Covered or not

What Oklahoma's school programs pay for, and what they leave out

Because Oklahoma has no education savings account, there is no catalog of purchases. The tax credit pays school-billed tuition and fees, LNH adds disability services through the school, and the homeschool credit covers four kinds of cost.

Last verified: October 2026. Agencies revise these programs every year, so confirm details with the office named in each section.

Sources. OAC 710:50-15-172(b) for the private school credit's qualified expenses, OAC 710:50-15-173 and the Tax Commission's homeschool credit section, and OSDE's LNH funding guidance memo and program page.

Paid for or not: the tax credit, LNH and the homeschool credit, expense by expense
Expense	Parental Choice Tax Credit	LNH scholarship	Homeschool credit
Accredited private school tuition	Yes · Net of school discounts, up to your tier	Yes · Formula amount, approved schools only	No · Home education costs only
Enrollment, registration and application fees	Yes · Named in OAC 710:50-15-172(b)	Yes · Listed in OSDE's covered fees	No
Textbook and technology fees the school charges	Yes · Only when billed by the school	Yes · Covered school fees	No
A laptop or tablet bought at a store	No · Not tuition or a school fee	No · Not a listed LNH expense	No · Not among the four qualified categories
Activity, testing and assessment fees	Yes · When billed by the school	Yes · Covered school fees	Yes · Nationally standardized tests and their prep courses
Uniforms	Yes · When bought from the school itself	Yes · When bought from the school itself	No
Tutoring	No	Yes · When tied to the disability and documented by contract	Yes · By an individual or a tutoring business
Therapies or a one-on-one aide	No	Yes · For needs resulting from the disability	No
Curriculum and books the family buys	No · Only school-billed fees count	No · Paid through the school only	Yes · Including required supplemental materials
Online program tuition	No · Unless the online program is the accredited school your child attends	No	Yes · Nonpublic online learning programs
Internet service and out-of-state field trips	No	No	No · Named as excluded in the homeschool rules
Tuition the school waives or discounts	No · The credit is figured on what you actually owe	No · Discounts go on the school's annual statement	No

What does Oklahoma's Parental Choice Tax Credit pay for at a Tulsa school?

Only what the school itself bills: tuition, plus fees such as application, registration and enrollment charges, book and technology fees, activity and testing fees, and uniforms the school sells you.

Anything the school waives or discounts is taken out first, because the credit is based on what you actually owe. Purchases made away from the school, such as a private tutor or a laptop from a store, are not qualified expenses.

Can any Oklahoma program buy my child a laptop?

Not as a separate purchase: the tax credit covers a technology fee only when the school bills it, LNH pays through the school, and a computer isn't one of the homeschool credit's four qualified categories.

That is why this Tulsa site has no device promotion. If your child's school charges a technology fee, ask whether it is listed on the enrollment verification so the credit can count it.

What can LNH cover beyond tuition?

LNH can also pay for special education programs the school runs and for therapies, tutoring or a one-on-one aide tied to the student's disability, documented by contract with the school's annual statement.

Its list of school charges it will pay mirrors the credit's: fees to apply, register or enroll, book and technology fees, activity and testing fees, and uniforms the school sells.

What counts for the homeschool credit?

Up to $1,000 per student for nonpublic online program tuition and fees, tutoring, textbooks and curriculum, and standardized test fees with prep courses; internet access and out-of-state field trips are excluded.

File Form 591-D with its supplement schedule and keep proof of each purchase. A cost shared by siblings, such as one subscription, is claimed once.

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