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Environmental and Outdoor Education Centre Grant

Purpose

The Environmental and Outdoor Education Centre Grant provides assistance to Environmental and Outdoor Education Centres in meeting recurrent operating costs.

Expenditure guidelines

Centres are responsible for using the funds to enhance outcomes associated with the purpose of this grant.
Key expenses to be met from these funds include:

curriculum equipment, material and consumables for all curriculum areas
annual requisites, including photocopy paper, cleaning materials, toilet paper, chalk, etc.
office requisites, including general stationery requirements
general groundscare requirements, including mower fuel, small tools, janitor-groundsperson requirements
general running costs including carpet cleaning, sanitary services, pest control and equipment safety checks
equipment maintenance and replacement (every centre should have a planned equipment replacement program)
professional development for staff
resource centre maintenance.

Duration of program

Ongoing

Policy reference

Submission for Action Director-General of Education Number B08501299 dated 10 December 1999

Eligibility

School centre types

State Environmental Education Centres and State Outdoor Education Centres

Form of assistance

A formula-generated cash grant calculated for each semester using actual and estimated visitation data

Payment details

Payment details for Environmental and Outdoor Education Centre Grant
Payment	During month of	Proportion of allocation paid	Enrolments
Semester 1 Payment	February	80% of estimated Semester 1 allocation	Estimated visitations from previous year
Semester 1 Payment 2	April	Balance of actual Semester 1 allocation	Actual visitations from previous year
Semester 2 Payment 1	July	100% of estimated Semester 2 allocation	Estimated visitations for the current year

Allocation of funds

Base + per visitation rate x number of weighted visitations

Note: weighted visitations means:

day visitations are weighted by 1 (e.g. 40 student days = 40)
night visitations are weighted by 2 (e.g. 80 student nights = 160).

Current rates

Current rates for Environmental and Outdoor Education Centre Grant
Centres	Base	Per weighted visitation
Residential Environmental Education Centre	$20,200	$0.50
Non-residential Environmental Education Centre	$16,200	$0.50
Outdoor Education Centre	$36,200	$0.40

Data requirements

Data requirements for Environmental and Outdoor Education Centre Grant
Data required	Data source	Time collected
Visitations	Special survey of Centres conducted by Performance Management and Review Branch	March

Contact

School Financial Services
Telephone: (07) 3237 0002

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