Purchasing power: what aid for students?

[Mise à jour du 11 juillet 2022 à 14h33]. Particularly affected by the health crisis, students had benefited from certain state aid such as one-euro university meals as well as exceptional aid. To help young people cope with inflation, the government has announced new measures as part of the purchasing power bill, presented to the Council of Ministers this Thursday, July 14. Here is what the text provides, which will then have to be voted on in the National Assembly.

Revaluation of scholarships to 4%

From the start of the school year, scholarships could be increased by 4% on the basis of social criteria, offers the government. A measure that goes hand in hand with the increase in other social benefits such as the RSA or family allowances. The student will then have no action to take, since the amount will be automatically reassessed at the time of the first payment of the grant in question, between the end of August and the beginning of September 2022.

Meals at one euro

Scholarship students and students in a precarious situation will be able to benefit from meals at one euro, as was the case during the Covid-19 health crisis. “Since 2020, nearly 32 million meals have been served for one euro to students on scholarships or identified as precarious by the Crous” specifies the government.

An exceptional aid of 100 euros

A check in the amount of 100 euros may be granted to students who receive a grant based on social criteria, but also to those who benefit from Crous assistance, to APL recipients living outside their parents’ home.

Finally, the government recalls that nearly 800,000 young people will benefit from a revaluation of the APL, without forgetting the freezing of university registration fees. For his part, Fabien Roussel, national secretary of the PCF, suggested on BFMTV this July 11free public transport (TER, metros, trains) for employees and studentsin order to meet the rising fuel.