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Financial Assistance Schemes

In accordance with the Education Bureau's requirement for schools under the Direct Subsidy Scheme, the School allocates 10% of its total income from school fee as provision for the Financial Assistance and Scholarship Schemes. School fee of 2023-2024 is HK$33,950 (awaiting for approval by EDB) per annum by 10 installments.

1. School Fee Remission Scheme
   
   This scheme aims to ensure that no eligible students would be turned away from our School because of their family financial conditions, including those from families receiving the Comprehensive Social Security Assistance (CSSA) and students receiving financial assistance provided by the Student Financial Assistance Agency (SFAA). The assessment is based on principles of fairness, effectiveness, clarity and efficiency.
   
   * The applicant must be either the parent or authorized guardian of the student. *
   
   
   The Means Test
   
   The School adopts the "Adjusted Family Income" (AFI) mechanism of the Student Financial Assistance Agency of the HKSAR Government as the means test to assess the eligibility of a family for student financial assistance and its assistance level. The School's Level of Assistance is more relaxed than the Government scheme. Assessment is not required for the applicants who are receiving the financial assistance from the CSSA and the SFAA with "Full Assistance" or "Half Assistance". 
    
   1. Assessment of Eligibility
      
      The AFI mechanism is based on the following formula:

      AFI =

      Gross annual income of the family ----------------------------------------- Number of family members + (1)

       
      1. Gross annual income of the family includes the annual income of the applicant and his / her spouse; 30% of the annual income of any unmarried child / children residing with the family if applicable; and the contribution from relatives / friends if applicable.
      2. The members of a family normally refer to the applicant, his / her spouse, unmarried child / children residing with the family and the dependent parent(s) who are supported by the applicant and / or his / her spouse (Please refer to the Guidance Notes on Application for Assessment of Eligibility for definition of "Dependent Parent").
      3. For single-parent families, the 'plus 1 factor' in the divisor of the AFI formula will be increased to 'plus 2'.
         
         

         Gross annual income of applicant: Gross annual income of other family members: Number of family members: Single-parent families : YesNo   Adjusted Family Income (AFI) in the 2023 / 2024 school year = Level of Assistance =

         
         Level of Assistance
         
         The AFI eligibility benchmarks for various levels of assistance in the 2023-2024 school year are listed in the table below.
         Please note that the AFI is not the average monthly income of a family.

         2023 - 2024 school year - AFI Groups between (HK$)	Level of Assistance
         0 -  60,500	100%
         60,501 -  78,650	75%
         78,651 -  96,800	50%
         96,801 - 108,900	25%
         > 108,900	Ineligible

   2. Application
      1. ​​Application is usually accepted in September or any time during the school year when needed.
      2. Applicants can acquire details of application and the application form at the school's General Office during office hours or download from the school's website. Please read the application guidelines thoroughly before filling in the application form.
      3. If there is any query about the means test and the level of assistance, the applicant is welcome to contact the General Office of the School.
          

         Application Form for 2023-2024 Tuition Fee Remission	Guidance Notes on Application for Tuition Fee Remission Scheme 2023-2024
         Income Certificate (For salaried employed person who cannot provide income proof as listed in Part 4)	Self-prepared Income Breakdown (For hawker / construction worker / renovation worker / causal worker / cleanerwho cannot provide income proof)
         Profit & Loss Account (For person running business (including sole proprietorship or partnership business)	Profit & Loss Account (For self-employed taxi driver / lorry driver / minibus driver)

2. Special Support Grant

   
   Due to our school's financial need, this school year (2023-2024) our school has increased the school fee from $32,790 to $33,950 per year. We understand the increase this year may constitute certain economic pressure on some parents, therefore, our School's Incorporated Management Committee has approved a "Special Support Grant" aiming at alleviating the financial burden of the parents in need. Details are as follows:
   
   Target applicant: For family who is having financial pressure.
   Subvention: A one-off grant up to $1,160 (for 2023-2024 school year only) will be provided.
   Application Procedures: A circular will be sent to parents in early 2024. Parents who will apply for the Special Support Grant may return the reply slip to the General Office on time. 
    

   * All information will be kept confidential. *

3. Fee Remission Schemes
   
   Regarding students' different learning needs and support students' participation on ELAs as well as life wide learnings, there are three categories of Learning Support Subsidies: 
   1. Learning Support Grant
      
      Support for special learning needs, such as: after / outside school services or training

      Item	Applicant	Level of Subsidy
      After / outside school course / services e.g. Gifted programmes	Recommended by Educational Psychologist or teacher	50% of course fee Not more than $5,000 for each student / school year

   2. Extended Learning Activities (ELA)
      1. For recipients of school fee remission - Students will enjoy the same level of fee remission for ELAs, as shown in the following table: * No extra application is required *

         Recipients of school fee remission	Fee remission for ELAs (Travel fees NOT included)
         100%	100%
         75%	75%
         50%	50%
         25%	25%

      2. For students not in receipt of any school fee remission - They are required to complete and submit an application to the School. The School Financial Management Task Group (FMTG) may consider the application on a case-by-case basis.
         
         Remarks:
         1. All applicants are required to submit the application for (A) and (B) or every single course or activity.
         2. Application Forms are available in the General Office or can be downloaded from the School web-site.
         3. Applications are accepted in June. Details will be informed via school circular.
   3. Life-wide Learning activities / learning trips
      1. For recipients of school fee remission - Students will enjoy the same percentage of the remission as shown in the following table. * No extra application is required *

         Recipients of school fee remission	Fee remission for Life-wide learning activities / learning trips
         100%	100%
         75%	75%
         50%	50%
         25%	25%

      2. For students not in receipt of any school fee remission - They are required to complete and  submit an application to the School. The School FMTG may consider the application on a case by case basis.
          

4. Other Subsides

   1. Textbooks / Transport / School Uniforms (TTU)

      1. For recipients of school fee remission - the level of subsidies is as shown in the following table: 

         Recipients of school fee remission	Fee remission for Textbooks / Transport / School Uniforms
         100%	100%
         75%	75%
         50%	50%
         25%	25%

      2. For students not in receipt of any school fee remission - They are required to submit an application to the School. The School FMTG may consider the application on a case by case basis.

         
         Remarks:

         1. The applicant should submit the application in June for every single expense. Details will be informed via school circular.

         2. Original invoices and receipts of the title of textbooks / transportation / school uniforms should be submitted for reimbursement.

         3. The School FMTG will evaluate the assessment.

   2. Emergency Assistance Fund
       

      The School has set up an Emergency Assistance Fund to provide school fee remission for families in urgent need. This is to ensure students' education will not be affected by sudden financial difficulties in their families. There is no time limit for the application of the emergency assistance fund. Applicants, please contact class teachers for application when necessary.

5. Collection of Information
   
   All information collected for application for the two mentioned schemes will be kept confidential. Information collected is for the sole use of approval process and filing. Applicants should provide detailed and authentic information. According to Theft Ordinance (Cap 210, Laws of Hong Kong), it is illegal to acquire pecuniary interest by any means of deception. Offenders will receive penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment.

6. Assessment and Appeal Mechanism

   1. The School Development Officer will confirm with the applicant within 5 working days upon receipt of the application.

   2. All applications are assessed in four weeks by the Financial Management Task Group (FMTG) which is composed of the following members:

      1. Chairperson: Principal

      2. School representatives: Vice-principals, School Development Officer

      3. Admin representatives: Administrative Officer, Account Officer of School

   3. Applicants will be informed of the assessment result personally by the School Development Officer two weeks after the assessment procedure. The effective date of school fee remission will be the same month the application is received.

   4. All application forms and relevant finance documents will be kept as account and administration record. Within one month's time from submission of application, the School will issue cheque payment to the applicant.

   5. Appealing Mechanism:
      Applicant may appeal to the Review Group in writing with supplementary document if he / she does not agree with the result of the assessment. Applicants will be informed of two months after the appeal.
      Members of the Review group - Supervisor, Principal and two IMC managers

7. Dissemination of Information

   1. The application forms and guidelines of coming school year will be uploaded on the school website in June.

   2. Parents / guardians are informed by school circular and during the P.1 Promotion Seminars about the scheme.

   3. For more details or enquiry of the Scheme, applicant may contact the School Affairs Officer, Mr. Ho Lai Shun or the Administrative Officer of the General Office, Mr. Andy Lam at 2202 3922.

(HKUGA Primary School reserves the right for amendment of the Scheme)

Revised: August 2023