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.
Allocations to these schools are based on a resource agreement.
Calculation
Approved Early Education funding is calculated as:
Agreed FTE at school level × Resource agreement 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 2023
Resource agreement rate = $29,021 and Furlong Park School for Deaf Children rate: $35,478
Reference 7 of the SRP Guide, setting out funding allocation to approved early education programs
Reviewed 03 April 2023