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Allowable Expenses

What Can I Pay for with ESA+ Funds?

Families can use their ESA+ funds to pay for:

  • Tuition and fees for a private school
  • Certain services related to educating a child with disabilities
  • Certain products related to educating a child with disabilities, including curricula and textbooks.
    • Curricula and textbook purchases must be related to one of the following academic subjects: math, science, English/language arts, social sciences, or foreign languages.

Products and services must be purchased through the ClassWallet platform.

Allowable Expenses

Tuition and Fees

Tutoring

Educational Therapy

Curricula

Educational Technology

Transportation — ESA+ funds may be used for transportation to/from educational services or activities. Visit the Search for a Provider portal and enter the search term “transportation” to see a list of registered providers.

Textbooks — Must be required by a nonpublic school and related to one of the following academic subjects: math, science, English/language arts, social studies, or foreign languages.

Standardized Tests — (typically only home school students; Direct Payment Schools are responsible for required testing at schools)

 

Not Allowed*

ESA+ funds may not be used for certain items including

consumable educational supplies such as paper or printer ink

household items such as cleaning supplies

field trips

tickets to events

membership to organizations

out of state in-person services

sports equipment

furnishings such as a desk or chair

musical instruments

 

*Not an exhaustive list