The Department of Education, Science, Universities and Vocational Training opens this Tuesday and until June 21, in general, the deadline for families to apply for the next academic year 2024/25 for aid for the purchase of textbooks and school supplies, as well as to participate in the solidarity book funds of public centers. This period will be extended for one month, from the formalization of registration, exceptionally for students who join later in the course and those who repeat 4th year of ESO and do not obtain a place in basic FP.
According to the order published this Monday by the Official Gazette of Galicia (DOG), the solidarity fund It is planned for students enrolled between 3rd and 6th of Primary, as well as all ESO courses, because at these levels the textbooks from the 2023/24 academic year will be repeated.
Regarding the calls for aid, to purchase textbooks It will be for students in 1st and 2nd grade of Primary and in Special Education; and for school supplies in all Primary, ESO and Special Education courses.
Students from centers and courses that use E-Dixgal, the Xunta’s digital book initiative, will be excluded from the solidarity fund and vouchers to buy books, but will be eligible for material vouchers.
In parallel, this Tuesday the deadline will open, also until June 21, for the Private, subsidized centers join the solidarity book fund initiative and to the help line to acquire books and materials, points out Europe Press.
Presentation and procedure
Families must submit the application preferably through the electronic headquarters of the Xunta, but they will also be accepted in person at the centers. Even if the student for whom aid is requested is not yet admitted to a school or institute for the next academic year, he will appear at the center in which he is currently enrolled.
According to the order published by the DOG, the criterion for the allocation of copies of the solidarity fund – from 3rd to 6th grade of Primary and throughout ESO – will be the per capita income of the family unit, although preference will be given to students supervised by the Xunta and anyone who has a disability equal to or greater than 65 percent.
When this fund is exhausted, it will be the center that acquires the necessary textbooks to guarantee availability for families of up to 10,000 euros of rent per capita, supervised students or students with disabilities equal to or greater than 65 percent. In this case, the Xunta will pay each school 40 euros per book in Primary and 45 in ESO.
For the aid for the purchase of books -1st and 2nd of Primary-, in general they will be 160 or 240 euros, depending on income, for Primary Education; and 180 or 270 euros for ESO.
For its part, the help for school supplies -for all courses- it will be 60 or 75 euros, also depending on income, both in Primary and ESO.
The vouchers will be sealed and signed by the management of each center and will be unique for each student. A new voucher will never be issued if the family or the bookstore goes missing. If the interested person detects any error in the voucher, they will have 10 business days to correct the request and return it.
