School ICT Grant

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Principals and Business Service Managers should note that the annual School ICT Grant allocations for 2009 will be included in the school's December GAPS schedule.

Please note, schools will be invoiced subsequently for their Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Web and Internet Access Service contributions.

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 Index. The four ICT Drivers contained in the School ICT 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 Plan. The ICT School Grant supports state schools in the implementation of the Department 's Strategic Plan 2008-2012 and the Information and Knowledge Strategic Plan 2007-2011.

Main objective

The ICT School Grant provides state schools with core 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 Census
• each principal accounting for their ICT School Grant expenditure in accordance with their School ICT Plan
• processing grant payments and school contributions for the Microsoft licence and the Web and Internet Access Service through GAPS.

Timeline of key aspects

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