Business Manager
Craig Armstrong
Craig Armstrong
Student Allowances and Subsidies 2022
Below are details of available student allowances and subsidies. If a particular allowance or subsidy applies to your situation, please complete the associated application form, and return it to the address indicated on the form. These forms are also available for download on our website [https://www.denmarkag.wa.edu.au/enrolment/financial-assistance/]
Secondary Assistance Scheme $235.00 / $115.00
The Department of Education provides an allowance to assist eligible families with secondary schooling costs. To be eligible for the allowance the parent/carer must hold a Centrelink Family Health Care Card, Centrelink Pensioner Concession Card or a Veterans’ Affairs Pensioner Concession Card that represents a statement of low income for the family.
The allowance consists of two components:
- $115 Clothing Allowance which will be paid to the parent/carer unless indicated on the application form that you wish it to be paid to the College.
- $235 Education Program Allowance which is paid directly to the College and will be deducted from contributions and charges.
Boarding Away from Home Allowance (BAHA) $1,320
The Department of Education makes available a student Boarding Away from Home Allowance each year to families with children attending primary and/or secondary school and boarding in residential accommodation.
The allowance consists of two components:
- Agricultural Special Subsidy which applies to all students in residents who are not in receipt of Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) from the Department of Human Services (Centrelink).
- AIC Subsidy which applies to all students who are currently in receipt of AIC from the Department of Human Services (Centrelink).
Account Related Communication from the College
Statements summarising all items charged and payments received will be emailed twice per term.
Many extra cost options are required to be paid prior to a student participating in an activity and you will receive an excursion form advising of this.
If a student changes a study stream or if your account goes into credit, you will receive communication from the College regarding this.
Accounts do go through quality checks, however, if you do happen to notice something not quite right, please contact us.
Use of General Email Addresses
In this time of staffing changes and staff leave, it is important to remember when emailing the College, to use one of our general contact email addresses. This is to ensure your query will be dealt with efficiently by the correct team. Our contacts are:
denmark.wacoa@education.wa.edu.au – for all general queries, enrolment applications, complaints and feedback.
denmark.wacoa.adminstaff@education.wa.edu.au – for all queries relating to students including attendance, excursions, appointments, and any other front office query.
denmark.wacoa.finance@education.wa.edu.au – for all queries relating to student billing, subsidies, allowances, payment plans, accounts payable and accounts receivable.