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Living Away from Home Allowances Scheme

 
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The Living Away From Home Allowances Scheme (LAFHAS)​ supports eligible Queensland families whose children need to live away from home to attend a state school or an accredited non-state school.

This may be because the students home is geographically isolated and/or the nearest school is a bypass school (PDF, 293KB).​

The scheme provides financial support through 4 allowances:

  • Remote Area Tuition Allowance (RATuA)—helps pay tuition fees charged by non-state boarding schools
  • Remote Area Travel Allowance (RATrA)—helps pay a student's travel costs between home and boarding school during holidays
  • Remote Area Allowance (RAA)—contributes to the cost of boarding at a state high school campus, to complete approved agricultural courses equivalent to and in lieu of Years 11 and 12
  • Remote Area Disability Supplement (RADS)—helps with additional boarding costs for students with disability.​


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Last reviewed 21 April 2023
Last updated 21 April 2023