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School funding

RREAP Grant Funding Schedule

February - Semester 1 grants paid to individual and lead cluster state schools

July - Semester 2 grants paid to individual and lead cluster state schools

September - Professional development grants paid to lead cluster state schools

RREAP Individual School Funding

Schools' individual Rural and Remote Education Access Program (RREAP) funding is paid through school grants payments each year. The decision-making for this grants payment is the responsibility of the school and parent organisation within the school. RREAP individual school funding guidelines 429K must be followed in allocating this funding.

RREAP School Cluster Committee (SCC) funding

SCC funding is paid through the SCC Host School. SCCs are the decision-makers on this funding. Membership on this committee consists of a school principal or their representative and one school parent organisation representative from each school in the cluster. Funding must be spent according to the RREAP SCC funding guidelines 363K.

Community-based organisations

Community-based organisations working in partnership with RREAP schools to provide extra-curricular programs to school students are to contact your local school for SCC information.

RREAP grant allocations

Download the Semester 1 2017 grant summary 161K and the Semester 2 2016 grant summary 160K spreadsheet for payment details for individual schools and clusters.

The Department of Education and Training uses the funding formula 39K to determine schools' eligibility for RREAP funding.

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This page was last reviewed on 29 Mar 2017