ICT School Grant
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The way the annual ICT School Grant is calculated is changing.
This new methodology is different to that currently used by the department and is a transition to 100 per cent of all funds being calculated on full-time student enrolments from July 2012.
See the Grants and Allowances information for more detail.
Overview
Each school receives an annual grant to support the integration of ICT into teaching and learning practice. Grant allocations will be influenced by changes to enrolment and computer numbers at school and state levels.
Schools will need to allocate sufficient funds from the School ICT Grant (along with other internal and external resources) to support the integration of ICT into everyday practice.
Each school's expenditure on ICT will be shaped by its local context and the planning phase identified by the target benchmarks outlined in the School ICT eLearning Index. The four ICT eLearning Drivers contained in the School ICT eLearning Index provide a convenient framework for allocating funds and reporting on expenditures.
Each school's planning, budget allocations and strategies to attain the ICT benchmarks will be reflected in its School ICT eLearning Plan. The ICT School Grant supports state schools in the implementation of the Department 's Strategic Plan 2011-2015 and the Information and Knowledge Strategic Plan 2011-2015.
Main objective
The ICT School Grant provides state schools with funding specifically for integrating ICT into teaching and learning practice.
Achievement of the objective
The objective is attained by:
- schools being provided with an annual grant for use on ICT related activities
- calculating grant amounts using data collected in the School ICT eLearning Census
- each principal accounting for their ICT School Grant expenditure in accordance with their School ICT eLearning Plan
- processing grant payments through GAPS.
- invoicing schools for the Microsoft licence and the Web and Internet Access Service contributions through the accounts receivable process
Timeline of key aspects
Date |
Key aspect |
|---|---|
| November 2011 | 2011 ICT Grant allocation |
| December 2011 | Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Web and Internet Access Service contributions collected |
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