For guardians（3）Contents of Financial Assistance

FY 2022 Financial Assistance for Educational Expenses System

・The below list shows the yearly amount for FY 2021. The amount in FY 2022 will be informed in around July through mediums such as the official website of theCite of Sendai, etc.

【For Sendai municipal elementary schools and junior high schools (Includes Seiryo JHS) 】

・This financial assistance system is for supporting the expenses listed below, it is not for exemption of school fee payment.

School Affairs Section, Board of Education, City of Sendai

・The financial assistance subsidy (excluding school lunch fee, medical fee) will be transferred to your bank account which was designated at the submission.

Fees eligible forfinancial subsidy

Elementary school
1st grader

Junior high school

2nd to 6th graders

1st year

2nd and 3rd year

School supply fees
※If you are certified in the
middle of the financial year,
the amount of subsidy you
will receive will becalculated by the month.

School entrants
school supply fees

11,630 yen/year

13,900 yen /year

22,730 yen/year

51,060 yen/year

60,000 yen/year※The subsidy will be paid out
in July if you did not receive it
before your child enteredelementary school※The subsidy will be paidout in July if you did notreceive it when your child
was in 6th grade

Schoolexcursion fees

Actual cost (Excludes part of the expense)

Over
night
stays

Actual cost (Excludes part of the expense)

Fees foractivities
outside ofschoolField
trip

Commute fees

Actual cost (Excludes part of the expense)【Upper limit：1,600 yen】

Student council
fees
School lunch
fees
Medical fees

October andMarch

In order for children attending Sendai municipal elementary schools and junior high schools (lower secondary education
curriculums included) to receive educations at ease, the City of Sendai has established the financial assistance foreducational expenses system for households that are experiencing difficulties due to financial reasons, etc. If you are
eligible and would like to receive financial assistance, please consult the school that your child is attending.

※The annual subsidy
amount will be split
into 2 payments.

March or July

★The eligibility of certification for the assistance system will be expanded from FY 2022★
(Re-evaluating the criteria for the screening of financial reasons)After calculating
the expenses at aschoolAfter calculating
the expenses at aschoolActual cost (Excludes part of the expense)【Upper limit：2,310 yen】

Actual cost
【Upper limit：Judo/7,650 yen・Kendo/52,900 yen】

※Only necessary equipment for physical education(judo or kendo) are eligible for this subsidy

Actual cost【Upper limit：11,000 yen】

Actual cost【Upper limit：8,800 yen】

※Only for 6th graders※ Only for 3rd years

Actual cost
【Upper limit：5,550 yen】

Points of expanding the eligibility of certification

March
October andMarch

Actual cost
※Please check the conditions in the remarks column to see if you are eligible.

Sportsequipment fees
Graduation year
book fees

25,000 yen/year

Payment
period(tentative)

October or
March
March

Point 1

Raising the accreditation criteria (approximation)●The accreditation criteria will be calculated based on the age composition even if the number of household
members are same.
【Ex.】For a household of four. (Note: This is merely an approximation, as it will differ depending on the age composition of the household)

Until FY 2021
2,580,000 yen
Annual Salary
3,900,000 yen

After-tax Income⇒

From FY 2022
About 2,886,000 yen
Annual Salary (reference)(About 4,282,000 yen)

After-tax Income (approximation)

March

Actual costs (Expenses after the day of certification will be borne by the Board of Education)
Actual costs (The Board of Education will directly pay the expenses to the medical institution)※Please check the remarks column as illnesses eligible for subsidy is limited

Point 2

Even if you earn a revenue from salary, you will be screened by income.

●Confirm the amount after tax has been deducted from employment income【Ex.】In the case of confirming the income amount by the certificate ofincome and withholding tax【Remarks】
School entrants school supply fees

Tax certificate of income and withholding tax from employment income in FY 2021

Amongst those who did not receive the subsidy (including school entrants preparation fee that is a part of welfare) before their child enteredelementary/junior high school in the previous school year, only those who have been certified to receive financial assistance for educational
expenses as of April 1, 2022 (those who submitted their application in April) are eligible.

School excursion fees・Fees for activities outside of school

Receiving
payment

Address

Commute fees
Only cases in which the one way commute distance is over 4 km for ES or 6km for JHS, where the student uses public transportation and goes toa designated schools, are eligible for this subsidy.

School lunch fees

Salary・bonus(Name of work position)

101, 1-1-1 XX, 〇〇-ku, Sendai

Only events attended after the day of certification are eligible for this subsidy.
Type●The screening will be proceeded after deduct 100,000 yen as maximum from thisamount. ※You are not required to submit any documents to prove yourincome situation, as it is verifiable from the inhabitant tax information.

Payment amount

3,500,000 yen

Name

Confirm the amount

Total amount ofafter taxing

deduction for

employment income

employment income

2,370,000 yen

1,160,000 yen

SENDAI Itsuki
Withholding
income tax amount

61,700 yen

School lunch fee might be deducted from your bank account as it takes times for the result of the day of certification to be reflected. Inthat case, the deducted money will be refunded to you later. (You will receive the notice about it from the school lunch fee section in advance)

Medical fees
Only eligible for the following illness; tooth cavity, chronic sinusitis, otitis media, adenoidal hypertrophy, conjunctivitis (viral conjunctivitis
only), tinea, scabies, impetigo, parasitic disease and trachoma. Please be sure to consult the person in charge of medical tickets at school,
before visiting a medical institution for treatment. The Board of Education will issue the medical tickets required for medical visits.

Inquiries

Even if you were not eligible in FY 2021 or exceeds the accreditation criteria per the number of household members (noted on
page 3), there is a possibility that you might become eligible depending on the age composition of your household.

(※Please submit the application documents to the school)

Administrative clerk at the school of your child

TEL 022 – ()-

Scholarship Coordination Subsection, School Affairs Section, Board of Education, City of Sendai

5★Please submit your application even whether you are unsure if you are eligible or not★

TEL 022 - ( 214 ) – 8861

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■Certification Requirements（1）How to Apply and Precautions№

1① Issuing the Application Form・The school that your child is enrolled in will issue a copy of the application, please contact the school admin.

23② Submitting the Application Form

Attached Documents (Copies will be accepted)

Applicable Reason

Suspension or Discontinuation of Welfare□ Notice of Suspension or Discontinuation of Welfare【Only suspensions and discontinuations thatcame into effect after April 2022 are eligible】※ Depending on the reason of suspension or discontinuation andthe situation of the household, submission of additional
documents might be requested.

Reception of Child-rearing Allowance
Inhabitant Tax Exemption（Only those who are eligible
according to Local Tax Act Article 295 Section 1）or Reduction

Not required
Not required other than for the following【Only eligible when all household members aged 18 or older fulfil oneof the following requirements for tax reduction or exemption, and isinhabitant tax exempt: ① owns a disability certificate ② widowed③ single parent】

Individuals who do not have a resident record in
Sendai City as of January 1, 2022
□ FY2022（for FY2021） Inhabitant Tax
Payment/Exemption Certificate or Reduction
Notification

・Submit your applicant form, bank transfer request form, and documents proving each certification requirement to the school.

【issued by the municipal that one lived in at the time】※ Copies for all household members aged 18 or older mustbe submitted.

・If your children attend ES and JHS respectively, please submit the documents to both schools.

4③ Screening by the Board of Education

Exempt from or Received an Extension for the Payment of the
National Health Insurance Premiums□ Notice of Approval of National Health Insurance【Only eligible if all household members aged 20 or older are exempted or
received an extension】【Issued by the Japan Pension Service】※ Whether the premiums after April 2022 were
exempted/extended would be checked. Whether there are any
updates to the situation after July 2022 will also be checked.

Reduction of National Health Insurance Premiums□ FY 2022 National Health Insurance Fee Reduction
Notice【Issued by Ward Offices and General Branches】

・If documents required for screening is insufficient, the BoE will issue a written request via the school. If the requested documents
were not submitted by the specified due date, your application will be withdrawn.

5【Only eligible when all household members are insured by the National
Health Insurance, and are eligible for fee reduction due to one of thefollowing reasons】① Drastic decrease of income due to loss of employment or
resignation② Suffers from property damage as a result of natural hazards

・Depending on the content of the application, it might take up to 2 to 3 months for you to be notified of the result.

④ Notification of the Screening Results※Those receiving deduction due to the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
accident are not eligible

・You will be notified of the screening result with a written notice delivered via the school.

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・As for the timing of when each subsidy will be paid out (approximation), please refer to p. 5.

6Precautions
・Each subsidy item will come into effect starting from the month in which the application was submitted to the school. If you would

Those whose crops are damaged as a result of cold weather, frost,
drought, etc.

Reduction of Individual Enterprise Tax or Fixed Asset Tax□ Notice of Reduction of Individual Enterprise Tax【Individual Enterprise Tax：Only those who received reduction as aresult of natural hazards are eligible】【Fixed Asset Tax：Those who received reduction for building a newhouse are not eligible】【Issued by the Prefectural Tax Office】

OR□ FY 2022 Receipt for Fixed Asset Tax Payment【Issued by City of Sendai】※ For either of the documents, one must submit the page which shows
the reason for reduction

like to be certified starting from April, please submit your application to the school by April 28 (Thu.), 2022. If it takes time forthe attached documents to be issued, please submit the application first.
・Those who are receiving welfare do not have to submit an application. (Eligible for school excursion fees and medical fees)

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Borrowing Welfare Fund Loans【Only eligible to those who borrowed from the Social Welfare Council】

・Households that were affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake is eligible for the Disaster Victim Oriented Financial Assistancefor Educational Expenses System. As additional documents might be required, please contact the school that your child is enrolled in.

（2）Certification Requirements
・An individual is eligible as long as they fulfil any one of the requirements listed on p.3 and 4. Most households will be certified forNo. 2 “Reception of Child-rearing Allowance” or No. 8 “Financial Reason”.
・The definition of “household” in terms of the financial assistance for educational expenses system refers to everyone that lives
within the same residence, including those whose resident records are separated. Those who are living separately due toreasons such as working away from home are also included.
・In principle, households that have acquired houses within the past year are not eligible for the assistance system. In addition,
if a household acquired a house after becoming certified, their certification will be revoked one month after the day of certification.

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Premiums Exemption/Extension Application□ Notice of Welfare Fund Loan or Redemption
Statements【Issued by the Social Welfare Council】

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Financial Reason

Not required other than for the following【Eligible when the total amount of household income is below theaccreditation criterion, which is calculated using the number of household
members and age composition】

Individuals who do not have a resident record in Sendai City
as of January 1, 2022

(Reference: Approximation depending on the number of household members)【issued by the municipal that one lived in at the time】

Number※ Copies for all household members aged 18 or more (excluding
students) must be submitted.

After-tax income(approximation)

Annual Salary(Reference)2

Approx. 2,229,000 yen(Approx. 3,462,000 yen)

3

Approx. 2,486,000 yen(Approx. 3,783,000 yen)

4

Approx. 2,886,000 yen(Approx. 4,282,000 yen)

5

Approx. 3,241,000 yen(Approx. 4,726,000 yen)ofhouseholdmembers

6 or
more□ FY 2022 (for FY 2021) Inhabitant Tax
Payment/Exemption Certificate+ 500,000 per additional person※Depending on the age composition of the household, one might be eligible even
if their total amount of household income exceeds the above approximation;
it is also possible for one to not be eligible even if their total amount ofhousehold incomes is lower than the above approximation.

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