Purpose
To assist outdoor and environmental education centres with meeting recurrent operating costs, site-specific issues (including staff professional development) and the Royal National Associated (RNA) show.
Duration of program
Ongoing
Eligibility
All outdoor and environmental education centres
Allocation of funds
Funding allocations are based on student visits and calculated as follows:
- Base + per visitation rate x number of weighted visitations + Base 2.
Where:
- Base is determined as follows
- residential—environmental education centres (EECs) that cater for day and night visits
- residential—outdoor education centres (OECs) that cater for day and night visits
- non-residential—EECs that cater for day visits only.
- Weighted visitations are determined as follows
- day visitations are weighted by 1 (e.g. 40 student days = 40)
- night visitations are weighted by 2 (e.g. 80 student nights = 160).
Site specific
The total annual budget for distribution is $74,000. Centres receive a portion of the annual total budget based on the Queensland State Schools Resourcing Allocation FTE for all staff.
RNA Showcamp: Fixed allocation of $9,500.
Current rates
Residential environmental education centre
| $20,200 | $0.50 |
Non-residential environmental education centre
| $16,200 | $0.50
|
Outdoor education centre
| $36,200
| $0.40 |
Payment details
Annual payment—site specific | February | 100% of the entitlement | Not applicable |
Semester 1 payment 1
| February | 80% of estimated Semester 1 allocation | Estimated visitations from previous year |
Semester 1 payment 2 | April
| Balance of actual Semester 1 Semester 1 allocation + Base 2 allocation
| Actual visitations from previous year
|
Semester 2 payment | July
| 100% of estimated Semester 2 Semester 1 allocation + Base 2 allocation
| Estimated visitations for the current year |
Annual payment—RNA Showcamp | July | 100%
| Not applicable
|
Data requirements
Centres are required to return the visitation collection form by the end of March each year. This form will be emailed to each centre in February each year.
How to apply
Centres do not need to apply for this funding. Entitlements are automatically calculated and paid by School Financial Resourcing each year.
Only Brisbane Urban Environmental Education Centre is eligible and is paid automatically for RNA Showcamp.
Contact
Policy Enquiry
State Schools Strategy
Phone: (07) 3513 5863
Email: strategyandgovernance@qed.qld.gov.au
Payment Enquiry
School Financial Resourcing
Phone: (07) 3034 5817
Email:
SFR.Finance@qed.qld.gov.au (external enquiries)