Applications for the 2024-25 school year are closed. Apply for the 2025-26 school year January 15 – March 15, 2025!

ABOUT THE NEW SOUTH CAROLINA ESA’S

What type of expenses are eligible?

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  • Tuition and fees of an education service provider
  • • 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 of Education
  • • 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 nonpublic online education service provider or course
  • • Fees for approved:
    •     • National norm-referenced examinations, advanced placement examinations, or similar assessments,
    •     • Industry certification exams, or
    •     • Examinations related to college or university admission
  • • 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, 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 of Education
  • 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, not to exceed $750 for each school year
  • Fees for account management by private financial management firms approved by the department
  • Any other educational expense approved by the Department of Education
 

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