What type of expenses are eligible?

Wondering how you will use your ESTF scholarship? Here are the qualifying expenses specified in state law, with our notes added in italics for clarification.

• tuition and fees for attendance at an education service provider or eligible school;
• textbooks, curriculum, or other instructional materials including, but not limited to, any supplemental materials or associated online instruction required by either a curriculum or an education service provider;
• tutoring services approved by the department;
• computer hardware or other technological devices that are used primarily for a scholarship student’s educational needs and approved by the department or a licensed physician;
• tuition and fees for an approved online education service provider or course;
• fees for approved national norm-referenced examinations, advanced placement (AP) examinations, or similar assessments; industry certification exams; or examinations related to college or university admission (eg, SAT/ACT);
• educational services for pupils with disabilities from a licensed or accredited practitioner or provider including, but not limited to, occupational, behavioral, physical, and speech-language therapies;
• approved contracted services from a public school district, or a public charter school including individual classes, after school tutoring services, transportation, or fees or costs associated with participation in extracurricular activities;
• contracted teaching services and education classes approved by the department;
• fees for transportation paid to a fee-for-service transportation provider for the scholarship student to travel to and from an eligible provider as defined in this section, but not to exceed three thousand dollars for each school year;
• fees for interdistrict public school transfers;
• cost of school uniforms which are required for attendance;
• any consumables and items necessary to complete a curriculum or that are otherwise applicable to a course of study that has been approved by the department (think things like school supplies);
• any other educational expense approved by the department to enable personalized learning consistent with the intent of this act.