The article headline isn’t very good imo, I think the first paragraph does a better job at summing it up:
“Parents with children at Victorian state schools will receive a one-off $400 payment for school expenses for each student as part of the state budget, to be handed down later on Tuesday.”
The payment is designed to help ease cost-of-living pressures
the money will be made available as credit … towards educational expenses in certain categories
The money can not be put towards school fees or used for household expenses
it appeared the $400 payment would cover uniforms, excursions and sports activities, but not laptops
So, seems to cover things that many hard-up families probably aren’t paying for already, which means this won’t ease the cost of living pressure for them at all.
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