Mérida, 7 September 2026 – The Junta de Extremadura has approved a total of 61,437 grants in the first award round for support with schoolbooks and school supplies for the 2026/2027 school year school year. This is set out in the administrative decision published on Monday.
Of the grants awarded, 38,893 go to applicants who meet the income limits set out in the call for applications. A further 22,544 awards are based on status as a large family (familias numerosas). A total of 91,880 applications were received. 27,489 were rejected because the income limits were exceeded, and 75 because of missing enrolment or incompatibility with the relevant course of study. Evidence of financial circumstances is still outstanding in 2,879 cases; decisions in these applications will be issued later.
By educational stage, 30,358 grants are for primary education, 20,522 for secondary education and 9,593 for the second cycle of early childhood education. In addition, 458 grants were approved for pupils receiving special educational support and 506 for other forms of education. The regional government gave this breakdown in its statement on the implementation of the funding guidelines.
The grant rates and procedure are set out in the Diario Oficial de Extremadura . The rates are €130 per pupil in primary education and €160 in secondary education, basic vocational training and special educational support. Payments are made in two instalments. The first instalment, amounting to 31 per cent, is transferred to the accounts of the relevant educational establishments, which use the funds to buy textbooks and materials.
The measure follows the distribution mechanism agreed at the Conferencia Sectorial de Educación for 2026, which takes regional risk profiles and pupil numbers into account, among other factors. For families, the award round at the start of the school year provides financial relief; for the education administration, the next steps are processing the payments and deciding the 2,879 outstanding cases. No information about possible appeals or revisions was available at the time of publication.
Editor: Mira Cadena (Article created with AI assistance).