School Saving Bonus
School Saving Bonus
Information for government school parents and carers
About the School Saving Bonus
The Victorian Government is making life that little bit easier for families by providing a one-off $400 School Saving Bonus.
This support will help cover the cost of school uniforms, textbooks, and school activities like camps, excursions and sports.
The School Saving Bonus is in addition to existing and continuing means-tested supports for Camps, Sports and Excursions Fund (CSEF) and the Affordable School Uniforms Program.
The School Saving Bonus will be provided to schools and families in Term 4, 2024.
Who receives the School Saving Bonus
The School Saving Bonus is available for parents and carers of all Victorian government school students from Prep to Year 12 in 2025, except for full-fee international students, home schooled students, TAFE students and students attending kindergarten in 2025.
Actions for parents and carers
Parents and carers of children who meet the School Saving Bonus eligibility above are required to do the following by Friday 18 October 2024:
- Complete enrolment
If your child, or children are changing government school for Term 1 2025, or starting Prep or Year 7 in 2025, please complete enrolment. For more information, read about Enrolling in School.
- Check your contact information
Ensure your contact information is up to date with your school. You can check this information by contacting your school directly.
Accessing the $400 School Saving Bonus
You do not need to apply for the School Saving Bonus.
The Department of Education will email you in November 2024 with your $400 School Saving Bonus. You will be able to access it via an online system.
You can decide how to best use the School Saving Bonus for your family's needs. You can choose how to allocate the $400 in the online system.
The bonus can be used towards 2025 school costs, which may include:
- camps, trips, excursions and incursions
- swimming and sporting programs
- outdoor education programs
- graduations
- school uniforms
- textbooks.
The bonus can be used at your school’s approved textbook or uniform suppliers either in-store or online, or through State Schools’ Relief. The list of suppliers may include a school uniform or bookshop. Any amount that you choose to allocate to textbooks and uniforms will be valid until 30 June 2025. It will then transfer to your child’s school account for future activities.
Funds will roll over for use in future years if it is not all spent in 2025.
Families with more than one eligible child
Families who have more than one child at the same school can combine their School Saving Bonus payments to use on one child, or for a specific activity. So, for example, a family with 3 children who are all government school students would receive support to the value of $1,200 and choose how they spend those funds. The School Saving Bonus cannot be combined across different schools.
More information
To learn more about the School Saving Bonus visit vic.gov.au/school-saving-bonus. Translated information will also be available on the School Saving Bonus website in the next few weeks.
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School Saving Bonus(Vic)
Information for Parents & Carers
The School Saving Bonus is a Victorian Government initiative to provide $400 per eligible student to help Victorian families cover the costs of textbooks and other school costs.
You can find government information and guidance about the SSB program, delivery and eligibility by heading here.
Campion Education is pleased to advise that we will accept School Saving Bonus both online and in-store.
We understand SSB will be released in late November, at which time parents and carers of eligible students in Victorian government schools will have access to an SSB portal and instructions on how to use the SSB funds.
FAQs on using School Saving Bonus with Campion for GOVERNMENT schools:
Q. What can I buy with my SSB funds?
A. Where your school recommends Campion as the school supplier and the school booklist contains textbooks, all resources on the booklist are eligible for supply under SSB. GST, fees and delivery costs can be included too.
Q. Can I use my SSB at Campion for online ordering?
A. Yes. Once the Department of Education releases the SSB portal, you will be able to follow directions for online purchase.
Q. Can I use my SSB at Campion in-store?
A. Yes. Once the Department of Education releases the SSB portal, you will be able to follow directions for in-store purchase.
Q. Can SSB pay for GST, fees, home delivery charges and so on?
A. Yes.
Q. Can I get a refund on an order paid for by SSB?
A. Yes, as long as you are within Campion’s normal refund and exchange terms and conditions. Refunds on the portion of the order paid by SSB voucher will be made in Campion vouchers.
Cash refunds or returning funds to the SSB system are not available for the portion of the order that has been paid using SSB.
Q. My school recommends a different supplier, or we don’t have a textbook supplier, but I would like to use my SSB with Campion.
A. SSB funds can only be used at your school’s nominated suppliers, which will appear in the SSB portal.
Q. I need more help!
A. Please contact our Customer Support team for assistance.