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School Card application forms

The School Card scheme has different forms for students and families depending on their financial circumstances. You are only required to complete one of them.

In most cases you will need to show evidence to support your application – see the relevant form for details.

Once you find a form that matches your circumstances check the information on the back page to be sure you meet the eligibility criteria.

On this page:

Family receives Centrelink benefits and has a child born after 1 July 1996
Hardship due to change of circumstances or self-employment
Dependant(s) living at home and receiving youth allowance or disability support
Foster parents and guardians
Migrants and new arrivals
Adult re-entry students
Veterans
Students living away from home and receiving youth allowance or disability support
Reassessment form
Getting help

Family receives Centrelink benefits and has a child born after 1 July 1996

Form A: family receives Centrelink benefits and has a child born after 1 July 1996 (PDF 127KB)

This form is suitable for most low-income students and families. Use this form if:

your combined gross income is within the income limit
your combined gross income is generated solely from a salary or Centrelink benefits
neither parent is self-employed
the child was born after 1 July 1996.

Hardship, change of circumstances or self-employment

Form B: Hardship/change of circumstances or self-employment (PDF 141KB)

This form is for people who:

have a gross income above the School Card limit but have experienced hardship due to extraordinary or unavoidable expenses - eg medical or funeral costs
experienced a significant change of financial circumstances from the 1 July last year to until end of February this year (eg. unemployment)
are self-employed and the family gross income is within the income limit.

Dependant living at home and receiving youth allowance or disability support

Form D: Dependant living at home receiving youth allowance or disability support (PDF 133KB)

This form is for applicants with one or more dependent/s who:

receive the youth allowance or a disability support pension
are living at home
were born before July 1996

Foster parents and guardians

Form F: Foster parents and guardians (PDF 88KB)

This form is for:

foster parents who are the guardians of one or more students
grandparents who are the guardians of their grandchildren.

Migrants and new arrivals

Form M: Migrants and new arrivals (PDF 125KB)

This form is for:

newly arrived migrants who arrived in Australia after 1 July 2011
applicants who have exited a detention centre after 1 July 2011
families combined gross income is within the income limit.

Adult re-entry students

Form S: Adult re-entry students on low income (PDF 107KB)

This form is for adult re-entry students:

undertaking only DECD funded subjects
has a combined family gross income is within the income limit.

Veterans

Form V: Veterans (Word 117KB)

Complete this form if you or your partner:

receive a benefit from the Department of Veterans' Affairs
have a total gross income within the income limit.

Students living away from home and receiving youth allowance or disability support

Form Y: Students living away from home and receiving youth allowance or disability support (PDF 75KB)

This form is for students who at the end of February this year:

are living away from their parents
have a total gross income within the School Card limit
are receiving the Independent Youth Allowance or Independent Disability Support Pension.

Reassessment form

Do not complete unless you have already applied for School Card this year, your application was not accepted and you wish to appeal the decision.

Re-assessment form: Re-applying when a previous application was refused (PDF 101KB)

Applicants need to: