Educational Spending Accounts or Microgrants(ESAs) allow eligible families to use state-provided funds for educational opportunities such as educational therapies, tutoring, and more. In select states, including Arizona, Indiana, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, and Utah, Outschool is an approved vendor for their ESA and microgrant programs, and you may be able to shop for classes on your state’s ClassWallet marketplace. This article will cover frequently asked questions and answers for prospective ESA and microgrant families.

First, you’ll need to qualify and apply for your state’s ESA program (see approved state programs here) to gain access to state funds. Once you’ve been granted the scholarship from the state, you’ll gain access to an ESA marketplace called ClassWallet. As an approved vendor, you can use your ESA funds to purchase Outschool classes on ClassWallet.

When you click on Outschool from ClassWallet, you’ll be directed to your Outschool account to purchase classes with your ClassWallet funds.

Parents can use their ClassWallet funds to purchase a single class, or they can add classes to their Learner Planner and purchase multiple classes with one ClassWallet order. The Learner Planner shopping cart is currently available for live group and self-paced classes only. Tutoring classes will need to be purchased separately (see instructions below).

Once your ESA program has approved your order, you’ll receive an email from both ClassWallet and Outschool confirming the enrollment. You can then access the class at start time through your Outschool account as usual.

If you currently qualify for Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program, Indiana's Education Scholarship Account (ESA) Program, the New Hampshire Education Freedmon Account (EFA)program, North Carolina’s Education Student Accounts (ESA+) program, South Carolina's Education Scholarship Trust Fund, Texas’ Parent-Directed Special Education Services (PDSES) program, or the Utah Fits All Scholarship (UFA), you can access Outschool classes on ClassWallet.

When you receive a refund from Outschool for a class purchased via ClassWallet, you’ll receive a confirmation email immediately, but these refunds are processed slower than regular Outschool refunds. Note it may take up to 14 business days for refunds to be reflected on your ClassWallet balance. If you haven't seen your refund after 14 business days, please follow up with ClassWallet for more information.

No. At this time stored balances will not be applied to an order made using the ClassWallet marketplace.

Yes! When you click the subscribe button for a recurs weekly class, you can enroll in up to 18 weeks of classes (or as many weeks as the educator has scheduled). You will be charged for all weeks up front. The day the enrollment ends, you can re-enroll in the class and continue the enrollment for up to 18 weeks.

At this time, because recurring weekly classes are pre-purchased, ClassWallet users cannot pause their enrollments in this class format. The support team is happy to help with any questions you have about managing your enrollment.

Currently, ClassWallet does not allow families to use funds for recurring payments. For fixed-length classes, families can either purchase the entire class upfront or can bulk enroll for anywhere between 4 weeks and 18 weeks (up to the number of scheduled weeks) of class.

Families should select the number of weeks they would like to enroll in during checkout. Once enrollment ends, they should place a new ClassWallet order to continue participating in class.

Families can use their ClassWallet funds to purchase up to 12 weeks of tutoring classes. The class description page for tutoring classes will indicate class availability, showing dates and times available similar to this:

When placing the order, follow the following steps:

If the educator is unavailable on any of the dates/times you’ve selected, this will be indicated as follows, and the total check-out price will be adjusted to reflect the sessions that were not booked.

Once you’ve completed your order on ClassWallet, you’ll receive an email from both ClassWallet and Outschool confirming the enrollment. You can then access the class at start time through your Outschool account as normal. Please read this article for more information on managing your ESA enrollments.

Note: If you would like to enroll in the same tutoring class more than 1 day a week, families will need to place separate orders for each of the separate days a week they’d like to meet.

Each state program has different rules for the types of classes that can be purchased with program funds. Please contact your state program directly for more information about their specific regulations.

Some states, including Indiana, North Carolina, Texas, and New Hampshire, have a minimum “booking window,” which gives the programs time to review and approve individual orders. This means that certain class start dates may not be available for purchase if they start sooner than the minimum booking window. Please contact your state’s program directly for more information about approval timing.

ClassWallet users can tell if their orders have been submitted if they have received an order confirmation from ClassWallet stating that it has been submitted. You will get an additional notification when the order is approved or rejected. You can always check your saved orders in your ClassWallet portal to see if they were completed. Please see ClassWallet's documentation on order receipts and their documentation on how to shop for more information.

We’re working to expand our partnerships with ESA programs across the U.S. Sign up for our waitlist, and you’ll be notified when this offer becomes available in your state.