Open your Odyssey account
Log in to the Odyssey portal connected to your student’s Georgia Promise Scholarship award.
Georgia Promise Scholarship approved provider
Once at Home: a Georgia Promise Scholarship reading program
Teach your child to read with fully scripted, one-to-one lessons in just 15 minutes a day. Once is an approved provider for Georgia’s education savings account program.
Available through the Georgia Promise Scholarship
Once is an approved Georgia Promise Scholarship provider.
Up to $6,500 for 2026–27Coaching included
Reading instruction for home study
A complete reading plan without another subject to prep
Once tells you what to teach, what to say, and what comes next. You lead one focused lesson a day while Once provides the sequence and support.
Scripted curriculum
200+ ready-to-go lessons remove lesson-planning guesswork.
15 minutes a day
Short sessions fit around the rest of your family’s learning schedule.
Instructional coaching
Get guidance from a dedicated coach when you need support.
A clear path to reading
From letter sounds to connected stories
Each stage builds on the one before it, so you always know what to teach next.
1. Learn letter sounds
Build the foundation with focused, explicit practice connecting letters and sounds.
2. Blend sounds into words
Help your child combine sounds from left to right to read their first words.
3. Read connected stories
Build accuracy and fluency through one ongoing narrative with recurring characters.
Buy Once with Georgia Promise Scholarship funds
Find Once in the Odyssey Marketplace
Georgia funds scholarship accounts each quarter through the Odyssey portal. Families then browse the Marketplace and direct funds to approved vendors. Once is an approved provider for participating families.
Review the Georgia Education Savings Authority’s Family Handbook before purchasing.
Search the Marketplace for Once
Find Once among approved vendors and select the available Once at Home offering.
Direct your scholarship funds
Follow the portal instructions to pay with available funds. Georgia does not reimburse out-of-pocket purchases, so buy through the Marketplace.
Georgia Promise Scholarship details for 2026–27
What Georgia families should know
Georgia’s program pairs quarterly student funding with an approved-vendor Marketplace run through Odyssey.
Up to $6,500 per student
GESA lists up to $6,500 per eligible student for 2026–27, paid in four quarterly installments. Up to half of a year’s award can carry forward.
Rising kindergartners qualify
Students entering kindergarten, or who spent the prior two semesters in a Georgia public school, can apply if they live in an eligible attendance zone.
Quarterly application windows
The final 2026–27 student windows run August 1–31 and November 1–30. Each window applies to the following semester.
Sources: Georgia Education Savings Authority’s Georgia Promise Scholarship site, Family Handbook, and program regulations. Program rules can change.
Questions from Georgia families
Georgia Promise Scholarship and Once FAQs
What is the Georgia Promise Scholarship?
The Georgia Promise Scholarship is Georgia’s education savings account program, created in 2024 through Senate Bill 233 and administered by the Georgia Education Savings Authority (GESA). It lets eligible families use state funds for nonpublic education expenses, including private school and home study.
Who is eligible for the Georgia Promise Scholarship?
A student must either be a rising kindergartner or be currently enrolled in a Georgia public school for the prior two consecutive semesters. The student must also live in an eligible public school attendance zone, and a parent must have lived in Georgia for at least one year, with an exception for active-duty military. Families can confirm eligibility with the pre-screen tool at MyGeorgiaPromise.org.
How much funding does a Georgia Promise Scholarship student receive?
For the 2026–27 school year, the scholarship provides up to $6,500 per eligible student, paid in four quarterly installments. GESA may withhold up to 5 percent for administrative purposes.
Can Georgia Promise Scholarship funds pay for reading curriculum?
Yes. Curriculum, including supplemental materials required by the curriculum, is a qualified education expense when approved by GESA. English, language arts, and reading curriculum is an eligible Marketplace category.
Is Once an approved Georgia Promise Scholarship vendor?
Yes. Once is an approved provider for the Georgia Promise Scholarship, so participating families can use available scholarship funds toward Once at Home through the Odyssey Marketplace.
Can I buy Once at Home first and get reimbursed?
No. Georgia states that reimbursements are not made, except for eligible transportation expenses. Families direct scholarship funds to approved vendors through the Odyssey Marketplace instead.
How much does Once at Home cost?
Once at Home costs $49 per month and can be covered by available Georgia Promise Scholarship funds. Final purchase approval is administered by GESA through the Odyssey platform.
Georgia home reading made simpler
Put your scholarship funds toward 15 focused minutes a day
Bring a clear reading sequence, ready-to-teach lessons, and ongoing coaching into your family’s routine with Once at Home.
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