This includes if your child can’t go to school for more than 20 school days in the year.
This may be because of any of the following:
- It would take at least 3 hours to get to school and back.
- There are adverse weather conditions, blocked roads or other circumstances beyond your control.
- Your child has a disability or a health condition and needs to live full time in a special institution.
You may also get it if your work requires frequent moves and if all of the following apply:
- You need to relocate the family for work.
- You need to work onsite and don’t operate out of a base.
- You relocate at least 5 times a year for work.
- Your livelihood has an itinerant lifestyle, for example a shearer or fruit picker.
- If your child travelled with you they’d miss at least 100 school days at a local state school a year.
It may also apply if your child lives in your second family home with at least 1 other sibling who either:
- you get Second Home Allowance for
- is 16 or over and gets Youth Allowance or ABSTUDY and has been eligible for Assistance for Isolated Children.