The Spectacles Assistance Scheme provides assistance towards the cost of spectacles for eligible school aged children from kindergarten through to senior secondary level who attend a State or registered non-government school or college or a school aged children provided with home education where the parent is registered as the home educator. Assistance is only available through optometrists participating in the Scheme and applicants should establish this at the time of consultation. The Scheme allows for one pair of standard frames and lenses per year. Parents/guardians who are approved for STAS are eligible for assistance with spectacles. Parents who have a current concession card as listed below are also eligible to apply for the Spectacles Assistance Scheme: 

• Services Australia – Centrelink Health Care Card
• Service Australia – Centrelink Low Income Health Care Card
• Services Australia – Pensioner Concession Card or
• Department of Veteran Affairs – Pensioner Concession Card.