The other day, my son took the *enrollment examination of the private high school. If he was able to pass the exam fortunately, I would have to pay 40,000yen as an enrollment fee for the private high school. Even if he passes the public high school test which is his *first choice, that 40,000yen won't be refunded. It's a heavy burden for parents whose children will enroll the schools.

Due to the heavy economic burden particularly carried by households with children attending private school, the new tuition support system helps low income households with a high school student based on the household's annual income. The government pays tuition support to households with a high school student that pay less than 304,200yen for *municipal graded income tax (household with an annual income of under 9.1 million yen), regardless of whether the school is national, public, or private. To receive *tuition support funds, an application must be submitted along with additional documentation distributed through the school to confirm he household's municipal graded income tax amount (notification of municipal income tax, notification of collection of residence tax, *tax declaration certificate).

*enrollment examination 入学試験

*first choice 第一志望

*municipal graded income tax 市町村税所得割額

*tuition support funds　（授業料）就学支援金

*tax declaration certificate 納税申告書

先日、息子が私立高校の入学試験を受けました。もし幸いに試験に合格することができたら、私立高校の入学申込金として4万円を支払わなくてはいけません。たとえ彼が第一志望である公立高校に行くことになったとしても、私立高校に支払ったその4万円は返ってくることはありません。受験生を抱えた親にはなかなか重い金銭的な負担です。

新しい「高等学校等就学支援金制度」では、子どものいる家庭の経済的負担を軽減するため、世帯所得にもとづいて高校生のいる世帯に支援金を給付し、国立・公立・私立高校にかかわらず市町村税の所得割額304,200円未満（モデル世帯で年収約910万円）の世帯に対して支給されます。就学支援金を受け取るには、申請書を提出して学校で配布された別の書類とともに、市町村税所得割額を申告する必要があります。（添付書類としては市町村税所得割額の通知書、住民税の徴収通知書、所得税の申告書があります。）

Harumi Miyahara

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