Victorian State Budget 2010-2011
The Victorian Government has tabled the 2010-11 State Budget which provides an additional $469.5 million for Victoria’s education and early childhood system.
The funding includes $271.3 million to complete the $1.9 billion Victorian Schools Plan to rebuild, renovate or extend more than 550 schools by 2011.
This Budget provides $82.6 million over five years to meet the growing demand for childhood services due largely to Victoria’s baby boom. This includes $63.1 million to create an additional 3590 kindergarten places and $14 million to extend the successful $38 million Children’s Capital Program for the construction and renovation of children’s centres.
In a further budget highlight $108.6 million will help support children and young people with disabilities to receive the best possible start in life. Initiatives will include $4.4 million to establish “satellite” classrooms for students with intellectual disabilities and inclusion support programs for students with autism and $9.2 million over four years to establish a Victorian Deaf Education Institute to support and train teachers working with deaf students.
Fact Sheets
- Closing the gap for Indigenous students (PDF - 571Kb)
- Boosting kindergarten services (PDF - 553Kb)
- Giving children the best possible start in life (PDF - 574Kb)
- Building the foundations for success in early childhood (PDF - 578Kb)
- Budget boost beats school building promise (PDF - 613Kb)
Media Releases
- The best schools for kids born in recent baby boom (PDF - 28Kb)
- Brumby drives school building program beyond 500 (PDF - 34Kb)
- Supporting the baby boom: Investing in the early years (PDF - 24Kb)
- Giving children the best possible start in life (PDF - 25Kb)
- Investing in new school buildings across Victoria (PDF - 41Kb)
More Information
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