Please fill out a direct debit request form if you would like the school to deduct an agreed amount either weekly, fortnightly or monthly from a nominated bank account or credit/debit card, until the invoice is paid in full.

Please click here for the direct debit request form, please include name of student and which fees you would like to pay if there are multiple invoices on account.

Please drop form into Student Services or email to dl.1035.finance@schools.sa.edu.au

Centrepay is a free bill paying service. Use Centrepay to arrange regular deductions from your Centrelink payment to pay for school fees, VET courses, laptops and camps and excursions.

You’ll need to give us permission to pay your bills using part of your payment.

You will need to tell us:

• Who you want to pay: e.g. Whyalla Secondary College
• How much you want to pay each fortnight
• Which Centrelink payment you want the money to come from.

Centrepay take money from your payment before you get it and send it to the businesses you want to pay.

We take out your Centrepay deductions from your Centrelink payment last. Other amounts Centrelink will deduct first are:

• Participation penalty amounts and non-payment periods
• Weekly payment amount, if you get your payments weekly
• Urgent and advance repayment amounts
• Debt repayments
• Child support payments
• Tax deductions
• Amounts directed to your Income Management account
• Government housing rent deductions as part of the Rent Deduction Scheme.

Please click here for the Centrepay Deduction form and click here for the Commitment to pay (both forms to be filled out).

Please drop form into Student Services or email to dl.1035.finance@schools.sa.edu.au

Applicants need to complete an application form at the beginning of each year. Application forms are available from the student services office or online at https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/education-and-learning/financial-help-scholarships-and-grants/school-card-scheme.
You may be eligible for school card if you earn under a certain amount, please select the link above for more information.

The School Card scheme provides low-income families attending a government school with financial assistance for school fees (materials and services charges).

To qualify for School Card, your family’s gross income must be below a certain limit.

2023 Income limits available at https://www.sa.gov.au/topics/education-and-learning/financial-help-scholarships-and-grants/school-card-scheme

Eligibility

School Card is available to:

• families with children aged four years and over who attend a school full-time
• independent full-time students studying year 10, 11 or 12

School Card A

This is the most commonly used school card application. Use this form if you are liable for your child’s school fees and you’re not:

• self-employed
• an independent youth
• an adult re-entry student
• a migrant who arrived in Australia after 1 July 2019
• receiving Veteran’s Affairs benefits
• applying for a foster child in your care.

School Card A – apply online

School Card A – printable form (please drop form into Whyalla Secondary College Student Services)

School Card Y (independent student)

Use this if you’re a student who receives Independent Youth Allowance as at 28 February 2023.

School Card Y – apply online

School Card Y – printable form (please drop form into Whyalla Secondary College Student Services)

More information can be found at https://www.sa.gov.au

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