Additional Funding for Independent Schools
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $5.000m
- 2010/11 $10.000m
- 2011/12 $10.000m
- 2012/13 $10.000m
Four Year Total $35.000m |
The Government has committed an additional $10 million per annum to make private schools more affordable for more parents.
The additional funding achieves the Government’s manifesto commitment to increase families’ education choices so they have more freedom to select schooling options that best meet their children’s needs.
It is also designed to make private schools more affordable to more parents. By increasing the overall subsidy, the desired outcome is for private schools to reduce their fees resulting in an increase in enrolments. |
Additional Funding to Fight Truancy on the Front Line
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $4.000m
- 2010/11 $4.000m
- 2011/12 $4.000m
- 2012/13 $4.000m
Four Year Total $16.000m |
Government is investing an additional $4 million per annum to help schools reduce truancy.
The additional funding fulfils the Government’s manifesto commitment to support schools fight truancy on the front line.
Schools will have the freedom and flexibility to find solutions to addressing cases of truancy that reflect their local contexts. |
Additional Funds for the Interim Response Fund for Disruptive Pupils
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $2.000m
- 2010/11 $2.000m
- 2011/12 $2.000m
- 2012/13 $2.000m
Four Year Total $8.000m |
Government is increasing the support given to schools to manage students with challenging and disruptive behaviours.
The Interim Response Fund increases in size by $2 million to $4 million per annum. This additional funding will increase the number of cases the Ministry of Education can accept and also increases the amount available to spend on individual cases.
The Interim Response Fund provides support to schools when faced with a crisis in a student’s behaviour. It is meant to be used as an interim measure to stabilise a crisis and meet a student’s immediate needs while a more comprehensive intervention plan is devised. |
Awards for Top-Performing Teachers
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $0.500m
- 2010/11 $1.000m
- 2011/12 $1.000m
- 2012/13 $1.000m
Four Year Total $3.500m |
Government is investing $3.5 million over the next four years to reward top performing teachers.
This investment recognises that high quality teaching is critical to improved student achievement in all areas. Government’s total investment in national study awards will be nearly $108 million over four years. |
Caretakers, Cleaners and Groundstaff Collective Agreements
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $17.512m
- 2010/11 $17.512m
- 2011/12 $17.512m
- 2012/13 $17.512m
Four Year Total $70.048m |
This additional funding is to resource the additional cost (over that covered by the percentage increase to schools’ operations grants) of the settlement of the Caretakers and Cleaners (including Canteen Workers’) Collective Agreement and the Secondary and Area School Groundstaff Collective Agreement.
The delivery of funding to schools through the operational funding to resource non-teaching remuneration costs enables schools to respond flexibly to its staffing requirements. |
Professional Development to Raise Maori Students’ Achievement
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $6.360m
- 2010/11 $4.553m
- 2011/12 $4.500m
- 2012/13 $4.500m
Four Year Total $19.913m |
This additional investment of nearly $20 million over four years adds 15 new schools in 2009/10 to the Te Kotahitanga professional development programme, which currently involves 33 schools and has been in place since 2004.
It also provides for design and delivery of professional leadership programmes annually for up to 100 principals of secondary schools, based on the evidence from Te Kotahitanga and other evidence of what works for and with Maori learners.
The investment contributes to Government’s commitment to raising Maori achievement. |
Funding for The Correspondence School to Enrol Alternative Education Students
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $0.571m
- 2010/11 $0.571m
- 2011/12 $0.571m
- 2012/13 $0.571m
Four Year Total $2.284m |
This initiative enables students on Alternative Education programmes to dually enrol with The Correspondence School for Government funded subject by subject tuition.
It removes the previous requirement for Alternative Education providers to fund this tuition from their own funding.
The Correspondence School will receive an extra $2.3 million over the next four years for dually enrolled Alternative Education students. |
Funding for the Heat, Light and Water Component of the Operations Grant
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $3.198m
- 2010/11 $2.420m
- 2011/12 $2.419m
- 2012/13 $2.416m
Four Year Total $10.453m |
Heat, Light and Water is a funding component of the operational grant.
The Ministry of Education recently changed the review process so that schools do not have to apply for a review of their allocation. Allocations are now reviewed automatically using data submitted in the school’s audited financial accounts, therefore reducing compliance and ensuring that the allocation meets the school’s needs. There has been no change to the calculation process. |
Increased Operational Funding for Schools
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $11.510m
- 2010/11 $22.744m
- 2011/12 $22.816m
- 2012/13 $23.020m
Four Year Total $80.090m (GST inclusive) |
The initiative provides for an increase of 1.95% to schools’ operational funding effective from January 2010. |
Maintaining Current Level of National Certificate of Educational Achievement Moderation
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $2.720m
- 2010/11 $2.720m
- 2011/12 $2.720m
- 2012/13 $2.720m
Four Year Total $10.880m |
This funding ensures that the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) can continue to employ moderators to continue to moderate 10 percent of student work.
NZQA and the Ministry of Education have funded the first year of moderator activity, in 2008/09, through savings. Additionally, NZQA has contributed to funding the additional out-years of moderation through internal savings. Budget 2009 ensures that NZQA can maintain the 10% moderation goal and move forward on implementing subject endorsement for NCEA certificates. |
National Certificate of Educational Achievement Standards Review – Assessment Resource Development
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $2.526m
- 2010/11 $2.731m
- 2011/12 $2.431m
- 2012/13 $0.350m
Four Year Total $8.038m |
Budget 2009 provides funding of $8 million over four years for the development of assessment resources and exemplars to support teachers to implement the new standards aligned to the New Zealand Curriculum.
The fine-tuning of the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) is to ensure that secondary students gain meaningful qualifications that enable them to confidently move into the workplace and tertiary education. |
School Reorganisations
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $1.350m
- 2010/11 $0.456m
- 2011/12 ($0.595m)
- 2012/13 ($1.996m)
Four Year Total ($0.785m) |
Government is continuing to provide funding for school reorganisations so that students from schools that close or merge as they transition to their new school are supported.
The amount of funding provided is formula driven and is allocated on a per student basis. |
Support for Students to Meet Literacy and Numeracy Standards
Operating funding
- 2009/10 -
- 2010/11 $4.500m
- 2011/12 $13.500m
- 2012/13 $18.000m
Four Year Total $36.000m |
The Government is investing $36 million over the next four years to help students meet national standards in literacy and numeracy.
This funding, which starts from 2011, will be distributed to primary and intermediate schools to help them support students to meet National Standards in literacy and numeracy.
This funding will help increase the number of students meeting National Standards over time and contributes to the Government’s commitment to raise literacy and numeracy achievement levels. |
Voluntary Bonding for Teachers in Hard-to-Staff Areas or Subjects
Operating funding
- 2009/10 -
- 2010/11 -
- 2011/12 $11.135m
- 2012/13 $5.290m
Four Year Total $16.425m |
Government is investing $16.4 million of new money to fund a voluntary bonding scheme for teachers, bringing the total investment over four years to $18.3 million.
The Voluntary Bonding Scheme is a new initiative which aims to attract and retain teachers in decile 1 and isolated schools and in those subject areas where there are teacher shortages.
Eligible teachers will receive an annual taxable amount of $3,500 per year for up to five years. Payments will be made at the end of a teacher’s third, fourth, and fifth year of teaching with first payments to be made to teachers at the end of 2011. |
21st Century Building Programme
Operating funding
- 2009/10 $41.391m
- 2010/11 $48.538m
- 2011/12 $53.813m
- 2012/13 $53.984m
Four Year Total $197.726m
Capital funding
- 2009/10 $172.133m
- 2010/11 $142.944m
- 2011/12 $10.548m
- 2012/13 -
Four Year Total $325.625m
Four Year Total (Capital and Operating)- $523.351 |
The Government is investing over $523 million of new funding over the next four years to build new schools, modernise existing schools and expand capacity in the school network.
New funding in Budget 2009 provides funding for: the construction of 11 new schools; expansion of administration buildings; halls and libraries in up to 84 schools; an additional 100 classrooms in schools with growing rolls; and replacement of outdated buildings in up to 22 schools.
New funding also includes additional funding for four Upper Hutt schools; the establishment of the first of five planned trades academies; and upgrading of ICT infrastructure in schools to make them broadband ready. Funding is included for construction of early childhood education centres on school sites in South Auckland. |