This element of the Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution initiative is providing funding to undertake construction of small scale infrastructure and minor refurbishment projects in all eligible Queensland schools.
Nomination and submission process
All Queensland state schools were eligible for funding subject to the requirements outlined in the Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution Guidelines 
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Funding was not available to Environmental Education Centres
Funds have been allocated on the basis of the audited February 2009 full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolment data.
Indicative funding caps provided by the Australian Government are as follows:
| School size full-time equivalents (FTEs) | Indicative funding cap |
| 0 to 50 FTEs | $50,000 |
| 51 to 150 FTEs | $75,000 |
| 151 to 300 FTEs | $125,000 |
| 301 to 400 FTEs | $150,000 |
| 401 plus FTEs | $200,000 |
The indicative funding caps provided by the Australian Government are the maximum allowable funding for each school under the Australian Government's Building the Education Revolution Guidelines (new window) . They are inclusive of all professional costs and contingencies.
Eligible projects
Under the National School Pride Program, schools were given the opportunity to propose eligible projects including:
Nomination and submission process for National School Pride Program
Queensland state schools were invited to nominate projects for the National School Pride Program via an online submission process.
An email was sent to all Queensland state school principals on 12 March 2009 linking through to the online nomination form.
Round 1 submissions closed on Monday 23 March while Round 2 submissions closed 24 April 2009.
National School Pride projects were required to fit within the Australian Government's Projects outside the National School Pride scope were considered for Round 2.
Schools were required to submit their project nominations via the online nomination forms.
| Program element | Funding Round |
| Submissions to Australian Government | Projects complete |
| National School Pride | Round 1 | 60% of eligible schools | 24 March 2009 | 20 December 2009 |
| Round 2 | 40% of eligible schools | 8 May 2009 | 1 February 2010 |
Should you require any further information, please contact your Building the Education Revolution regional advisor in the first instance.
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