1. Get your ESA funds
Alabama families apply for the CHOOSE Act through the state's application. Home-education students receive $2,000 each per year, up to $4,000 per family, loaded onto a ClassWallet account.
classwallet.com/alchooseAlabama CHOOSE Act
Pay with ESA funds
Alabama's CHOOSE Act gives homeschool families $2,000 per student per year (up to $4,000 per family) to spend on curriculum and educational items. Laue Labs is an approved Education Service Provider, so Alabama families will be able to buy our engineering kits with ESA dollars once ClassWallet registration is complete.
How it will work
2. Find Laue Labs
Laue Labs is approved and will appear in the Education Service Provider directory on ClassWallet under curriculum and educational items once registration is complete.
Approved October 27, 2026.
3. Buy kits with ESA dollars
Check out through ClassWallet and your ESA funds go directly to us. No reimbursement forms, no waiting — the state handles payment.
Digital packs, Build Club, and physical kits all qualify.
What ESA funds cover at Laue Labs
We applied under the "Textbooks, Curriculum, or Educational Items" category, so everything we sell qualifies:
Eligible purchases
- Engineering project packs ($7–$39) — 31 hands-on builds with full PDF guides, from the Animatronic Hand to the Light-Following Robot
- High-school packs ($17–$59) — 18 advanced builds including the Star Tracker and Muon Detector
- Birch chassis parts kit ($51) — the physical Light-Following Robot chassis
- Build Club ($9/mo) — monthly build subscription
- Classroom packs — multi-seat bundles for co-ops and microschools
Two students' ESA allotments ($4,000) would cover every pack we sell, several times over.
Questions
Is Laue Labs approved yet?
Yes. Laue Labs was approved as an Education Service Provider on October 27, 2026. ClassWallet registration is in progress — check back here, and we'll update this page the day ESA payments go live.
Do I need to do anything now?
If you haven't applied for CHOOSE Act funds yet, start at classwallet.com/alchoose. If you're already funded, join our waitlist below and we'll email you the moment we're in the vendor directory.
I'm not in Alabama — does this apply to me?
The CHOOSE Act is Alabama-only. Other states run their own ESA programs with different vendor lists — contact us if you'd like us to look into yours.
Can I still buy normally?
Yes — our shop takes cards as usual. ESA purchasing is an additional option for Alabama families, not a replacement.
Alabama families
$2,000 per student, ready to build
Join the waitlist and we'll email you the day Laue Labs goes live in the CHOOSE Act vendor directory.