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Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA)

Texas's new education freedom accounts run on the Odyssey marketplace — your listing, not an invoice, is what gets a vendor paid.

  • Odyssey
  • Marketplace — direct pay only
  • No platform fee observed
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How the money moves

No invoice is submitted — here’s what happens instead

TEFA is a marketplace, not an invoice rail — and Odyssey’s vendor terms prohibit sharing invoices or transaction documents with parents.

TXTexas TEFAprogram funds
One lane — the marketplace
Your listingAlgebra I tutoring — 8 sessions$480.00a descriptive title at a fair-market price
The parent buys itthat purchase is the payment request
You confirm fulfillmentconfirmation starts the payment clock
Youpaid on Net-30 terms

Reimbursement is banned by statute — and invoices are never shared with parents.

TEFA pays through the Odyssey marketplace: once your provider confirms the order was fulfilled, payment follows on Net-30 terms.

SB 2 §29.360(g) + Odyssey vendor help center
Your file copy

Your internal record, annotated

This document never goes to Odyssey and never goes to the parent — it's your bookkeeping, and your evidence if the state auditor samples your transactions. Field-complete records are still worth getting right.

Internal record — never submitted, never shared with the parent
1 Top of the page
InvoiceNo. INV-2026-0412Issued Jun 30, 2026
2 Names and identity
FromBluebonnet Learning Co.1200 W 34th St, Austin, TX 78703hello@example.com
Bill toDana JonesAccount holder
StudentRiley JonesTexas TEFA
3 The line items
DateDescriptionAmount
Jun 3, 2026Algebra I tutoring — 60 min$75.00
Jun 10–24, 2026Algebra I tutoring — 3 sessions × $75.00$225.00
4 The total
Total$300.00
5 What rides along
Tutor credential
  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
    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center
  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
    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center
  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
    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center
  4. 4

    The total

    The math has to close.

    • Invoice total matches the sum of the lines provisional
    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center
  5. 5

    What rides along

    Documents that travel with the claim.

    • Everyone serving students meets TEFA's educator requirements good practice
    SB 2 §29.358; Odyssey tutor vendor checklist
What you’ll need

The full checklist

Every check esadesk runs for Texas TEFA, with its fix in plain words — 12 checks cited to 3 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.

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Invoice has an issue date provisional

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

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Student name is on the invoice provisional

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

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Vendor business name and contact info are on the invoice provisional

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

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Every line item has a service date provisional

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

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Every line item has a description and an amount provisional

    Give every line a description and a dollar amount.

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Parent / account-holder name is on the invoice provisional

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

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Vendor business address is on the invoice provisional

    Add your business address — reviewers reject invoices without it.

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Invoice total matches the sum of the lines provisional

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

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

Worth knowing 3

  • 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”.

    SB 2 + Odyssey vendor help center

  • Everyone serving students meets TEFA's educator requirements good practice

    TEFA requires each person serving students to hold a teaching certificate, a relevant state/regional/national license or accreditation, or a current/retired higher-ed teaching role — plus TEFA's own $37 fingerprint check for anyone who interacts with the student, even virtually.

    SB 2 §29.358; Odyssey tutor vendor checklist

  • The provider is not a family member of the student good practice

    TEFA funds can't pay a family member for services — confirm you aren't the student's parent or a relative. This is an eligibility rule, not an invoice field, so it only warns here.

    educationfreedom.texas.gov/families (TEA)

Check your records against these rules

The free checker runs this exact checklist — keep your internal records audit-complete.

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

Check a Texas TEFA record