West Virginia parents · 7 min read
What Can You Buy With West Virginia Hope Scholarship Funds?
What your West Virginia education funds cover for reading and curriculum, how it works, and what is allowed.
From The Dig · Episode 2“Every mark lit gold in the order you had read them… and a stone stairway spiraled down into the earth.”
Program rules change; your program office has the final word on every purchase.
The short version
- Your West Virginia Hope Scholarship covers more than you might think: curriculum, software, tutoring and materials.
- Online learning is eligible too, and you spend it through Student First Technologies.
- Amounts and rules shift year to year, so confirm the live number with your program before you buy.
Short answer: your West Virginia Hope Scholarship covers more than you might think: curriculum, software, tutoring and materials. Online learning is eligible too, and you spend it through Student First Technologies. West Virginia Hope names reading curriculum and nonpublic online learning as allowable. Here is the plain-English version of what the money covers for a struggling reader, and the smartest way to spend it.
The basics
- How much: about $5,436 per student.
- Status: Pays you back Buy it yourself, keep the itemized receipt, and your program pays you back. The program is active and expanding to universal for the current program year. Amounts and rules shift year to year, so confirm the live number with your program before you buy. Status as of October 15, 2026.
- How you spend it: through Student First Technologies. Keep every receipt and your child's progress documentation.
What reading families can buy
- Curriculum and textbooks for every subject, including a full structured-literacy reading curriculum.
- Educational software and online learning from approved vendors. This category stretches your dollars furthest, because a single annual license often covers a whole year of instruction.
- Tutoring from approved providers. Worth knowing: certified structured-literacy tutors run $80 to $120 an hour, which adds up fast. See what reading tutors cost.
- Services and therapies for students with a documented disability such as dyslexia.
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7 days free. No card.
What you cannot buy
- Anything from a vendor who is not approved in the program. Check before you commit money.
- General household goods, electronics with no clear educational purpose, and entertainment subscriptions.
- Anything outside the program year's rules. The program office has the final word on every purchase.
One example in the software category
A New Page is a structured-literacy program, from first sounds to confident reading, for struggling and dyslexic readers ages 3 to 18, built on the science of reading. A free reading check finds the safest place for your child to start, then explicit phonics is delivered inside illustrated stories your child unlocks by reading aloud. The West Virginia offering is a $299 annual license for one student, purchased with that student’s funds. Before you spend anything, run the free reading check so you know exactly where your child stands.
A smart order of operations for a struggling reader
- Step 1, free: the free reading check finds the right place to start and the specific skill that is breaking down. No funds spent.
- Step 2, $299: a full year of structured-literacy instruction through A New Page, starting where the check found your child is ready, for one student.
- Step 3, the rest: decodable books, the remainder of your curriculum, and targeted tutoring only if the data says you need it.
Program rules, amounts, and eligibility change; your West Virginia program office has the final word on every purchase. This guide is educational, not legal or tax advice. Status as of October 15, 2026.
West Virginia families: see exactly how to use your funds for A New Page
$299 a year for one student. Buy it yourself, then get reimbursed in the Hope portal.
Not sure your child needs it? The reading check is free, no account and no card (we keep only your email; your child's name stays on your device), and you keep the result either way.
What A New Page is
A reading program you do together, at home.
Fifteen minutes a night, side by side, from first sounds to confident reading, for ages 3 to 18. Your child reads the hero’s lines in a real story, built only from the sounds your child has learned. You read the rest from a script, so you never have to guess what to say.
Fifteen minutes a night.
A real story.
Start the free reading checkor read one night free, no account
7 days free. No card.