Approved Early Education Program (Reference 7)
A defined group of specialist schools maintain early education programs for pre-school aged children with a disability between the ages of 2 years and 8 months and 4 years and 8 months. Funding is allocated at a school level.
Eligibility
Schools must operate a department-approved Early Education Program to be eligible for funding. For further details, including a list of relevant schools, see the Early Education Programs PAL page.
Calculation
Approved Early Education funding is calculated as:
Agreed FTE at school level × Funding rate
Note: Furlong Park School for Deaf Children is the exception.
Funding is calculated at the Indicative budget cycle. Funding is allocated through credit and cash funding.
Rates 2024
Funding rate = $29,736 and Furlong Park School for Deaf Children rate: $36,351
Reviewed 25 March 2024