Chapter 9: Completing the RS7 form
Introduction
The RS7 Early Childhood Funding Claim Form (the RS7 Form) is the main funding form for early childhood education (ECE) services.
All ECE services (or the administrators of a service provider) must complete the RS7 Form in order to receive funding.
Purpose of the RS7
The RS7 tells the Ministry the number of funded child hours (FCHs) that are funded for each service, and the rate at which each FCH will be funded.
Payment cycle
The RS7 is completed three time a year:
- February (payment on the first working day in March)
- June (payment on the first working day in July)
- October (payment on the first working day in November)
See Section 2-4 for details of the funding cycle.
Use pen only
All RS7 Forms must be completed and signed in pen.
Do not use pencil.
Returning your RS7
Send you completed RS7 Form to:
The Resourcing Division
Ministry of Education
PO Box 1666
Wellington
Queries
If you have any questions about the RS7 or need help filling it in, please contact the Resourcing Contact Centre:
Phone: (04) 463 8383
Email: resourcing@minedu.govt.nz
What will my RS7 look like?
The RS7 Form consists of several different sections.
The RS7 Form you receive will contain only those sections relevant to you. The table below shows the sections of the RS7 your service will receive and the pages in this chapter where instructions can be found:
|
Education & Care services, Hospital-based |
Sessional Kinder-gartens |
Mixed1 & All-Day Kinder-gartens |
Home-Based Care Services |
Play-centres |
Service profile information
Section 9-1 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
ECE Funding Subsidy
Section 9-2 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
20 Hours ECE funding
Section 9-3 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Staff Hour Count
Section 9-4 |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
Attestation of registered teachers’ salaries
Section 9-6 |
yes |
no |
no |
no |
no |
|
Support Grant for Provisionally Registered Teachers
Section 9-7 until 1 July 2011 (relates to month of June 2011 only) |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
no |
Monitoring progress: teacher registration targets
Section 9-8 |
yes |
no |
yes |
no |
no |
Monitoring progress: children receiving 20 Hours ECE
Section 9-9 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
Declaration
Section 9-10 |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
yes |
1 A mixed service is a service licensed to offer a combination of all day and sessional provision.
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