Remote Schools Allowance
Teaching Service employees (including education support class employees) employed at a designated remote school are paid a remote schools allowance. Designated remote schools are classified as either Remote Category A or Remote Category B depending on the school's location.
The rate of allowance is determined by the Remote Category of the school and whether or not the employee has dependants. Where more than one employee is eligible to be reimbursed in respect of the same dependants, one employee will receive the "dependants" rate and the other the "no dependents" rate.
The remote allowance rates are as follows:
| Remote Category | Employee with dependants | Employee without dependants |
| A | $439.00 | $281.00 |
| B | $259.00 | $169.00 |
Note: Dependant is defined as a person maintained by and permanently domiciled with an employee, including a spouse, a child under 16 years of age, a full-time student child and a parent.
The list of schools designated as remote can be accessed by selecting the link under 'Other Resources' below.
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