Queensland’s TRA & B2SB payments

from QHE

March 12, 2026

Who is eligible?

If you have a child who is registered for home education in Queensland, you can apply to claim for some financial resource payments as follows, paid directly to families by the Department of Education:

Prep to Year 6: $100 per student (Back to School Boost).
Years 7 to 10: $164 per student (Textbook Resource Allowance).
Years 11 and 12: $357 per student (Textbook Resource Allowance).

Application Process Overview for Registered Home Education Families

Check your email: Queensland Home Education (QHE) sends one email per eligible child containing a secure, unique “Begin Survey” link.
Access Survey Manager: Click the link, tick “Yes” to the acknowledgement, and note down your Parent Registration ID and the Child’s Registration ID. You must do this for each child using their specific email link.
Verify Identity: Use the link in the Survey Manager to go to the Home Education Allowances Portal, where you will need to register or log in using a digital identity, such as a Queensland Digital ID (QDI) or myID.
Submit One Family Application: On the Home Education Allowances Portal submit a single application for your entire family by entering the names, dates of birth, Registration IDs, your contact details, and your bank account information all at once.
Return to Survey Manager to submit: Once you have completed the details in the Home Education Allowances Portal, return to the survey to finalise your application.

The process is estimated to take 15 minutes to complete.

Payment Timeline

The School Financial Resourcing team aims to process your payment in the month following your application submission.
You will receive one combined payment for all your eligible children, which will appear in your bank account with the reference “DoE“.
Payments will be available by application from now until November 30th this year.

Non-Digital ID Application Methods & Contact Information

If you prefer not to create a Digital ID, you do not have to use the portal. You can find more information about the alternative options and accessing the portal HERE.

Or you can complete your application via the following alternative methods:

Phone: Call 13 QGOV (13 74 68) or 1800 248 997 (free call for rural Queensland only) during business hours.
Email: You can email QHE directly at homeeducation@qed.qld.gov.au to arrange your alternative application.
Financial Resourcing Team: For specific allowance application enquiries, you can call (07) 3034 5817.

Transitioning from a State or Non-State School to Home Education

Census Date Impact: If your child was enrolled in a school on the census date (5 February 2026), their allowance has already been paid to that school. You will not apply through the home education portal; instead, you must contact the school directly regarding this payment.
Pro-rata Refunds: For secondary students leaving a state school after the end of February, the school may pay the parent a pro-rata refund of the Textbook and Resource Allowance based on a 40-week school year. For primary students leaving a state schools, the school may pay the parent any refund of the Back to School Boost that has not been accessed and used by the student.

Completing the allowance application process

The following guide shows you the process of the email and Survey Manager application stage.

Email Inbox

You will find the following email in your inbox:

In the email

The email will contain basic information about how to apply for your 2026 allowance, under the following steps:

(1) Follow the link provided in each email from QHE
(2) Visit Survey Manager and check the acknowledgement
(3) Visit the Home Education Allowances Portal to submit one family application
- You will need to note the following details for all eligible children before proceeding to step 3:
  - Your child’s name, date of birth, and registration ID.
  - Your name and Registration ID, QHE registered email and mobile number.
  - Your bank account details.

As well as a link to the Survey Manager in #2 above, which looks like this:

Page 1 of the Survey

When you first open the survey, this is the first page you will see.

Click ‘Next‘.

Page 2 of the Survey

This is asking you to agree that you know you need to use the Home Education Allowance Portal (or an alternative application option) before you submit the survey.

Page 3 of the Survey

Some important notes are outlined here about when payments will be processed, how you child is deemed eligible via the Home Education Allowance Portal option, and what the payment will look like in your banking statements.

Page 4 of the Survey

This is an important page.

On this page you need to note the details in orange, because you will need this to use in the portal.

*Note: If your or your child’s Registration ID only contains a 4-digit number, you will need to add a ‘0’ to the beginning to provide the required 5-digit number requested in the Portal.