Kindergarten Funding Criteria
The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development has developed this document to assist organisations applying for kindergarten funding and to inform early childhood service providers of the policies, procedures and funding criteria associated with the Victorian kindergarten program. It also provides links to useful resource information.
For more information, see the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (PDF - 905Kb) - updated 25/02/2008
Supplements
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Programs for four year olds – kindergarten fee subsidy (PDF - 146Kb)
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Early Start Kindergarten (PDF - 175Kb)
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Programs for eligible three year olds – Early Start kindergarten for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children (PDF - 165Kb)
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Changes to Sections 2, 3, 5, and 9 (PDF - 177Kb)
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Children’s Services Regulations 2009 (PDF - 132Kb)
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Accessing language services (PDF - 33Kb)
- Supplement to the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria (VKP) update 2009: Critical incident closure policy - in response to emergency management for funded kindergarten services (PDF - 164Kb)
See also the:
- Kindergarten fee subsidy - information for services about providing eligible families with free or low cost kindergarten
- Kindergarten forms - provides forms to assist kindergartens to meet the requirements of the Victorian kindergarten policy, procedures and funding criteria
Second year of funded kindergarten
- Information Kit (PDF - 488Kb)
- Assessment Record Form SF06 (Word - 706Kb)
- Declaration Form SF06 (Word - 1.3Mb)
- Starting kindergarten - when is the right time? See: Kindergarten Communications Material
- Does my child need a second year of kindergarten? See: Kindergarten Communications Material
Templates
- User satisfaction survey (Word - 41Kb)
- Letter to advise parents re eligibility funding (Word - 27Kb)
- Kindergarten budget kit (PDF - 377Kb)
- Kindergarten budget kit worksheet (Excel - 49Kb)
- Parent/Guardian consent to share information (PDF - 233Kb)