As discussed in “Notification”, parents may register their child or children as Alberta homeschooling students with thee by officially notifying thee of their intent to do so. Parents may make this official notification between the dates of March 20th and September 29th of a given year. The province of Alberta provides home education funding to each registered homeschool student, and this funding is distributed and accounted for via an associate school board or an associate private school.
For the 2025-26 school year, the funding amount for each (funded) Alberta homeschool student is as follows:
1. Grade levels 1 to 12: $901.00
2. Grade level of kindergarten: $450.50
The deadline for submitting the Reimbursement Request Form and the associated receipts to THEE’s office is mid-May. THEE will communicate the exact day of this deadline to you via the Confirmation Letter and monthly newsletters.
You must renew your notification of your intent to homeschool in Alberta by re-registering your child or children with thee for each new school year; the previous year’s notification expires at the end of that particular school year. Students may only be registered with one board at one time. Please call us immediately if your plans change before September 29th. The government grant (your home education funds) for home education is intended to defray the costs that parents will incur when they purchase learning materials or services (e.g. textbooks, tutoring, etc.) for their home education program.
Parents are able to access their homeschool funding through direct billing (i.e. purchase order (PO) numbers) and/or reimbursement for receipts submitted for the current year once their child’s Program Plan is in place. The Program Plan is your roadmap for the how-when-where-why of your home-based instruction, and in order to get reimbursed for your purchases of home learning materials or services, you must be sure that the materials support your program plans. For reimbursements, THEE may not issue homeschool funds to the parent(s) without first having received copies of the receipts for the materials and/or services. To do otherwise would force Revenue Canada to consider the amount that you received from your Alberta home schooling funding to be taxable income. Direct billing (i.e. a purchase order number) is available upon request (see “How It Works/Funding” for a list of vendors and suppliers).
Download Schedule for Funding & Reimbursement
NOTE: Prior to October 15th of each school year, THEE can provide PO#s to only homeschooling parents who were with THEE during the previous school year. After October 15th, families who are new to THEE may begin to receive PO#s. This policy is also stated in our, “Early Purchase Agreement”, form.
To get a purchase order (PO) number that you can use to pay for your home schooling supplies or services, please follow these steps:
The supplier will in turn bill us, and we will pay the bill on your behalf. For returning THEE families, direct billing for the first half of your home education funding for the upcoming school year can take place as early as September 1st of the given school year, upon your completion of the registration/notification of your child with THEE for the given school year. The funding is available for any learning resources related to the home education program. For the official word on what the province defines as a reimbursable homeschooling expense, see the “Funding” section in the “Home Education Regulations”, article (8) (5) (a) & (b).
You’ll need to sign this form and provide it to THEE’s office in order to have early access to your homeschooling funding (if you are a returning THEE family for the upcoming school year), to use the direct billing service (i.e. Purchase Order Numbers), and to avoid paying for your home learning materials “out of pocket”. This requirement to sign the form is a one-time requirement; we will keep this form in your family’s funding file for the school years that you are homeschooling with us.
NOTE: For Returning-to-THEE Families Only…This form is not for “New-to-THEE” families.
THEE is able to provide you with a Direct Deposit for your home education reimbursement funds. If you would like this service, please complete the form.
A remittance statement will be emailed to the email address indicated in the email form when the funds are being deposited to your bank account.
To see a list of vendors who currently accept Purchase Order Numbers (PO#’s) from thee, click HERE.
If you do not want to use the “direct billing” service, then you can purchase your homeschooling materials with your own “out of pocket” money, and you can then send the receipt(s) from the purchase(s) of the homeschool materials to thee to receive a reimbursement payment that comes from your son or daughter’s “Homeschool Grant” funds. Along with the receipt or a copy of your receipt, you will need to include a completed “Reimbursement Form” which shows each resource that you bought along with its price.
NOTE: For e-commerce/online purchases/Bill-of-Sale purchases, the invoice that you provide to THEE to substantiate your reimbursement request must have the name of the homeschooling parent(s) or legal guardian(s) as the name of the buyer. For example, with an invoice/receipt from Amazon.ca, the name of the parent(s) or legal guardian(s) will need to appear in the, “Billing address”, and, “Ship-To Address”, sections. For exemptions to this rule, please email your request and reason for the exemption to our finance email address, which will be in your confirmation letter and monthly newsletters.
Download Reimbursement Form (.pdf)
Instructions for Completing the Reimbursement Form (please keep and use for your reference during the school year)
This form enables you to either
Please review our, “How To”, form to learn helpful information related to completing your, “Reimbursement Form”, correctly so that we can get your reimbursement payment to you ASAP!
Download the, “How to Complete the Reimbursement Form”, instruction guide (.pdf)
Info-video #1 with helpful information: https://thee.ca/video-open-house/2019/02/15/completing-our-reimbursement-form/
Info-video #2 with helpful information: https://thee.ca/video-open-house/2021/03/29/top-10-dos-and-donts-when-completing-your-reimbursement-form/
Info-video #3 with helpful information: https://thee.ca/video-open-house/2021/09/14/reimbursement-which-we-cant-approve/
If you want to use your homeschool funding to pay for tutoring and/or group lesson, please use the following form to provide us with the needed information that Alberta Education is now requiring. Please include this completed form with your “Reimbursement Form” that you will send to us with your other receipts. You can type your information directly into this form and then print the form; you’ll still need to sign it and have the tutor/instructor sign the form.
Download the Tutorial or Group Lesson Reimbursement Form (.pdf)
Who is Eligible for Home Education Funding?
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1. For Kindergarten
To register at a Home Education program to begin homeschooling in Alberta, a child must be at least 4 years 8 months of age as of August 31st and less than 6 years of age as of September 1 of the given school year. One or both parents (or legal guardian) and child must be a resident of Alberta as of September 29th of the given school year.
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For the 2025-26 school year, a child needs to have been born on or before December 31, 2019, in order to be age-eligible to register/notify with a Home Education program.
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2. For Grades 1-12
To register at a Home Education program to homeschool in Alberta, a child must be at least 5 years 8 months of age but less than 20 years of age as of September 1st of the given school year. One or both parents (or legal guardian) and child must be a resident of Alberta as of September 29th of the given school year.
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For the 2025-26 school year, a child needs to have been born on or before December 31, 2018, in order to be age-eligible to register/notify with a homeschool program.
Please review our letter, which is part of your official, “Confirmation Package”, to learn helpful information related to our reimbursement processes so that we can get your reimbursement payment to you ASAP!
Home Education Funding is not transferable between boards or schools.
THEE’s Policy Regarding The Parent Keeping the Purchased Learning Resources:
According to the Alberta Education Home Education Regulations, all home learning resources that the parent purchase and receive reimbursement for are the property of the school administration to dispose of as the board sees fit; however, our official and written policy here is to enable the parents of the student for whom these resources were purchased to keep these resources. In other words, you get to keep your own stuff!
POLICY FOR REIMBURSING HOME EDUCATION PURCHASES:
Determining which learning resources are and are not eligible for reimbursement is an ongoing challenge for both the parent and for us here at THEE , and we at THEE have provided to you a list of learning resources which are and are not eligible for reimbursement as based on our best efforts to understand the current practices of the auditing branch of Alberta Education.
According to the rules set by Alberta Education and recorded in the Home Education Regulation regarding how a home educating parent may use the home education funds for each home educating student, the parent must
And the parent may not