Purpose
To assist Schools of Distance Education (SDE) to meet their day-to-day operational costs.
Duration of program
Ongoing
Eligibility
Schools of Distance Education
Allocation of funds
The following components are included in this funding.
General component
Full-time equivalent (FTE) enrolments are used in the calculation of this component. A weighting of one-third is applied to school-based secondary and adult enrolments.
The annual entitlement is determined by the following formula:
- Allocation = [Base 1 + Per Student Rate x (Primary FTE enrolment + Secondary enrolment FTE + school based secondary enrolment FTE /3 + Adult enrolments FTE /3) x School Appropriation Index + Base 2 (Primary entitlement) + Base 2 (Secondary entitlement)]
Vehicle leases
Allocations for vehicle leases are based on actual costs.
Printing
Printing allocations are determined by a calculation using a historical proportional share of a total pool of funds as follows:
- Brisbane – 54%
- Cairns – 8%
- Capricornia – 8%
- Charleville – 6%
- Charters Towers – 9%
- Longreach – 8%
- Mount Isa – 7%.
Utilities
This component is paid to Brisbane SDE only and is based on an historical amount of $171,000.
Copyright
This component is paid to Brisbane SDE only and is based on an historical amount of $152,462 which covers salary, materials, legacy copyright permissions and specialised printing expenses.
Current rates
General component
Base $165,050
Per student FTE $436.30
Payment details
General—Semester 1 | February | 50% of annual allocation |
General—Brisbane SDE only | February | 40% of annual allocation |
Vehicle Lease—Semester 1 | February | 50% of annual allocation |
Printing—Semester 1 | April | 50% of annual allocation |
General—Semester 2 | July | 50% of annual allocation |
General—Brisbane SDE only | July | 60% of annual allocation |
Vehicle Lease—Semester 2 | July | 50% of annual allocation |
Copyright—Annual—Brisbane SDE | July | 100% |
Utilities Annual | October | 100% of annual allocation (Brisbane SDE only) |
Printing—Semester 2 | October | 50% of annual allocation |
Data requirements
Enrolment data used for staffing model | Workforce Management Unit—Human Resources Branch | March |
School Appropriation Index | Centre Information System (CIS) field maintained by School Financial Resourcing | As required |
How to apply
Schools do not need to apply for this funding. Entitlements will be automatically calculated and paid.
Contact
Policy enquiry
Rural, Remote and Strategic Initiatives
Phone: (07) 3055 2808
Email:
ruralandremote@qed.qld.gov.au
Payment enquiry
School Financial Resourcing
Phone: (07) 3034 5817
Email:
SFR.Finance@qed.qld.gov.au