Use your Texas EFA funds at Kids Trades Academy.
For the 2026–27 school year, eligible homeschooled students can be awarded $2,000 annually through Texas Education Freedom Accounts — and approved spending can include educational services, courses, instructional materials, tutoring and approved CTE programs. KTA is building its homeschool offerings to fit squarely inside those categories.
Vendor status
KTA's vendor application is in progress.
Texas accepts vendor and provider applications on a rolling basis. Until KTA and a specific offering are approved, we won't imply that any program is EFA-covered — we'll flip this page the moment that changes.
Texas Comptroller — program detailsA funding stream that fits hands-on learning.
Texas lists a broad set of approved education-related expenses — and specifically includes approved CTE programs. That language maps unusually well onto what KTA already teaches.
Educational services and programs
Courses and structured instruction
Instructional materials
Tutoring
Approved CTE programs
Training toward certain industry credentials
KTA Homeschool Trades Passport
One year. One program. A trade-skills foundation.
Built for homeschool families who want their student doing real work with real tools. Two labs a month, a project every month, structured progression through the KTA Skill Passport™ and a capstone at the end of the year.
Program length
36 weeks
Age tracks
Ages 6–17
Format
Daytime labs
Progression
KTA Passport™
Eligible homeschooled students can be awarded $2,000 per year through Texas Education Freedom Accounts. This program is designed so a full year of KTA lands inside that award.
- 2 hands-on labs each month
- Monthly project build — take it home
- All materials and consumables
- KTA Skill Passport™ enrollment
- Skill badges and progression tracking
- Digital project portfolio
- Tool-safety training and clearances
- Career exploration modules
- End-of-year capstone project
- Parent progress report each term
Pricing shown as a planning figure. Enrollment, payment and any Education Freedom Account use are confirmed only after a family's account and this offering are approved.
From first build to credentialed pathway.
KTA's curriculum is deliberately built to ladder into Texas career and technical education: Architecture & Construction, Manufacturing, Transportation and the technical pathways behind them. An eight-year-old isn't taking CTE — they're starting the habit that gets them there.
Discover
Tools, safety, measuring and first builds. Confidence before complexity.
Explore
Wood, electricity, plumbing, mechanics and design — one module at a time.
Build
Independent builds, diagnostics and engineering challenges.
Career Pathways
Our pathways ladder into Texas CTE programs of study and industry credentials.
Progression runs Badge → Skill → Pathway → Credential. Advanced students begin aligning with Texas CTE programs of study, with longer-term alignment to industry-based certifications recognized by the state.
Explore career pathwaysPlan your homeschool year with KTA
Tell us about your student and your Education Freedom Account timeline. We'll share program dates, the vendor-approval status and exactly what your account can cover.
- Homeschool families across North Texas, ages 6–17
- Two labs a month plus a monthly project build
- KTA Skill Passport™, badges and a parent progress report
Give them something real to finish.
Founding families get early access to class registration, camps, special events and opening offers — before we open the doors to everyone else.