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School Community Capital Improvement Grant

Purpose

A direct grant to provide a minor works funding source for schools and is at the discretion of each school community how it is expended.

Expenditure guidelines

Schools are requested to include Parents and Citizens' Associations in consideration about how this direct grant will be administered.

The grant may be added to funds raised by Parents and Citizens' Associations for particular projects or accumulated over a number of years for allocation to a specific project.

Duration of program

Ongoing

Policy reference

Approval of the Smart School Subsidy Scheme - Submission for Action endorsed by the Minister for Education and Training TRIM Ref 04/47576

Eligibility

State School, State High School, State Special School, School of Distance Education, Community School

Form of assistance

An annual direct grant to all eligible schools

Payment details

Payment details for School Community Capital Improvement Grant
Payment	During month of	Proportion of allocation paid	Enrolments
Direct grant	October	100% of annual allocation	July Census

Allocation of funds

(Base + student rate x enrolment) x Locality Index/100

Current rates

Base = $1000
Student rate = $3.80

Data requirements

Data requirements for School Community Capital Improvement Grant
Data required	Data source	Time collected
Enrolments	School Management System (SMS) maintained by schools	July Census

Contact

School Financial Services
Telephone: (07) 3237 0774

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