Funding Procedures

The funding will be disbursed to the applicant NGOs/ schools by two instalments by the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust.  For the first instalment, around 70% of the grant approved will be disbursed to the applicants in advance.  The balance of the grant will be disbursed to the applicants in the form of reimbursement, upon NGOs' / schools' submission of the following documents to The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust, no later than 30 September after the completion of the programme: (i) Claim Form, (ii) Income and Expenditure Statement of each participating school (for NGO applicants, a copy of statement should be provided to the school principal concerned) (iii)evaluation report of each secondary level of each participating school (for NGO applicants, the reports should be countersigned by the school principal concerned) (For more information about the evaluation report, please refer to 'Programme Evaluation'.)

Funding Provision for School Years 2009/10 to 2011/12

	School year 2009/10 (HK$)	School year 2010/11 (HK$)	School year 2011/12 (HK$)
Participating schools
Schools with four or more classes in Secondary 1 to 3	120,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2    and 3)	120,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2      and 3)	120,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2      and 3)
Schools with one to three classes in Secondary 1 to 3	80,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2     and 3)	80,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2     and 3)	80,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2      and 3)
Newly joined schools
Schools with four or more classes in Secondary 1 to 3	120,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1)	120,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1 and 2)	120,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2      and 3)
Schools with one to three classes in Secondary 1 to 3	80,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1)	80,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1 and 2)	80,000/level (applicable to Secondary 1, 2     and 3)

Relevant Forms for Reimbursement of Payment

	Claim Form (2008/09 school year) MS Word Doc
	Income and Expenditure Statement of Participating School (2008/09 school year) MS Word Doc
	Teacher Relief Subsidy Claim Form MS Word Doc
	As from 2009/10 school year, similar to past years, additional funding will be provided for schools to employ supply teachers to release those teachers who attend the training courses for the implementation of the Tier 1 Programme.  Each participating school can claim an allowance of $2,100 per person for up to five teachers per form participating in the 20-hour training programme.  After receiving the attendance certificate for the completion of the 7-hour e-learning session and the 13-hour interactive training (2-day workshops), the teachers can apply for the teacher relief subsidy from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. The schools can have flexibility in utilizing the teacher relief subsidy, either to recruit supply teachers or for professional development of teachers.
	For programmes of Project P.A.T.H.S. in the 2008-09 school year that have to be postponed or even cancelled due to swine flu / suspension of class, please note the following arrangements: Postponement - To be implemented by the end of September 2009 at the latest. Cancellation - Please inform SWD vide the attached form (Appendix I, Chinese version only). Appendix I :   Acrobat Doc     MS Word Doc

 * For details of Teacher Relief Subsidy of participating special schools, please refer to Education Bureau's webpage of P.A.T.H.S. (special schools) : http://www.edb.gov.hk/index.aspx?nodeid=5571&langno=1.