Targeted funding

CONTENTS

ECE funding handbook

Chapter 1: How to use this handbook

1-1 How the handbook works

1-2 Understanding the page layout

1-3 Quick reference directions

Chapter 2: How the Ministry funds services

2-1 The link between licensing and funding

2-2 Types of funding

2-3 Other sources of ECE funding

2-4 When and how funding is paid

2-5 The link between costs and funding rates

2-6 Funding rates

2-7 Recovery of early childhood education funding

Chapter 3: The ECE Funding Subsidy

3-A: Information for all services

3-A-1 Funding eligibility

3-A-2 Funding conditions

3-B: Teacher-led services

3-B-1 The link between teacher certification and funding

3-B-2 Education and care services

3-B-2a Kindergartens

3-B-3 Hospital-based services

3-B-4 Home-based ECE services

3-C Parent/whānau-led services

3-C-1 General information for all parent/whānau-led services

3-C-2 Quality funding rates for parent/whānau-led services

3-C-3 Playcentres

3-C-4 Te kōhanga reo

Chapter 4: 20 Hours Early Childhood Education

4-1 Funding eligibility

4-2 Funding conditions

4-3 Fees, donations, optional charges and home-based educator top up payments

4-4 Record keeping requirements

4-5 Beginning or ceasing to offer 20 Hours ECE Funding

4-6 The EC20 form

Chapter 5: Other ECE funding

5-1 Annual Top-Up for Isolated Services

5-2 Support Grant for Provisionally Registered Teachers

5-3 Allowance for teachers in bilingual or immersion services

5-3-1 Allowances for kaiako in Māori bilingual and immersion education and care services

5-3-2 Allowances for teachers in Pacific bilingual and immersion education and care services

Chapter 6: Recording enrolment, attendance and absence

6-1 Enrolment records

6-2 Conditional enrolment

6-3 Attendance records

6-4 Absence rules

6-5 Three Week Rule for Continuous Absence

6-6 Three Week Rule: extension for extended non-operation

6-7 The Frequent Absence Rule

6-8 The Frequent Absence Rule - Examples

6-9 Funding for make-up days

Chapter 7: Special circumstances

7-1 Funding for new services

7-2 Completing the RS3 form

7-3 Estimating the proportion of certificated teacher hours (teacher-led centre-based services)

7-4 Notional rolls

7-5 Emergency closure

7-6 Substitute days and hours

7-7 Absence rule exemptions

7-8 Transitional school visits

7-9 The EC20 transitional advance form

Chapter 8: Changing your service details

8-1 Changing bank account details

8-2 Change of service provider

8-3 When your service is closing

Chapter 9: Completing the RS7 return

9-1 Service profile information

9-2 Calculating the ECE Funding Subsidy

9-3 Calculating 20 Hours ECE funding

9-4 Calculating the staff hour count

9-5 Calculating advance days

9-6 Attestation of certificated teachers’ salaries

9-7 Claiming the support grant for provisionally registered teachers

9-8 Monitoring progress: Teacher registration

9-9 Monitoring progress: Number of children

9-10 Declaration

Chapter 10: Equity funding

10-1 What is equity funding?

10-2 Component A: Low socio-economic communities

10-3 Component B: Special needs and non-English speaking backgrounds

10-4 Component C: Language and culture other than English (including sign language)

10-5 Component D: Isolation

Chapter 11: Record keeping

11-1 Record keeping requirements

11-2 Funding claim audits and record keeping audits

Chapter 12: Financial reporting

12-1 Financial reporting: general information

12-2 Types of financial reports

12-3 Reporting requirements for targeted funding

12-4 Auditing financial reports

Chapter 13: Targeted Funding for Disadvantage

13-1 What is Targeted Funding for Disadvantage?

13-2 Eligibility for Targeted Funding

13-3 How to use Targeted Funding

13-4 Reporting requirements for Targeted Funding

Chapter 14: Collection of information

14-1 Attendance and enrolment data

14-2 ECE census

14-3 Early learning information (ELI) system

Glossary

Appendix 1

All-day education and care services and hospital-based services - Base funding rates

All-day education and care services and hospital-based services - Parity funding rates

All-day education and care services and hospital-based services - Extended parity funding rates

All-day education and care services and hospital-based services - Full parity funding rates

Sessional education and care services and hospital-based services - Base funding rates

Sessional education and care services and hospital-based services - Parity funding rates

Sessional education and care services and hospital-based services - Extended parity funding rates

Sessional education and care services and hospital-based services - Full parity funding rates

All-day and sessional kindergarten

Teacher-led home-based ECE services

Te kōhanga reo

Playcentre

Certificated playgroups and licence-exempt services

Equity funding

Targeted funding

Appendix 2: Resources and examples

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

$ per targeted hour (including GST)	Rate from 1 March 2023	Rate from 1 March 2024	Rate from 1 March 2025
Eligible services	$0.38	$0.40	$0.41

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