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Program guide · Arkansas · 2026-27provisional

Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account

Arkansas Children's Educational Freedom Account pays vendors through ClassWallet. Here's what a compliant invoice needs, straight from esadesk's rules data.

  • ClassWallet
  • Direct pay + reimbursement
  • No platform fee observed
How the money moves
ARArkansas EFAprogram funds
Direct pay
ClassWalletthe family submits your invoice
Youpaid 14–42 days after approval

The program pays you directly.

Reimbursement
ClassWalletthe family claims back what they already paid you
The familyrepaid — you were paid up front

The family pays you first — extra proof rules ride this lane.

Direct pay: the family uploads the invoice, ADE reviews it, and the provider is paid electronically. Reimbursement: ADE targets about 14 business days, but 2026 coverage reports real-world waits of six weeks and more.

ADE Office of School Choice — EFA (secondary reporting) · ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
The document

The invoice, annotated

What a ClassWallet reviewer looks for, region by region. Every requirement comes from the program's own documents — sources under each note.

1 Top of the page
InvoiceNo. INV-2026-0412Issued Jun 30, 2026
2 Names and identity
FromExample Learning Co.123 Main Sthello@example.com
Bill toDana JonesAccount holder
StudentRiley JonesArkansas EFA
3 The line items
DateDescriptionAmount
Jun 3, 2026Tutoring — 60 min$75.00
Jun 10–24, 2026Tutoring — 3 sessions × $75.00$225.00
4 The total
Total due$300.00
5 What rides along
Proof of payment — bank statement line

Reimbursement lane only — direct pay needs none of this.

  1. 1

    Top of the page

    Number and date the document — reviewers reference both.

    • Invoice has a unique invoice number provisional
    • Invoice has an issue date provisional
    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  2. 2

    Names and identity

    The names have to line up: your business, your address, the account holder, the student.

    • Student name is on the invoice provisional
    • Vendor business name and contact info are on the invoice provisional
    • Parent / account-holder name is on the invoice provisional
    • Vendor business address is on the invoice provisional
    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  3. 3

    The line items

    Dated, described, priced — line by line.

    • Every line item has a service date provisional
    • Every line item has a description and an amount provisional
    • Each line shows its math — minutes, or quantity × unit price good practice provisional
    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  4. 4

    The total

    The math has to close.

    • Invoice total matches the sum of the lines provisional
    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  5. 5

    What rides along

    Documents that travel with the claim.

    • Proof of payment accompanies the invoice good practice reimbursement lane provisional
    AR EFA Family Handbook 2025-26 (dese.ade.arkansas.gov)
What you’ll need

The full checklist

Every check esadesk runs for Arkansas EFA, with its fix in plain words — 11 checks cited to 2 state and platform sources.

Has to be right 9

  • Invoice has a unique invoice number provisional

    Add an invoice number — every claim needs one the reviewer can reference.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Invoice has an issue date provisional

    Add the invoice date — AZ's handbook lists it explicitly, and every platform expects it.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Student name is on the invoice provisional

    Add the student's name exactly as it appears in the program.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Vendor business name and contact info are on the invoice provisional

    Add your business name and at least one contact — email or phone.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Every line item has a service date provisional

    Add the date of service to every line — undated lines bounce.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Every line item has a description and an amount provisional

    Give every line a description and a dollar amount.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Parent / account-holder name is on the invoice provisional

    Add the parent's name — platforms match invoices to the account holder.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Vendor business address is on the invoice provisional

    Add your business address — reviewers reject invoices without it.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Invoice total matches the sum of the lines provisional

    The total doesn't add up to the line items — recalculate before sending.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA

Worth knowing 2

  • Each line shows its math — minutes, or quantity × unit price good practice provisional

    Not required here, but a line that shows its math gets fewer questions: add the minutes — “Math tutoring — 60 min — $80.00” — or a quantity and a unit price: “4 sessions × $80.00 = $320.00”.

    ADE Office of School Choice & Parent Empowerment — EFA
  • Proof of payment accompanies the invoice good practice reimbursement lane provisional

    For an Arkansas reimbursement the family already paid you, so attach the dated receipt: your business name and contact, what each item was and the date it happened, the itemized prices and the total, and the date they paid. A bank or card statement line works as a fallback. esadesk merges it into the invoice document at send.

    AR EFA Family Handbook 2025-26 (dese.ade.arkansas.gov)

Check an invoice against these rules

The free checker runs this exact checklist — what passes, what a reviewer would bounce, and how to fix it.

Runs entirely in your browser — nothing you type leaves the page.

Check a Arkansas EFA invoice