In Australia, for a public school student, the school provides a list of pencils, pens, glue etc the child will need for the year. You can choose to buy it from wherever but there are school suppliers that will provide everything in a pack for a fee and deliver it to your door.
There is no expectation that the teacher would pay for anything out of their pocket.
Is there any real physical proof that Jesus christ ever existed?
Nato’s failure to save Ukraine raises an existential question: what on earth is it for? ( www.theguardian.com )
Why do US teachers have to ask parents to bring basic school supplies?
I've also seen US teachers spending hundreds of dollars out of their own pockets to stock classrooms....