{"id":20927,"date":"2022-11-28T15:22:49","date_gmt":"2022-11-28T14:22:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/student-allowance-for-18-years-and-older\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T15:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T13:36:10","slug":"student-allowance-for-18-years-and-older","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/oudersenonderwijs.nl\/en\/student-allowance-for-18-years-and-older\/","title":{"rendered":"Compensation for students 18 years and older"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You receive child benefit until your child turns 18, then a compensation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":11451,"parent":21174,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/kennisbank-detail.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20927","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-school-costs-and-parental-contribution"],"acf":{"inhoud":[{"acf_fc_layout":"inhoud_blok","afbeelding_of_video":"geen","afbeelding":false,"video":null,"intro":"Parents receive child benefit until their child turns 18. If your child is still in secondary school after that, you as a parent can apply for a compensation for students. Who is this for? What are your rights? And how can you apply? You can read that here.","inhoud":"<h3><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Who is the compensation for students for?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{\"201341983\":0,\"335559739\":0,\"335559740\":240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The compensation is for students from 18 to 30 years old in secondary education, secondary special education, and general adult secondary education. 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