An approved provider in the Georgia Promise Scholarship Odyssey Marketplace

Our Georgia Promise approval

Special Ed Resource is an approved service provider in the Georgia Promise Scholarship program, and our tutoring offerings are approved for the Odyssey Marketplace. Offerings must be checked before families can buy them: GESA’s Service Provider/Vendor Handbook says offerings from an approved provider “must be pre-approved by GESA prior to their inclusion on the program marketplace.”

The Marketplace lists tutoring by subject. Before you order, ask us in a free consultation which of our offerings fits your child; we’ll tell you exactly what to look for in the Marketplace.

Who teaches Promise-paid sessions

Every teacher on our team of 40+ is certified in special education. Georgia Promise adds its own rule for tutoring paid with scholarship funds: Georgia Promise’s program regulations list “Tutoring services provided by an educator certified by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission” as a qualified expense. So tutoring paid with Georgia Promise is delivered by a teacher with a Georgia teaching certificate from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC).

Odyssey adds that tutors “may only provide services listed on their certification and for the grade levels covered,” and each offering must include the tutor’s name and certification in its description, so you can see who leads the sessions before you order. This rule applies to Promise-paid tutoring; for private-pay tutoring we choose a teacher from our team with your child’s needs in mind.

How to pay for our tutoring with Georgia Promise

1. Your child has a Promise award. Families apply through the program’s website, mygeorgiapromise.org, during an application window. After an award, the parent completes the program opt-in.
2. Complete the Quarterly Opt-In. Each quarter, before spending, the parent confirms that “my student is not in public school and will not attend public school while using scholarship funds for this quarter.” For the 2026-27 school year, Promise provides up to $6,500, paid in four quarterly payments of $1,625; GESA may withhold up to 5% for administration. Families approved in the August or November 2026 application window receive only the second half of the year’s payments.
3. Talk with us first. Book a free consultation so we can learn about your child, answer your questions and help you choose the right offering.
4. Order in the Odyssey Marketplace. In GESA’s words, the family “browses services/items on the Marketplace” and “directs digital funds to private schools, service providers, or vendors.” Order the offering we discussed in your consultation from your child’s account. Don’t pay us out of pocket if you want Promise to pay.
5. We schedule with you. Odyssey shares the order details with us, including your contact information, “to help facilitate scheduling.” Sessions then take place live and online, one-to-one.

Promise funds are spent only in the Marketplace. GESA’s Family Handbook says families “will not be reimbursed for any purchases made outside of the Marketplace, with the exception of eligible transportation expenses,” and Odyssey says: “Do not pay any invoices out of pocket if you plan to use your Georgia Promise Scholarship funds for that purchase.” More detail: paying for tutoring with Georgia Promise.

Program status: In August 2026, families filed a lawsuit in DeKalb County Superior Court (Sands v. Green) challenging the rule that students must first attend public school, according to the families’ lawyers and news reports. As of October 2, 2026, we have found no report of a ruling, and the program is operating for the 2026-27 school year. Read about the lawsuit.

What our Promise offerings cover

• Subjects and grades: core-subject tutoring, which we go over with you in the free consultation. Promise tutoring is limited to core subjects, and Odyssey says tutors “may only provide services listed on their certification and for the grade levels covered.”
• Format: one-to-one, live online, from home anywhere in Georgia.
• Academic tutoring only: we don’t offer therapy, speech-language services or evaluations. Georgia Promise treats therapies from licensed providers as a separate expense from tutoring.
• Offering names and prices: we go over them with you in the free consultation, before you order.

See what Georgia Promise pays for and how to find a Promise tutor for a child with an IEP.

Paying privately

Georgia families can also pay Special Ed Resource directly: families without a Promise award, families who want tutoring outside what their Promise offering covers, and families of preschoolers (we work with children from age 3.5; Promise starts at kindergarten). Private payments are not reimbursed by Promise, so if you want Promise to pay for a session, order it in the Marketplace.

IEP Momentum, our personalized homeschool plan and Homeschool Momentum are also paid directly to Special Ed Resource; we don’t claim Georgia Promise funds cover them.

A provider, not the program

We are not the Georgia Education Savings Authority (GESA), the Georgia Student Finance Commission, Odyssey or the State of Georgia, and families apply for Georgia Promise through the program’s website, not ours. Georgia law says a service provider “shall not be deemed an agent of the state or federal government as a result of participating in the program or accepting account funds” (O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-23(g)), and nothing here means GESA or Odyssey endorses us. For program questions, see Georgia Promise help and contacts.

Rules we follow

• No refunds, rebates or sharing of Promise funds with families: Georgia law says a service provider “shall not refund, rebate, or share account funds with a parent or student in any manner” (O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-23(d)).
• The same prices for every family: no discounts, extras or different fees tied to paying with Georgia Promise. Promise rules bar providers from charging higher or unique fees only to Promise students.
• No invoices or transaction documents to families for Marketplace orders: Odyssey’s rules say they are never shared between providers and families.
• Marketplace orders follow Odyssey’s no-cancellation policy; service orders are cancelled only if the vendor authorizes it, and refunds go through Odyssey.

Official sources

• Georgia Promise Scholarship program website (mygeorgiapromise.org)
• Georgia Promise Scholarship Program Regulations (effective July 1, 2026)
• SB 233 (2024), the Georgia Promise Scholarship Act (O.C.G.A. § 20-2B-20 and following)
• Odyssey: Georgia tutor certification requirements
• Odyssey: general requirements for offerings
• Odyssey: Georgia Marketplace categories for offerings
• Odyssey: Georgia Promise Quarterly Opt-In
• Odyssey: Georgia Promise reimbursements
• Odyssey: Marketplace cancellation policy
• Odyssey: Marketplace returns and refunds
• Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC)