Student Resource Package – Overview

Policy

This policy provides an overview of the schools funding model.

Details

The Student Resource Package (SRP) was introduced for Victorian government schools in 2005 to bring about improvement in learning outcomes for students. The SRP reflects the specific funding amounts provided to schools in each school year.

The SRP comprises the following 3 key types of funding:

• student-based funding – this is the major source of funding for schools and includes funding that reflects core student learning needs and equity requirements
• school-based funding – provides funding for school infrastructure and for school-specific programs
• targeted initiatives funding – funding for programs with specific criteria or defined life spans.

The SRP guidance informs schools about how funding is provided to schools under each category as follows (please click on the heading to see the Policy and Advisory Library page for that topic):

• Student-Based Funding (Equity and Core Student Learning Allocation)
• School Infrastructure
• School Specific Programs
• Targeted Initiatives

The full guidance is available at the Resources tab.

The SRP for schools is:

• determined in September or October in the preceding school year based on projected enrolments for the forthcoming year
• confirmed at the end of Term 1 each year based on the February Student Enrolment and revised at the end of Term 2 to reflect the results of the enrolment verification program.

Schools are expected to use SRP funding for the purpose for which the specific category of funding is allocated and in accordance with the SRP guidance.

Note: Information about, and tools for managing the budget are set out at Student Resource Package – Managing the Budget.

Related policies

• EAL Support and Funding
• Finance Manual – Financial Management for Schools
• Student Enrolment Census
• Student Resource Package – Core Student Learning Allocation funding (Student Based Funding)
• Student Resource Package – Equity Funding (Student Based Funding)
• Student Resource Package – Managing the Budget
• Student Resource Package – School Infrastructure
• Student Resource Package – School Specific Programs
• Student Resource Package – Targeted Initiatives