This article is intended for parents who want to know more about the qualifying educational expenses for the Wyoming ESA Program
Funds from the Wyoming ESA program must be used for specific qualifying educational expenses to ensure they benefit your child’s education.Direct account expenditures through the Marketplace are highly encouraged except for specific reimbursements such as internet fees or non-provider fees. All educational products within the Wyoming ESA Program Marketplace are pre-approved.
Qualifying Expenses
- Tuition and Fees: Payments to qualified private schools, including pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary institutions.
- Educational Therapies: Services such as speech therapy, occupational therapy, behavioral therapy, audiology therapy, and other special education services.
- Tutoring Services: Payments to non-family individual tutors or tutoring centers that provide supplemental education.
- Curriculum and Educational Materials: Costs for your child’s education associated with purchasing curriculum, textbooks, and other instructional materials, including supplemental materials required by a curriculum or education service provider.
- Online Learning Programs: Fees for online courses or programs that align with Wyoming’s educational standards.
- College Courses: Tuition, fees, and instructional materials for college classes as a dual enrollment high school student.
- Career or Technical School: Tuition, fees, instructional materials, and examination fees.
- Testing and Assessments: Fees for nationally norm-referenced assessments, advanced placement exams, college or university entrance exams, and preparatory courses for college entrance exams including the ACT or other approved standardized tests.
- Technology: Purchase of computer hardware or other technology devices including educational software and applications. Assistive technology devices and applications apply.
- Contracted Public School Services: Services provided by a public school district or charter school such as individual classes, extracurricular activities, and programs.
- Summer Educational Programs: Payment for tuition and fees for educational programs offered during the summer.
- Specialized After-School Educational Programs: Payment of tuition and fees for after-school programs designed to support or enhance your child’s learning outcomes.
- Transportation Fees: Fees paid to a fee-for-service transportation provider for student travel to and from the educational service provider.
School Uniforms: Costs associated with required school uniforms.
*Purchases may be limited by quantity, size and frequency.
Requesting Approval for Additional Expenses
*Other educational expenses not listed above: Direct account expenditures through the Marketplace are highly encouraged. However, requests for educational products not currently located in the Marketplace will be considered using the following criteria:
- Is the expense statutorily allowable?
- Is the request reasonable and ordinarily used in an educational context?
- Does the expense support or enhance student learning or educational outcomes?
- Is the request ordinary or typical in cost compared to similar options?
All expenses must be paid after the services are provided or the product ships, except for tuition and fees required for enrollment or assessment purposes.
All expenditure receipts must be retained as the WDE may audit accounts to ensure that funds are being used appropriately. Misuse of funds can result in disqualification from the program and additional consequences up to and including criminal charges, where appropriate. Expenditures through the Marketplace are pre-approved and documented in the portal.