Career education funding (Reference 91)

Career education funding (CEF) supports schools to provide career education activities for all students in Years 7 to 12.

CEF replaced managed individual pathways (MIPs) funding in 2019. CEF accountability and reporting requirements are available at career education funding.

Funding

For years 7-9

CEF funding is based on enrolments of students in years 7 to 9 in Victorian government secondary schools and students aged 12-14 years in Victorian government specialist schools and English language settings.

For years 10-12

CEF funding is based on enrolments of students aged 15 years and over in Victorian government specialist schools and English language settings and years 10 to 12 in all other Victorian government secondary schools, and the school's student family occupation (SFO) density.

Additional funding is provided to schools with SFO densities greater than a threshold value to support young people at risk of disengaging or not making a successful transition to further education, training or secure employment.

Calculation

For years 7-9

CEF allocation = CEF enrolments x base per student rate

Note: if a school's CEF allocation is less than the minimum allocation (as identified in 'rates' below), the school will receive the minimum allocation. The minimum allocation is set based on enrolment levels.

For year 7

Minimum allocation                                                  $250.00

For year 8

Minimum allocation                                                 $250.00

For year 9

Minimum allocation                                                 $500.00

For years 10-12

CEF allocation = base allocation + at risk allocation

Note: If a school's CEF allocation is less than the minimum allocations (as identified in 'rates' below), the school will receive the minimum allocation. The minimum allocation is set based on enrolment levels.

Base allocation = CEF enrolments x base per student rate

At risk allocation (only if the schools SFO index is greater than the SFO threshold - see 'rates' below) = CEF  enrolments x ([school SFO index] - [SFO threshold])/ (1 - [SFO threshold]) x At risk allocation per student rate

For years 10 to 12

Rates 2020