How to apply for Student Assistance Payments of up to $250 for parents of WA school-aged children
Western Australian families will be able to apply for up $250 cash from Monday, under the latest round of the State Government's Student Assistance Payment.
Under the program, parents can apply for $150 for each primary school aged student, and $250 for each secondary pupil in their family from Monday.
Education Minister Sabine Winton said the payment was designed to cover school costs which quickly add up.
'With families facing cost-of-living pressures as a result of global inflation, the Cook Government is committed to providing relief where we can,' she said.
'We want as many families as possible to claim, and I'm pleased that particular focus is being placed this year on supporting regional communities to claim the payment.
'By supporting WA families through this significant cost-of-living measure, we're ensuring students have what they need to thrive at school.'
The program follows last year's payment, which was claimed by four in five WA families to a value of more than $75 million.
But the roll-out of that program was criticised by the Opposition, for not providing live claim rates for school to all MPs and media to promote take up rates.
To claim the payment, parents can lodge an application on Service WA using their child's WA student number. Payments are made directly into bank accounts.
Applications remain open until July 4, the end of term two.
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