Parents of children who go to Victorian state schools will get a $400 payment for each child, to help with school expenses, as part of the state budget to be handed down today.

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.”

  • @DeltaTangoLima@reddrefuge.comEnglish
    4•7 months ago

    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.