Queensland Education Experience Program

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Instruction and Eligibility

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Education Experience Program

Please note, applicants can apply for both programs if excursions to both regions will be taking place. 

Please refer to the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program and/or Outback Queensland Education Experience Program guidelines to ensure you are fully aware of eligibility and requirements prior to completing this form.

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Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program (Not Applicable)

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The Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program provides a subsidy for eligible primary, secondary and registered home educated students in Queensland to undertaking excursions along the length of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), from Bundaberg to Cooktown.

Experiences

To claim the subsidy, the excursion itinerary must include at least one curriculum or approved learning plan-related reef experience, facilitated through a commercial reef tourism operator within the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area boundaries.

Subsidy rate (day trip, per student)

  • Day trip (distance not applicable) flat rate = $40 (ex. GST)

Subsidy rate (overnight itinerary, total distance travelled, per student)

  • Level 1: up to 499km = $55 (ex. GST)
  • Level 2: 500km to 999km = $85 (ex. GST)
  • Level 3: 1,000km to 1,499km = $115 (ex. GST)
  • Level 4: 1,500km and over = $150 (ex. GST)

Subsidy and eligibility

The Program provides up to $150 per eligible student paid directly to schools and registered home educators to go towards the cost of excursions, which include a reef experience. The subsidy is calculated based on the round-trip distance travelled and must be used to reduce costs for individual students.

Fifty per cent of the subsidy will be paid upon approval of the application and the remaining fifty per cent will be paid after receiving the completed post-trip survey and final tax invoice or valid receipt. 

Where the school excursion itinerary includes both an Outback Queensland and Great Barrier Reef education experience, the school is eligible to apply for subsidies under both programs (i.e. the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program and the Outback Queensland Education Experience Program).

Applying

Applications are now open until 5pm 31 December 2029, or until all available funding has been allocated.

Guidelines

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for further information and instruction.

Assessment

The application will be assessed after submission and you will advised of the outcome and next steps after this (please allow 10 business days).

Outback Queensland Education Experience Program (Not Applicable)

This section is not applicable because of your response to question: "Which program are you applying for?" on page 1

The Outback Queensland Education Experience Program offers eligible Queensland primary, secondary and registered home educated students a subsidy of up to $150 for the opportunity to explore the rich history and heritage of Outback Queensland, whilst learning from and contributing to its vibrant rural communities by experiencing life on the land.

Outback Queensland includes the local government areas of Flinders, Richmond, McKinlay, Cloncurry, Mount Isa, Barcaldine, Blackall-Tambo, Longreach, Winton, Barcoo, Boulia, Diamantina, Murweh, Paroo, Quilpie, Bulloo, Croydon, Etheridge, Burke, Carpentaria, Balonne and Maranoa.

Experiences

Queensland teachers and home educators are encouraged to take their students on an educational adventure through immersive learning centres that explore topics such as nature, astronomy, dinosaurs, and pioneering life in the Outback.

To claim the subsidy, the excursion itinerary must include at least one curriculum or approved learning plan-related outback experience, facilitated through a commercial outback tourism operator and delivered within Outback Queensland Education Experience Program boundaries.

Subsidy rate (overnight itinerary, total distance travelled, per student)

  • Level 1: 500km to 999km = $50 (ex. GST)
  • Level 2: 1,000km to 1,499km = $75 (ex. GST)
  • Level 3: 1,500km to 1,999km = $100 (ex. GST)
  • Level 4: 2,000km and over = $150 (ex. GST)

Applying

Applications are now open until 5pm 31 December 2029, or until all available funding has been allocated.

Subsidy and eligibility

The Program provides up to $150 per eligible student paid directly to schools and registered home educators to go towards the cost of excursions, which include an eligible outback tourism experience.

Fifty per cent of the subsidy will be paid upon approval of the school’s application and the remaining fifty per cent will be paid after receiving the completed post-trip survey and final tax invoice or valid receipt.

Where the school excursion itinerary includes both an Outback Queensland and Great Barrier Reef education experience, the school is eligible to apply for subsidies under both programs (i.e. the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program and the Outback Queensland Education Experience Program).

Guidelines

Please refer to the Program Guidelines for further information and instruction.

Assessment

The application will be assessed after submission and you will advised of the outcome and next steps after this (please allow 10 business days).

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Tourism Privacy Statement

The Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation (DETSI) is collecting your personal information, including name, email address, phone number and school or registered home education address on this Education Experience Program subsidy application form for the Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program and/or Outback Queensland Education Experience Program. Only authorised DETSI officers and approved program administrators and assessors from Our Community Pty Ltd, will have access to this information. Information provided will be used as required to assess your application, make payments, undertake information clarification and verification, program acquittal, reporting and auditing purposes.

Your personal information will be handled by DETSI in accordance with the Information Privacy Act 2009 and will only be disclosed to the parties outlined above unless authorised or required by law. 

For audit and record-keeping purposes, DETSI is required to retain the application and other supplied supporting material. The provisions of the Right to Information Act 2009 apply to documents in the possession of the Queensland Government.

For more information about how the department handles personal information, including how to seek access to or amend your own personal information, please see our Privacy Compliance Policy or contact the Tourism Division on tourism@detsi.qld.gov.au

Confirmation of eligibility

To be eligible for a subsidy each school or registered home educator must satisfy the following criteria:

  • be a primary or secondary school in Queensland (including distance education schools) or registered home education family; and
  • include at least one curriculum or approved learning plan-aligned experience using an eligible tourism operator as part of the excursion itinerary.
I confirm that my school or registered home education family meets the eligibility criteria stated above * Required