Madrid (EFE).- The Ministry of Education and Vocational Training has opened this Monday the period to request aid for students with specific educational support needs for the 2023-24 academic year, which this year includes a complementary aid of 400 euros.
The call is open until September 20 and can be requested through the electronic headquarters of the Ministry.
Students who can prove a disability, serious conduct disorder, communication/language disorder, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or high abilities may request, in addition to other aid, this supplement of 400 euros to cover the additional expenses that their families must face.
It will reach some 280,000 students from all over Spain
This supplement of 400 euros is added to the set of aid for students with specific educational support needs that includes the call for aid for this group of non-university stages, such as aid for transportation, school canteen, school residence, books and didactic material, pedagogical reeducation and language reeducation.
In addition, it is complemented by the general call for scholarships whose term opened on March 27 and ends on May 17.
In total, both calls have a “historical budget of 2,520 million euros, in order to guarantee equity in the educational system,” says the Ministry in a statement sent today.
Among the main novelties of these calls, in addition to the complementary aid of 400 euros for students with specific educational support needs, is the increase from 1,600 to 2,500 euros in residence grants for post-compulsory studies, which will benefit some 125,000 students and female students
All information can be found on the Ministry’s scholarship page.
As of today, you can also request one or more direct aid (for example, transportation, residence, dining room, etc.), whose amounts are as follows:
TEACHING
If you study in private centers not subsidized. It is an aid compatible with all the others. |
Up to €862 |
INTERURBAN TRANSPORT
If the center where you study is located in a different location than where you live and you justify that you need it due to the type of disability. It is incompatible with urban and weekend transport. |
Up to €617 |
SCHOOL CANTEEN
If you prove that you eat in the center. |
Up to €574 |
SCHOOL RESIDENCE
If you prove that you use this service. It is an aid incompatible with dining room and intercity and urban transport, but not with weekend transport. |
Up to €1,795 |
WEEKEND TRANSPORTATION
Transportation for weekend transfer of boarding students in special education centers. It is incompatible with intercity transport and urban transport. |
Up to €442 |
URBAN TRANSPORT
If you justify that you need it due to the type of disability and the distance between your home and the center. It is incompatible with intercity transport and weekend transport. |
Up to €308 |
BOOKS AND TEACHING MATERIAL
Depending on the studies you are going to study, there is a fixed amount. |
105 € – 204 € |
PEDAGOGICAL RE-EDUCATION
If you justify that you need it and that you cannot receive it at your educational center. |
Up to €913 |
LANGUAGE RE-EDUCATION
If you justify that you need it and that you cannot receive it at your educational center. |
Up to €913 |
On the other hand, in the 2023/24 call there will be two types of subsidies, for which financial requirements will not be required:
ALLOWANCE FOR LARGE FAMILIES | AMOUNT IN EUROS |
SCHOOL CANTEEN
If you prove that you eat in the center. |
Up to €574 |
INTERURBAN TRANSPORT
If the center where you study is located in a different town than your home. |
Up to €617 |
URBAN TRANSPORT
If you justify that you need it due to the type of disability and the distance between your home and the center. This subsidy is incompatible with the interurban transportation subsidy. |
Up to €308 |
SUBSIDY FOR ADDITIONAL EXPENSES OF A GENERAL NATURE | AMOUNT |
For all applicants who prove a specific need for educational support. | 400 € |