How to pick one of the 188 curriculums that take the TEFA voucher.
After reading every single one of the 188 vendor sites, we found only 18 teach every subject, and only 47 of them say "TEFA" on their own page. The options below are the ones that fit each situation and show a price or a trial.
- 196 curriculum companies are on the state's list today, 175 of them online. Browse by city or sort by distance from your ZIP.
The counts in this guide are from the date in its sources. The finder is refreshed weekly from the state's list, checked October 26, 2026.
If you're looking for…
These fit the most common situations and already show a price or a trial. They aren't the only options: all 188 are on the state's finder, finder.educationfreedom.texas.gov.
Four quick checks you can do in a couple minutes
- Does it cover every subject, or just one? The vendor's own site will tell you, and most of the 188 sell a single subject.
- Who does the teaching? A live teacher, recorded lessons, or you. Be honest about how many hours you have.
- Is there a placement test? Take it, so you're not guessing at a grade level.
- Can you try it first? A free trial or a sample week tells you more than a screenshot ever will.
How to pick a curriculum in an afternoon
It'll take a couple of hours. You'll do a trial order, a small test, and from there you can see which one you want to buy for the year.
Hour one: pull two samples
Every one below shows a price and a way to try it.
| If you want | Try these: |
|---|---|
| Every subject, online, on their own | Alpha Omega Monarch (free trial; says TEFA) · Connected Learning ($14.95 a month; free trial; says TEFA) |
| Every subject, printed, you teach | Treehouse Schoolhouse (full-year kits; says TEFA) · The Curriculum Store (kits from several publishers; says TEFA) |
| Live teachers on a schedule | Blue Manor Academy ($30 to $200 a month; try first) · ask any of the 18 whether it runs live classes |
| Charlotte Mason or classical | Heart of Dakota (samples) · Veritas Press ($579 a course; samples) |
| Lowest cost, leaving room for a tutor | Connected Learning ($129 a year) · Educate Your Way ($19.99 a month; 7-day trial) |
Hour two: the placement test
- Most of the 18 have one. Take it before you pick a grade, because the grade on the box is only a guess.
- If there isn't one, have your kid do the first lesson of the grade you think is right, then the grade below it, and pick the level they can mostly do without you.
Hour three: order the trial through the marketplace
- In Odyssey, search the vendor's exact name and open the listing for the trial or the smallest unit, a month or a single subject.
- Order that instead of a year. The vendor confirms it and the order shows up in your history.
The two-week test: did your kid open it without being asked, and did you know what to do when they got stuck? If the answer to both is yes, buy the year. If either is no, try the other sample.
Sources: finder.educationfreedom.texas.gov (188 curriculum vendors, Sept 16, 2026); vendor websites crawled Sept 17, 2026 (prices, TEFA mentions, trials); support.withodyssey.com (purchases through the marketplace); 2,578 posts from the two largest Texas TEFA parent groups on Facebook, March 16 to Sept 19, 2026.
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