Budget 2011 factsheets

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Equity Funding

Information about the changes to Equity Funding

ECE for families in most need

Information about how the Government is improving participation in quality ECE by Māori and Pasifika children, and children from lower socioeconomic status backgrounds

Investment in early childhood education

Information about the funding changes to early childhood education

School Transport Review implementation

Information about how the Government is implementing the recommendations of the 2009/10 review of school transport

Board of trustees training

Information about training to strengthen the professional development delivered to school boards across three main areas

Facilitate school leaders’ networks

Information about funding to support establishing cross-school networks to facilitate knowledge-sharing and best practice to support schools to effectively embed the National Standards and Youth Guarantee

Increased support for Alternative Education

Information on increased funding for Alternative Education

Operations grant increase

Information about the targeted increase to certain components of schools’ operational funding

National Standards consistency framework development

Information about development of a framework to help teachers be consistent in how they moderate students’ work in relation to the National Standards

Information and communication technology – Network for Learning

Information about supporting ultra-fast broadband in schools

Student support

Information about changes to the student loan scheme

Trades academies and service academies

Information about increasing the numbers of trades academies and service academies