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Absence rules recognise that absences do occur and services should not be unreasonably penalised because of this.
Claiming funding for absences
Funding can only be claimed for the absence of a permanently enrolled child if the situation falls within one of the following absence rules:
- Three Week Rule for Continuous Absence (Section 6-5).
- Three Week Rule: extension for extended non-operation (Section 6-6), or
- the Frequent Absence Rule (Section 6-7).
Please refer to the Glossary for more information about permanent enrolments.
Funding for casual or conditional children
Services may claim funding for children who attend casually or conditionally.
Funding for conditional or casual children is based on attendance only. Services must not claim for conditional or casual children who book for a session or day and do not attend.
In the event of a funding claim audit, funding claimed for conditional or casual children who did not attend will be recovered by the Ministry.
Please refer to the Glossary for more information about casual and conditional enrolments.
Funding for absence and casual or conditional child
Funding must not be claimed for both an absent permanently enrolled child under an absence rule and for the conditional or casual child who fills the absent child’s place.
Claiming 20 hours ECE and absence
Services must not claim 20 Hours ECE funding for an absence and charge fees to a conditional or casual child who directly fills the absent child’s place.
This will occur only when the service is filled to its licensed maximum capacity and the conditional or casual child is directly replacing an absent child who is receiving 20 Hours ECE.
Where a 20 Hours ECE child is absent and that child's place is filled with a conditional or casual child who has been charged fees, the service must claim subsidy funding, not 20 Hours ECE funding.
