Future of Education Equity Fund supports ACT preschoolers with expenses

Children from low income families who are attending preschools attached to school sites in the ACT may be eligible for an annual $400 payment to support the cost of their education thanks to the Future of Education Equity Fund.

• $400 for preschool students
• $500 for primary school students
• $750 for high-school and college students.

• live in the ACT
• have sole or shared parental responsibility for a dependent student(s) in grades P-12, or be an independent student
• be financially responsible for the student(s)
• demonstrate low-income status through:
  • a current means-tested Health Care Card or Centrelink card, which must list the student(s) as dependents (some payment codes only)or
  • other forms of evidence proving low-income status or equivalent financial stress.

• enrolled full-time in a public or non-government school in the ACT in years P-12. For the Equity Fund, a preschool is defined as a preschool that is attached to an ACT school and led by a principal. Only eligible preschools will appear in the application form
• enrolled in an approved form of education other than a school and of an equivalent age to a student in years K–12 – for example, attending the Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) or registered for home-schooling in the ACT
• living with the applicant in the ACT, or in special government care that is paid for by the applicant, or be independent.