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      <title>Unused ESA Funds: Rollover, Forfeiture, and Clawback</title>
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      <description>A balance can roll over, block the next deposit, die on a dormancy clock, or be billed back after you spend it. Five state programs, read line by line.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Homeschool Portfolio Requirements: What a Reviewer Accepts</title>
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      <description>Three states name nearly the same portfolio contents and send them to three different readers. Who opens yours, on how much notice, and what volume cannot fix.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Texas ESA Program: Tiers, Amounts, and the 2027-28 Window</title>
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      <description>Who got a Texas Education Freedom Account for 2026-27, why the lottery left most eligible children waiting, what each setting pays, and what to gather next.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Public School Open Enrollment: Waitlists and Denial Reasons</title>
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      <description>Wisconsin answers on June 5, Minnesota on February 15, the DC lottery on March 27. What a district may legally refuse, and where next year&#x27;s dates appear.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Coverdell ESA vs 529 Plans for K-12 Expenses</title>
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      <description>The Coverdell still pays the uniform, the bus fee and the laptop. The expanded 529 does not. Where the two K-12 lists split, and the $2,000 ceiling behind it.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ESA Reimbursement Rejected: What to Fix and Resubmit</title>
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      <description>An invoice alone is denied in Arizona, a bank statement fails in West Virginia, Venmo needs a screenshot in Utah. ESA receipt rules from the rejection side.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>SSS and Clarity Financial Aid: What They Ask</title>
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      <description>SSS charges $60, Clarity $65, and neither one awards a dollar. What the two forms dig into, how the NAIS methodology builds a number, and who may overrule it.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Homeschool Withdrawal Letter: Avoiding a Truancy Flag</title>
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      <description>The child stops attending on a Tuesday. The filing lands Friday. Those three days are where truancy starts, and five states treat the gap differently.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Leaving Public School for an ESA: And Coming Back</title>
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      <description>An ESA ends the funding, not your address. What Arizona, Florida and Texas actually take away for 2026-27, what happens to the balance, and how re-entry works.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Federal Scholarship Tax Credit 2027: What Is Decided</title>
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      <description>Thirty states are on the IRS list and the $1,700 credit is already in the code, but the rules deciding how a family applies are still unpublished.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Homeschool Course Descriptions: How Detailed to Be</title>
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      <description>One course written twice, thin and then the way admissions offices ask for it, plus the school profile and who may sign the counselor letter.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Homeschool Transcript: What Goes On It and Who Signs</title>
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      <description>Course names a registrar can map, a credit rule you can defend, a GPA next to its scale, and one graduation month that four other offices will read back to you.</description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ESA Approved Expenses: Where the List Runs Out</title>
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      <description>A laptop is eligible in West Virginia, prohibited under Florida&#x27;s PEP, and capped at $1,500 in Utah. Five state rulebooks read side by side on the gray zones.</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Umbrella School for Homeschool: What It Replaces and Costs</title>
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      <description>A $30 enrollment can retire your annual notice and your state testing. In Tennessee it also retires your scholarship eligibility. Here is the trade.</description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ESA Application Requirements: Documents and Deadlines</title>
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      <description>Four state ESA applications, four different document lists — residency proof, income tiers, and the date each 2026-27 window shut. One is still open.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Notice of Intent to Homeschool: Who Wants It and When</title>
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      <description>One state wants a notarized affidavit by August 1. One wants nothing at all. One only accepts the filing July through April. Find out which one yours is.</description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>ESA vs Voucher vs Tax Credit Scholarship: The Difference</title>
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      <description>Same money, three machines. Who holds the funds, who reviews your receipts, and which one leaves you with an audit file — sorted by program type for 2026-27.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Proof of Residency for School Enrollment: What Is Accepted</title>
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      <description>Two utility bills, a lease not in your name, or nothing at all — what districts in five states accept as residency proof for 2026-27, and what they refuse.</description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>529 for K-12 Tuition After the 2025 Expansion</title>
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      <description>Federal law now allows $20,000 a year for K-12 and far more than tuition. Your state may still tax that same withdrawal. How to check before you take it.</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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