Educational supplies with West Virginia ESA and scholarship funds
What is covered, conditions and how to pay
- Status
- Covered with conditions. Covered: basic school supplies through TheoPay.
- Conditions
- Basic educational supplies such as paper, writing utensils and scissors, and vocational supplies required for a K-12 course of study, bought through TheoPay from approved websites.
- Limits
- Reasonable quantity; excessive quantities are excluded and may have to be repaid. Laminators over $300 excluded.
- Payment routes
- Hope portal Marketplace (services) or TheoPay (goods)
- Documentation
- TheoPay order (Fulfillment or Self-Serve for carts of $75 or less).
- Not allowed
- Household furniture (desks, chairs, bookcases, storage organizers); paper shredders; excessive quantities; cleaning or household items; gift cards.
- Example
- Notebooks, pencils and scissors for the school year
- Source
- The Hope Scholarship Parent Handbook, Qualifying Expenses with Hope Scholarship Funds, p. 15 (version Updated: June 25, 2026 (PDF created 2026-06-26)). Checked 2026-10-19.
Providers in this category
Applies to every Hope Scholarship offer: Hope services are bought in the closed Marketplace of the Hope Scholarship portal and goods through TheoPay; both routes are open to every Hope account holder. Reimbursement is allowed only in the circumstances of the Board's Reimbursement Policy (adopted December 10, 2025), must be requested within 90 days of purchase, and purchases made before funds are in the student's account do not count.
| Price and units | Qualifying evidence statuses | |
|---|---|---|
| Home Science Tools | Not published by the provider | Confirmed: Home Science Tools, West Virginia |
| Learning A-Z | Not published by the provider | Confirmed: Learning A-Z, West VirginiaAvailable via another route: Learning A-Z, West Virginia |
How this table is compiled: sources and methodology.