Purpose
To assist schools with the costs of wages for departmental personnel undertaking individual travel support for students with disability. This support is provided to eligible students as outlined in the
school transport assistance program for students with disability procedure.
Travel is between the approved transport location and school at the start and end of the student's school day.
Duration of program
Ongoing
Eligibility
A school arranged travel escort may be considered when all other stakeholder sources to provide individual travel support due to a student's medical or safety requirements have been exhausted. The need for a school arranged escort must be outlined in the student’s approved school transport application, which authorises the school to arrange for one or more suitable persons to undertake this duty as defined in the
school transport assistance program for students with disability procedure.
Where a school arranged travel escort is required and the school does not have an existing staff member available to undertake the escort duty, a suitable person may be employed by the school to cover the hours required. Employment on a casual or fixed term temporary basis may be appropriate in these circumstances, given travel escort hours are subject to student need (i.e. not permanent/ongoing).
Allocation of funds
School arranged travel escort duties are usually undertaken by teacher aides.
Schools should first seek to cover travel escort duties using existing teacher aides before employing new teacher aides (on a casual or fixed term temporary basis).
Teacher aides and other staff are paid in accordance with their entitlements. Department employees can search 'awards, certified agreements and pay rates' on OnePortal for further information.
A knowledge base article has been developed to support employment arrangements for teacher aides undertaking individual travel support to eligible students. Department employees can search 'teacher aides undertaking student escort duty for eligible students with disability' on Services Catalogue Online.
Payment details
Following the review and approval of submitted claims, payments to schools are made in the next available monthly School Appropriation Payments Application (SAPA) run.
Data requirements
| Wage claim for school arranged travel escort | School | Monthly |
| Salary/wage recovery debit note (retain on file) | School | Monthly |
How to apply
Schools must submit the principal-approved claim form on a monthly basis by email to
schooltransport.swd@qed.qld.gov.au. Department employees can search 'school arranged travel escort claim' on OnePortal to access the form.
The relevant OneSchool/salary/wage recovery debit note does not need to be submitted and is retained on file by the school.
Further information
-
School transport assistance program for students with disability procedure (PDF, 340KB)
- Department employees can also find relevant information by searching for the following
- 'school arranged travel escort claim' on OnePortal
- 'recovery process for school-purchased labour' on OnePortal
- 'salary recovery guide' on OneSchool Help
- 'teacher aides undertaking student escort duty for eligible students with disability' on Services Catalogue Online
- 'awards, certified agreements and pay rates' on OnePortal
- 'school transport' on OnePortal.
Contact
Students with Disability School Transport
Strategy and Governance
State Schools Strategy
Phone: (07) 3034 4398
Email:
schooltransport.swd@qed.qld.gov.au