Following our article in September about the School Saving Bonus, translated parent and carer resources are now available, outlining key actions to help ensure parents and carers receive the School Saving Bonus in 14 different languages.
If you have families attending your service with a child transitioning to Prep in 2025 and need access to translated resources, please refer to our School Saving Bonus website to access information you can share with parents and carers, so they can enrol and be eligible for this financial support.
The School Saving Bonus will provide $400 in support for Victorian school-aged students in Term 4, 2024 for use on 2025 school costs. This includes parents and carers of children in Four-Year-Old Kindergarten who are enrolled to start school in Term 1, 2025.
Families will be able to choose how they spend the $400 bonus – on school activities, or school uniforms and textbooks, or a mixture of all 3.
Actions for parents and carers
To receive the School Saving Bonus, parents and carers of children who are attending a Victorian government school in 2025 are required to do the following by Friday 18 October 2024:
- Complete enrolment: families will need to enrol children to start Prep in 2025. For more information, please direct families to Enrolling in School
- Check contact information: families must ensure their phone number and email address are up to date with the school. To do this, they should contact the school directly.
Who receives the School Saving Bonus
The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of each Victorian government school student from Prep to Year 12 in 2025, except for full-fee international students, home-schooled students, and TAFE students.
Non-government school students receiving the means-tested Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund in 2024 are eligible for additional support through the School Saving Bonus.
Updates from the Premier and Minister for Education
To hear more about the School Saving Bonus, download and share with parents and carers the School Saving Bonus video and letter from the Premier and Minister for Education, available on the website.
Thank you in advance for sharing this information about the School Saving Bonus with families in your community.
Find out more
For more information, refer to the School Saving Bonus website.
For further enquiries, please contact the department by email: school.saving.bonus@education.vic.gov.au
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