Funding Handbook
The Early Childhood Education Handbook details payment of government funding to early childhood services.
Updates
July 2010
Three pages have been updated:
June 2010
The Funding Rate Table in Appendix One has been updated to show the increase in GST and the new funding band from February 2011.
23 March 2010
The Handbook has been updated to include:
- the new Education (early Childhood Services) Regulations 2008 terminology
- the name change to 20 Hours ECE which occured last year
- eligibility to 20 Hours ECE for five-year-olds and those attending playcentres and kōhanga reo from 1 July 2010, and
- other changes. For example the new term Plus 10 ECE, which is the new label for what was previously called 'Free Subsidy'.
Compliance with the new ECE Funding Handbook is effective from 23 March 2010.
Services will also be able to use the new Enrolment Agreement Form which can be downloaded from 6-1 Enrolment Records or www.minedu.govt.nz/eceforms.
Other forms used by ECE services have also been updated to reflect these changes and can be found at www.minedu.govt.nz/eceforms.
Who is the Handbook for?
The Handbook is written for:
- national bodies and advocates for ECE
- managers, administrators, teachers, parents and whanau working in licensed ECE services
- staff and administrators of centrally-administrated ECE services
- Ministry of Education staff.
Although not specifically written for them, other people with an interest in ECE funding (such as teacher education providers) may also find the Handbook of interest.
What information is in the Handbook?
The Handbook is designed as a 'one-stop-shop' for information about the following:
- The Funding Subsidy
- All ECE Funding
- Equity Funding
- The Support Grant for Provisionally Registered Teachers
- The Annual Top-up for Isolated Services (ATIS)
The Handbook includes background information about the 'what', 'where', 'when' and 'why' of ECE funding, as well as practical instructions for completing funding tasks such as the RS7 Form.
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