Wyoming parent guide. Updated August 2026.
Coding classes with Wyoming's ESA
Wyoming's Steamboat Legacy scholarship pays $7,000 per student and runs on the Odyssey marketplace — and rural families are exactly who self-paced courses serve best.
The authoritative answer is always your program's current parent handbook. This guide helps you find the right question and category.
The program in brief
Wyoming's Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act created a universal $7,000-per-student education savings account, administered through the Odyssey marketplace. The program has continued operating while litigation proceeds; follow the current state guidance for enrollment status.
For a state where the nearest in-person coding class can be hours away, self-paced online instruction is not a convenience — it is the only format that works. A structured course brings sequence, assessment, and a parent progress view to families that cannot outsource any of it locally.
Buying a structured CS course
Purchases run through the Odyssey portal against listed vendors and products.
A $179–$229 course is about 3% of the $7,000 award; the $699 Full-Year CS Program is 10%.
Receipts carry student, seller, item, amount, and delivery method for review.
Courses that fit
Minecraft Engineering Course (Self-Paced)
$199Engineering and logic through Minecraft projects, sequenced from first circuits to complex builds.
View the courseCoding Track — Self-Paced (Semester)
$179A semester of real programming fundamentals, self-paced with auto-scored checkpoints.
View the courseRoblox Game Development Course (Self-Paced)
$229Build and publish real Roblox games in Luau across 25 structured lessons, with progress tracking parents can see.
View the courseFull-Year Computer Science Program
$699All four courses — Roblox, Minecraft, Coding Track, and AI Skills — as one outcome-named annual program on a single receipt.
View the courseCommon questions
Can Wyoming ESA funds pay for coding classes?
Structured online instruction fits the instructional categories the Steamboat Legacy program publishes, with purchases flowing through the Odyssey marketplace. The program's current guidance makes the final decision on each purchase.
How much is Wyoming's ESA award?
$7,000 per student per year under the Steamboat Legacy Scholarship Act. A $229 self-paced course uses about 3% of the award.
Why self-paced for rural families?
No commute, no fixed class times, no dependence on local providers. Lessons sequence themselves, checkpoints score themselves, and the parent view shows progress — the whole course works anywhere with an internet connection.