Updated school allowance rules for one-semester seventh-year programmes
Official title: Voorstel van decreet van Hannes Anaf, Tomas Roggeman, Katrien Schryvers, Koen Daniëls, Ine Tombeur, Tina Van Havere en Toon Vandeurzen tot wijziging van het Groeipakketdecreet van 2018, wat de selectieve participatietoeslag in het secundair onderwijs betreft
Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘published in the Belgian Official Gazette’)
In plain language
- School allowance rules are adjusted so that students completing a shortened one-semester seventh-year programme do not lose their benefit.
- This affects secondary school students in labour-market-oriented seventh-year tracks and their families.
- If you graduate after one semester, you keep your allowance retroactively, but starting in school year 2026–2027 the amount will be halved to match your study duration.
Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.
From proposal to law
- Submitted 1 June 2026
- Approved by parliament 24 June 2026
- Given royal assent by the government not yet
- Published in the Belgian Official Journal not yet
- In force not yet
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How parliament voted
Passed on 24 June 202693 for · 1 against · 17 abstention(s)
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N-VA Voted for
29 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Vlaams Belang Voted for
25 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Vooruit Voted for
17 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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cd&v Voted for
15 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Groen Abstained
0 for · 0 against · 8 abstentions
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PVDA Abstained
0 for · 0 against · 8 abstentions
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Anders. Voted for
7 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions
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Onafhankelijke Abstained
0 for · 0 against · 1 abstention
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Team Fouad Ahidar Voted against
0 for · 1 against · 0 abstentions