Purpose
The Rural and Remote Education Access Program (RREAP) assists schools to improve the educational outcomes and opportunities of students who are disadvantaged because of their geographical isolation, so that their learning outcomes match those of other students.
Funding is provided to eligible state schools, including special education schools and schools of distance education, to enrich a curriculum that is appropriate to their students.
Duration of program
Ongoing
Eligibility
The model for eligibility, based on the Australian Statistical Geography Standard—Remoteness Structure, includes all 'Very Remote' and 'Remote' classified schools and any 'Outer Regional' schools that are 90km or more from a major centre (20,000 people).
Allocation of funds
An annual fixed budget for 2020–21 of $5,679,754 is allocated to eligible schools as follows:
- $5.485m allocated to eligible schools, with 80% of this funding distributed to individual schools and 20% distributed to school clusters.
- $0.120m set aside for lead cluster schools to organise cluster professional development projects.
- $0.075m set aside for emergent needs related to rural and remote state schools, distributed to schools if not required.
- The decision-making for use of individual school payments is the responsibility of the school and the parent organisation within the school. RREAP Individual School Guidelines must be followed in allocating this funding.
- School cluster committee (SCC) funding is paid through the SCC Host School. SCCs are responsible for the allocation of this funding. Membership on this committee consists of a school principal or their representative and one school parent organisation representative from each school in the cluster. Funding must be spent according to the RREAP School Cluster Committee guidelines.
Payment details
| Semester 1 | February | 50% annual allocation to individual and lead cluster schools |
| Semester 2 | July | 50% annual allocation to individual and lead cluster schools |
Professional Development
| September | 100% of allocation to lead cluster schools |
Data requirements
| Enrolment data | Performance Monitoring and Reporting | February |
| Remoteness area classifications | Australian Bureau of Statistics | Every 5–6 years |
Further information
For more information, please visit
Rural and Remote Education Access Program.
How to apply
Schools do not need to apply for this funding. Entitlements are automatically calculated and paid each year.
Contact
Director—Rural and Remote
State Schools—Rural, Remote and International
Telephone: (07) 3055 2941
Email:
rreap@qed.qld.gov.au