Any parent or citizen interested in the school can attend P&C meetings. However, in order to be eligible to vote on issues, you will need to become a P&C member.
To become a P&C member:
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You can join the P&C at any time throughout the year, however voting rights do not commence until the meeting after your membership has been ratified. The exception to this is applications submitted at the AGM.
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Download, complete and sign the 'Membership Form'.
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Once the form has been completed, these can be scanned and emailed to the P&C Business Manager.
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If you cannot attend the next General Meeting where your membership will be ratified, you will need to sign the additional waiver on the membership form.
Please note:
Each year at the AGM, all of the previous year's memberships lapse. New applications are accepted at the start of the meeting and voting rights commence immediately.
Child Care Subsidy
The Child Care Subsidy is the main way the government assists families with their child care fees. The Child Care Subsidy that commenced on 2 July 2018:
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replaced the Child Care Benefit (CCB) and Child Care Rebate (CCR) with a single, means-tested subsidy
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is generally paid directly to child care providers to be passed on to families
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is simpler than the previous multi-payment system
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is better targeted and provides more assistance to low and middle income families.
Child Care Subsidy Eligibility
Some basic requirements must be satisfied for an individual to be eligible to receive Child Care Subsidy for a child.
These include:
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the age of the child (must be aged 13 or under and not attending secondary school, except in certain circumstances where an individual may be eligible for a child who does not meet this criteria, such as children with a disability or medical condition in certain circumstances)
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the child meeting immunisation requirements
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the individual, or their partner, meeting the residency requirements listed in the legislation.
In addition, to be eligible for Child Care Subsidy the individual must be liable to pay for care provided, the care must be delivered in Australia by an approved child care provider, and not be part of a compulsory education program.
Child Care Subsidy Entitlement
There are three factors that determine a family's level of Child Care Subsidy. These are:
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Activity test – the activity level of both parents
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Service type – type of child care service and whether the child attends school
The Child Care Subsidy is generally paid directly to service providers to be passed on to families as a fee reduction. Families make a co-contribution to their child care fees and pay to the provider the difference between the fee charged and the subsidy amount.
There is also targeted additional fee assistance for vulnerable families through the Child Care Safety Net.
Families can get an estimate of what they may be entitled to by entering their details into the Department of Human Services Payment and Service Finder.
Using myGov
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Sign in to your myGov account. If you don’t have one, you will need to follow the steps provided to create a myGov account.
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Link myGov to Centrelink. You can do this under the Services tab.
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Select Centrelink and complete the Child Care Subsidy Assessment.
This information is sourced directly from the Australian Government | Department of Education. For more information, please click the links provided.