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Preparatory Year Funding

Introduction of the Preparatory Year

From 2007, a full-time, non-compulsory Preparatory Year replaced the Preschool Year in Queensland schools with Preschool no longer an official year of schooling. Pre-Prep educational programs may be offered in association with childcare services affiliated with schools but do not attract school funding.

Level of State Government Recurrent Grant Funding

As the Preparatory Year is now included within the primary years of schooling, eligible enrolments in the Preparatory Year attract the full primary school funding rate.

Eligibility for funding in 2010

To be eligible for funding in 2010, a Preparatory Year student must:

have been born between 1 July 2004 and 30 June 2005 or
be transferring from an equivalent formal educational program in another state, territory or country.

Students outside the above categories will not be eligible for funding.

Preparatory enrolments are subject to the normal audit requirements of the Non-State Schools Accreditation Board.

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