The short answer
This is now a legacy-balance guide, not an active application opportunity. Existing recipients can use ClassWallet for tutoring, therapy, curriculum, technology, internet, music, swimming, driver education, and other approved goods and services.
Before you shop
How the program works
Empowering Parents
Official site ↗- Type
- Legacy education grant
- Administrator
- Idaho State Board of Education
- Platform
- ClassWallet
- Award
- No new 2025–26 grants. Existing grants were $1,000 per eligible student, up to $3,000 per family, with three-year spending windows.
- Homeschool access
- Existing recipients may include homeschool families; no new application cycle is available.
- How purchases work
- Spend an existing balance through ClassWallet before the grant expiration date.
- Do not publish this as an open Idaho ESA application page.
- Grants issued in 2023 expire in 2026.
By category
What the money can buy
“Conditional” means caps, credentials, documentation, spending order, or exact-offering approval matters.
Clearly allowed5
Curriculum, textbooks & booksAllowed
Existing balances can pay for curriculum, books, and instructional materials.
Examples: curriculum, books, instructional materials.
Online learning, software & subscriptionsAllowed
Educational software is an approved category.
Examples: learning software, online curriculum.
Tutoring, teaching & live classesAllowed
Tutoring and approved instructional services can be paid through DirectPay.
Examples: tutoring, driver education.
- Service provider must register and be approved in ClassWallet.
Therapies & special-needs servicesAllowed
Educational therapy, speech therapy, and related approved services can qualify.
Examples: speech therapy, educational therapy.
- Use an approved service provider.
Art, music & creative learningAllowed
Music classes and instruments are listed as examples of approved local offerings.
Examples: music class, instrument.
Allowed with conditions4
Computers, technology & internetConditional
Educational technology, laptops, and home internet can qualify.
Examples: laptop, educational technology, home internet.
- Only home internet can be reimbursed; other purchases use Marketplace or DirectPay.
Career, trade & life-skills educationConditional
Driver education and other approved educational services can qualify.
Examples: driver education.
- Use an approved provider.
Sports, physical education & movementConditional
Swimming lessons and other educational movement instruction can qualify through approved providers.
Examples: swimming lessons.
- Provider and service approval required.
Supplies, equipment & educational kitsConditional
Educational devices and instructional materials can be purchased when they support current educational needs.
Examples: instructional materials, education device.
- Must support the student's educational needs; common approved/denied guidance applies.
Not clear in public guidance8
Private school, microschool & program tuitionNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
Testing, assessment & exam preparationNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
College, dual enrollment & postsecondary studyNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
Camps, summer & after-school programsNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
TransportationNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
School uniformsNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
Planning, portfolios & recordkeepingNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
Field trips, museums & educational membershipsNeeds confirmation
The official sources reviewed do not clearly authorize this category. Ask the program before buying.
- Do not treat a plausible educational use as approval.
At checkout
Rules worth remembering
- 01
There are no new Empowering Parents grants for 2025–26 and beyond under the ended program.
- 02
Existing balances expire three years after issuance.
- 03
Home internet is the only category eligible for reimbursement; use ClassWallet for everything else.
Product evidence
Products connected to Idaho
These are provider-level signals, not blanket permission for every package or SKU.
Claims made by vendors
Useful leads, but not official state confirmation.
Evidence trail
Official sources used
All rules on this page were checked September 1, 2026.