Registered Queensland home education families with primary school-aged children may be eligible for the Queensland Government’s Back to School Boost payment. The payment is $100 in 2026 and $150 in 2027.

Important: If your child was previously enrolled in a school before becoming registered for home education, check whether the payment was made to the school. If it was, contact the school to arrange for the funds to be refunded to you if appropriate.

More information:
https://www.qld.gov.au/backtoschool/boost or https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/budgets-funding-grants/grants/state-schools/core-funding/back-to-school-boost

Registered Queensland home education students may  be eligible for the Textbook and Resource Allowance. Eligibility is based on your child’s age and year-level equivalent.

Current allowance categories are:

• Years 7–10 ($164)
• Years 11–12 ($357)

Applications are managed through Queensland Home Education (QHE). Eligible families generally receive an email around March each year with application information.

If your child is newly registered for home education later in the year, contact Queensland Home Education directly to enquire about applying.

More information is available at https://education.qld.gov.au/about-us/budgets-funding-grants/grants/parents-and-students/textbook-resource-allowance

The Queensland Government provides a subsidy of up to $150 per eligible student for curriculum-linked place-based learning excursions through two programs:

Great Barrier Reef Education Experience Program (GBREEP)

Supports excursions to the Great Barrier Reef between Bundaberg and Cooktown, including at least one curriculum-linked reef activity delivered by a registered reef tourism operator.

Outback Queensland Education Experience Program (OQEEP)

Supports excursions that help students explore the history, heritage, culture and communities of Outback Queensland.

Who can apply?
Registered Queensland home education families are eligible to apply, regardless of where they live in Queensland.

Read more about the program:
https://www.detsi.qld.gov.au/tourism/funding-grants/current/experience-programs-education

Or apply through SmartyGrants at https://ditidtourism.smartygrants.com.au/EducationExperienceProgram

The Australian Government recognises the importance of all young Australians being able to visit the national capital as part of their Civics and Citizenship education. 

To assist families in meeting the cost of the excursion the Australian Government is contributing funding to home school families under the Parliament and Civics Education Rebate program towards those costs.

The rebate is paid directly to each homeschooling family upon completion of the excursion and is based on how far you are located from the ACT.

For full details visit https://www.pacer.org.au/

NOTE: 

• To receive the PACER rebate,  you have to publicly share the rebate details e.g. a Facebook post or a newsletter about the trip specifying that you got the Govt funding (they give you the text to use for this). Screen shot the post and email it to them.
• Homeschoolers have to upload their curriculum/teaching plan BEFORE to get approval and after.

Tips: 

You need to do the school-based tours, there are booking systems for those places, but if it's just going to be 2 people ( as homeschooling), contact those locations directly and say you need the school tour. Some have minimum numbers (ie. War memorial) but say you are willing to pay for 8 ($6 each child), and they will do it.