Use your Mississippi ESA for AI tutoring

Students with an active IEP within the past three years who leave public school qualify. There are no income caps. The program has been running since 2015 and renewals are automatic.

The award is up to $8,007 for the 2025-26 year, reimbursed quarterly. Tutoring is an eligible expense under the program.

Read the full Mississippi ESA guide

Where Aristotle supports Direct Pay, no: your ESA pays Aristotle directly through the program portal. Other programs use reimbursement, meaning you pay first and submit documentation for approval. We will confirm which method applies before you enroll.

Everything your program requires: itemized invoices with the student's name, service dates, and subjects covered. We also provide progress reports and vendor approval documentation on request.

Each student's ESA funds are separate, so each student requires an individual invoice. We prepare these automatically when you sign up.

Answer apps hand your child the solution and forget them when the chat ends. Aristotle teaches the way expert tutors do: it asks your child to explain their thinking, finds the misconception underneath a wrong answer, and guides them with questions until they solve it themselves. It remembers what your child has mastered and plans what to teach next.

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