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School of Distance Education Grant

Purpose

This grant assists Schools of Distance Education (SDE) to meet their day-to-day operational costs.

Expenditure guidelines

Funds may be applied at the discretion of the school community.

Duration of program

Ongoing

Policy reference

Review of Distance Education - Department of Education 1994

Eligibility

Schools of Distance Education

Form of assistance

The grant consists of the following components:

SDE General Component Formula-generated cash grant
Printing Component Cash allocation based on a proportional share of a total pool of funds
Utilities Component Cash allocation (Brisbane SDE only)
Vehicle Lease Component Cash allocation based on actual cost of leasing approved vehicles.

Payment details

Payment details for School of Distance Education Grant
Payment	Grant paid	During month of	Proportion paid
Semester 1	General, Vehicle Lease	February	50% of annual allocation
(Brisbane SDE only)	General	February	40% of annual allocation
Semester 1	Printing	April	Semester allocation
Semester 2 Payment 1	General, Vehicle Lease	July	50% of annual allocation
(Brisbane SDE only)	General	July	60% of annual allocation
Semester 2 Payment 2	Utilities	October	100% of annual allocation (Brisbane SDE only)
Semester 2	Printing	October	Semester allocation

Allocation of funds

Full-time-equivalent enrolments are used in the calculation of allocations. A weighting of 1/3 is applied to school-based secondary and adult enrolments.

The annual general recurrent allocation of each SDE is determined by the application of a formula which assigns a base plus per student rate: Allocation = [Base + Per Student Rate x FTE] x School Grant Index.

Allocations for Vehicle Leases are based on actual costs.

Printing allocations are determined by a calculation using a proportional share of a total pool of funds.

Grants incorporate utilities, communications and energy costs, except for Brisbane where a specific allocation is provided in addition to the general grant.

Current rates

General recurrent

Base $175,050
Per student FTE $436.30
School Grant Index is shown on each school's Grant Data Advice

Printing

A pool of money is distributed across the seven schools of Distance Education.
Proportions used:

Brisbane 54%
Cairns 8%
Capricorn 8%
Charleville 6%
Charters Towers 9%
Longreach 8%
Mount Isa 7%.

Utilities

Brisbane SDE $171,000

Data requirements

Data requirements for School of Distance Education Grant
Data required	Data source	Time collected
Enrolment data used for staffing model	Workforce Management Unit - Human Resources Branch	March
School Grant Index	Centre Information System (CIS) field maintained by School Financial Services	As required

Contact

School Financial Services
Telephone: (07) 3237 0774

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