Educational assistance - Kyoikuhojo

...The scope of the subsidy covers school supplies, commuting supplies, school lunches, etc. necessary for compulsory education, and is generally a monetary grant. Furthermore, under the Law Concerning National Assistance for Encouraging Attendance of Children and Students with Difficulty in Attending School (1956) and other laws, municipalities receive national subsidies to provide educational assistance to those whose guardians are covered by the Public Assistance Law (children in need of protection) as well as those who are equivalent to them (quasi-children in need of protection). The scope of the subsidy covers school supplies, commuting fees, school excursions, commuting supplies, extracurricular activities, school supplies for new students, school lunches, etc.

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…義務教育に必要な学用品，通学用品，学校給食等を範囲とし，原則として金銭給付である。さらに，〈就学困難な児童及び生徒に係る就学奨励についての国の援助に関する法律〉(1956)等により，保護者が生活保護法の対象となる者(要保護児童)とともに，それに準ずる者(準要保護児童)に対しても，市町村が国庫補助金をうけて教育補助をおこなう。その範囲は学用品，通学費，修学旅行費，通学用品費，校外活動費，新入学児童生徒学用品費，学校給食費等である。…

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