many of the regulations that restrict traditional public schools.

Home School Choice

Parents have to meet certain laws in Idaho when homeschooling their children.

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