The Textbook and Resource Allowance is a State Government allowance that provides financial assistance to parents (see definition) of full and part-time secondary students to offset the cost of education.
The Department of Education (the department) pays the allowance to schools on behalf of parents of students attending:
Parents of children in registered home education (years 7-12 or equivalent) will receive this payment directly.
TRA payments are made according to the appropriation profile for state schools (including Schools of Distance Education and Milpera State High School) and non-state schools.
Parents will be contacted by the Home Education Unit in March of each year to organise the payment.
Students who enrol and leave the school between data capture dates are NOT eligible for the TRA. Students enrolled at the school when data capture occurs are eligible for the TRA.
Image 1 TRA eligibility
Term
Definition
Full fee paying International students
Students who are in Australia on a 500 visa (or previous 571 visa) and who are paying full fees for their education in Australia.
Full fee paying Temporary Resident students
Students other than those on a 500 student visa, who are a temporary visa holder.
Allowance
The TRA is not an employment related allowance and is not subject to income tax (no PAYG withholding and not reportable to Australian Taxation Office).
Parent
Under the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Qld) (EGPA), s.10 parent is defined as –
For the purposes of this procedure a parent also means carer, guardian and independent student.
Section 10 of the EGPA provides further information regarding the definition of a parent.
Previous seven years shown. Minor version updates not included.
5.0 Textbook and Resource Allowance (TRA)
4.0 Textbook and Resource Allowance (FNM-PR-008)
3.0 Textbook and Resource Allowance (FNM-PR-008)
For further information, please contact: Finance Branch through the Services Catalogue Online (DoE employees only). Customers and users external to the department should first make contact with the school principal. If your issues are not relevant to, or able to be resolved at a school level, please contact your local regional office for further assistance.
Uncontrolled copy. Refer to the Department of Education Policy and Procedure Register to ensure you have the most current version of this document.
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