Regarding School Expense Subsidies

Sakai City offers financial assistance to families with children enrolled in public elementary and junior high schools who are experiencing financial difficulties, to help cover part of the cost of school supplies and other necessary expenses. Eligible households are those whose total household income in 2025 falls below the following thresholds (please note the amount varies depending on the ages of household members):
・2 person households – 217 million yen or less
・3 person households – 260 million yen or less
・4 person households – 291 million yen or less
・5 person households – 326 million yen or less
・6 person households – 368 million yen or less
The application process must be submitted between April 15th and 30th (excluding weekends and public holidays). Submit the required documents to the relevant school (excluding prefectural schools) or bring a seal (inkan) and documentation of the guardian’s bank account information to the local ward office’s application counter. Online applications (until April 30th) and by post (postmark deadline April 30th) are also accepted. Applications can still be made after this period until the end of February next year (2027), however in that instance, subsidies will be calculated from the month applied. Please note that the school expense subsidy does not roll over automatically and must be reapplied for each year. 　
For more details, please refer to the “notice on the school expense subsidy system” that will be distributed to students through schools in early April. Translated versions of the notice and the sample application form are available upon request through schools in English, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Portuguese, Vietnamese, and Tagalog.

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