Schools in Drought Affected Areas to Receive Additional Funding

Media Release, The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP & The Hon. Tony Burke, MP, 05/10/09

The Minister for Education, The Hon. Julia Gillard, MP and the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, The Hon. Tony Burke, MP, have announced that the Australian Government will allocate $17.4 million to schools in order to help drought-affected rural families to meet education expenses. Across Australia, the Drought Assistance for Schools program will provide approximately 2310 eligible schools with exceptional circumstances drought assistance funding. Eligible schools will receive a base allocation of $1000 plus a per capita allocation of $100 per full-time equivalent students recorded on the 2008 school census, up to a maximum of $10,000. Schools will be required to use the funding for items that provide support for students which is directly related to schooling, including text books, uniforms, subject levies, excursions and campus. Schools can choose to provide subsidised support for the whole school, or for individual classes or students. Go to www.deewr.gov.au/Schooling/DroughtAssistanceforSchools/Pages/home.aspx for further information about the program and to access a list of eligible schools and their funding allocations.

 

 

 

 

 

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