Parents are not paid to home school, the allotment is the amount they can spend on a curriculum, they choose it and it is paid for by one of the state approved programs. Any extras like sports, Nat geo magazine, or a computer they request the approved program they are in to pay for it, if they have money left in the allotment they get may get it. The allotment is less than what the state gives per student in public school, and they used to give half of the allotment to the public school districts the child was in. Independent students do not get an allotment