Student Resource Scheme (SRS)
Kilkivan State School offers a basic texts, equipment and resources hire scheme to all students. This scheme has the approval of the school's Parents and Citizens Association and provides parents with the following benefits:
- Minimises costs of providing texts, textbooks and other resource materials for their children.
- Ensures that an adequate bank of resources is available to provide a good quality education.
- Ensures that all students have equal opportunity to participate in curriculum-related excursions and educationally important school events/activities.
If you have previously opted in to the SRS your participation is assumed for the remainder of your child's enrolment, unless you inform the school otherwise by completing a new participation agreement form. If you are a
new parent to the school, this information will assist you in making a decision as to whether you wish to participate in the SRS.
What is provided by the Queensland Government?
The Queensland Government supports children's education by providing funding for instruction (teachers), facilities (school grounds and buildings, internet), and administration (staff to run the school). Funding for schools does not extend to individual student resources such as textbooks, equipment for personal use, and many items used by the student in the classroom.
If you are not satisfied that the SRS fee represents good value for money based on the inclusions, you may choose not to participate in the SRS. If that is the case, please complete a new Participation Agreement Form, indicating that you no longer wish to participate. If you choose not to participate, you will be provided with a detailed list of resources that you will need to provide for the student.
The SRS helps parents to source these resources, because schools can purchase resources at lower rates due to its bulk buying power. Resources such as textbooks or musical instruments that will be used over a period of time are hired to students to further reduce costs for families. Participating in the SRS also offers a convenient way for parents to source the items that their child needs for school, and ensures that all students have access to the same standard of resources.
The types of resources that will be included are:
- Owned by the student – e.g. student diary – once provided, these items are retained by the student and used at their discretion.
- Hired to the student for a specific duration of time – e.g. textbooks or musical instruments. these items will need to be returned to the school in reasonable condition at the end of the hire period or if the student leaves the school.
- Used in class – e.g. stationery, timber, material, workbooks – these items will be used in class. Finished products that are created from these resources will generally come home with the student.
The textbook and resource allocation (TRA) reduces high costs of textbooks for secondary students eg Cost breakdown: Total cost of resources and textbooks – TRA ($160) = SRS payable by families ($100)
If you have opted to pay the SRS by term instalments [you will be invoiced once per term, in the first three terms for $ ] OR [you will receive an invoice for the full amount and term instalments of $ will be due on the following dates: ] OR [whatever wording works best to inform parents who will be paying by term instalments.
If you would like to participate, but are experiencing financial difficulties, please contact the school to arrange an appointment to discuss options. Any information that you provide will be confidential.
The Department of Education provides a Textbook and Resource Allowance (TRA) to assist parents with the cost of textbooks and other education resources for eligible Years 7 to 12 students. For those students who are eligible to receive the TRA, the TRA will be applied to reduce the cost of participation. Thus the SRS invoice you receive will be the full cost of participation in the SRS minus the TRA already held at the school.
Resources will not be distributed until the full or first payment has been paid to the school. Any unpaid invoices, will be managed according to the department's Debt Management Procedure and may result in the student being excluded from the scheme and/or from participating in extra-curricular activities until payments are made. A repair or replacement cost will be charged to the parent for any items that are damaged or not returned.