From the administration team

The new School Saving Bonus 2025

As shared with you previously, parents and carers of every child enrolled in a Victorian government school in 2025 will receive the one-off School Saving Bonus $400 support.

In the coming months, the Department of Education will send you 2 email communications foreach of your children enrolled in Victorian government schools.

By Friday 18 October 2024, please ensure that your child’s 2025 enrolment is completed and that your contact information is up to date.

The 2 emails from the Department of Education will be:

• 1. Confirm your email address between mid-October and late-November.
• 2. Provide you with your unique $400 School Saving Bonus code by the end of November.

If you do not receive a confirmation email from the department by late-November, please checkyour spam or junk folders and contact us if needed.

You can read more about the School Saving Bonus on the Department of Education website,with key information now available in 14 different languages.

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.  

Funds will roll over for use in future years if it is not all spent in 2025.

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.

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