STAS Eligibility Changes

Student assistance (STAS) is available to parents/guardians who meet the following criteria:

• Centrelink Health Care Card;
• Centrelink Low Income Health Care Card;
• Pensioner Concession Card
• Department of Veteran Affairs - Pensioner Concession Card
• Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren - if they meet requirements
• Humanitarian, refugee and asylum seekers who hold relevant bridging visas.

Online Application Forms are available on the Department of Education website. Paper forms are also available from the school office. STAS applications should be lodged by 30 December, 2020.

Further questions about STAS or Levies and Charges in general can be sent to the Department of Education’s Financial Services Unit at stas@education.tas.gov.au or by calling 1800 827 055.