Policy

Refer to the Resources tab for Word and PDF versions of the 2021 Confirmed Guide and other SRP resources

Policy

This policy provides information about how funding is allocated to schools through the Student Resource Package (SRP) for targeted initiatives.

Details

Funding for ‘targeted initiatives’ is one of three categories of funding provided for by the SRP.

The targeted initiatives component provides funding for programs with specific targeting criteria and/or defined life spans. The Guidance tab provides information about the following specific types of targeted initiative funding:

• Primary Welfare
• Senior Secondary Reengagement
• Vocational Education and Training Delivered to Secondary School Students
• Doctors in Secondary Schools — School program lead funding
• Respectful Relationships
• Extended Koorie Literacy and Numeracy Program
• Career Education Funding
• Swimming in Schools
• Head Start
• National School Chaplaincy Program
• Middle Years Literacy and Numeracy Support (MYLNS) Initiative
• Student Excellence Program Funding
• VCE Revision Lectures
• Professional Learning Communities (PLC) Link Schools
• Primary Mathematics and Science Specialists initiative
• Transition Funding (Rural)
• Jobs, Skills and Pathways (JPS) Coordination
• Multicultural Education Aides (MEA) Initiative 2021
• Tutor Learning Initiative
• Mental Health in Primary Schools Pilot
• Mental Health Practitioners in Specialist Schools
• Transforming the First Years of the Teaching
• Secondary Mathematics and Science Initiative
• Equipment Boost for Schools
• Outside School Hours (OSCH) Establishment Grants
• Innovative Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Programs

Schools are expected to use SRP funds for the purpose for which it was allocated.

For more general information on the SRP, please refer to the Student Resource Package — Overview page.

Related policies

• Career Education Funding — Accountability and Reporting Requirements
• Chaplaincy
• Doctors in Secondary Schools
• Flexible Learning Options
• Parent Payments
• Student Engagement
• Student Resource Package — Core Student Learning Allocation (Student Based Funding)
• Student Resource Package — Equity Funding (Student-Based Funding)
• Student Resource Package — Managing the Budget
• Student Resource Package — Overview
• Student Resource Package — School Infrastructure
• Student Resource Package — School Specific Programs

Contacts

Primary Welfare Officer
David Billimoria
Phone: 03 7022 1324

Senior Secondary Re-engagement
Deborah Maher
Phone: 03 7022 1905

Career Education Funding
Leela Darvall
Phone: 03 7022 1824

VET
Clare Sherman
Phone: 03 7022 0923

Doctors in Secondary schools
Karen Gray
Phone: 03 7022 0631

Swimming in Schools
Statewide Swimming Coordinator
Phone: 03 4334 0523
Email: school.swimming@education.vic.gov.au

Chaplaincy
David Billimoria
Phone: 03 7022 1324

For information on how Victorian government schools can implement chaplaincy services not funded through the National School Chaplaincy Program, refer to the Department’s Chaplaincy Policy.

Professional Learning Communities (PLC)
Kate Brady
Phone: 03 7022 2707

Primary Mathematics and Science Specialists
Scott Ware
Phone: 03 7022 0453

Head Start
Email: head.start@education.vic.gov.au

Respectful Relationships
Email: respectful.relationships@education.vic.gov.au