The amounts have been revalued by 5.6% compared to the premium paid in the summer of 2022.
Parents of students await it every year looking forward. The back-to-school allowance, which helps families buy notebooks, pens, compasses and other highlighters, will be paid on August 16 in mainland France and in most overseas departments, announced the Ministry of Solidarity on Tuesday July 11. In Reunion and Mayotte, where the start of the school year takes place respectively from August 17 and 23, the payment of the allowance will take place two weeks earlier, from August 1.
In total, around three million families are affected, the ministry said. This represents five million children aged 6 to 18, attending school or learning in a public or private establishment.
The amounts have been revalued by 5.6% compared to the premium paid in the summer of 2022. Awarded subject to means testing, the ARS amounts this year to 398.09 euros for children aged 6 to 10, 420.05 euros for children aged 11 to 14, and 434.61 euros for teenagers aged 15 to 18. In Mayotte, these amounts are increased by approximately two euros.
A simulator to find out if you are eligible
This aid is subject to a resource ceiling, i.e. 25,775 euros per year for a dependent child, plus 5,948 euros for each additional dependent child. In Mayotte, other resource ceilings apply. “When the family’s resources slightly exceed the ceiling, it then benefits from a back-to-school allowance at a reduced rate, decreasing according to its income”says the ministry.
In order to find out if your household is eligible, the government has set up a simulator. SIf your resources slightly exceed these amounts, a differential back-to-school allowance may be paid to you, details the Caf on its site.