This subsidy is paid to ECE services for each child up to 30 hours, with the following exception: Services with children on the higher 20 Hours ECE subsidy who are enrolled for more than 20 hours a week at any service can only claim up to 10 hours of this subsidy.
Services continue to receive funding for a child who is absent up to a maximum of 3 weeks.
Services that receive this subsidy for a child can also charge parents/families a fee.
Kindergarten funding rates (for kindergartens licensed as all-day services and owned by a kindergarten association that the Ministry of Education has a special relationship with)
$ PER FUNDED CHILD HOUR (INCL. GST) |
RATES FROM 1/7/2019 |
RATES FROM 1/1/2020 |
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Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
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80%+ certificated teachers |
$13.48 |
$7.51 |
$13.71 |
$7.64 |
50-79% certificated teachers |
$12.19 |
$6.46 |
$12.40 |
$6.57 |
25-49% certificated teachers |
$9.79 |
$5.13 |
$9.96 |
$5.22 |
0-24% certificated teachers |
$8.33 |
$4.23 |
$8.48 |
$4.30 |
$ PER FUNDED CHILD HOUR (INCLUDING GST) |
RATES FROM 1/7/2020 |
RATES FROM 1//7/2021 |
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Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
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80%+ certificated teachers |
$14.38 |
$8.01 |
$14.76 |
$8.22 |
50-79% certificated teachers |
$13.00 |
$6.89 |
$13.34 |
$7.07 |
25-49% certificated teachers |
$10.45 |
$5.47 |
$10.72 |
$5.61 |
0-24% certificated teachers |
$8.89 |
$4.51 |
$9.12 |
$4.63 |
All other teacher-led centres and hospital-based ECE services
$ PER FUNDED CHILD HOUR (INCL. GST) |
RATES FROM 1/1/2019 |
RATES FROM 1/1/2020 |
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Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
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80%+ certificated teachers |
$12.31 |
$6.81 |
$12.53 |
$6.93 |
50-79% certificated teachers |
$11.15 |
$5.87 |
$11.35 |
$5.98 |
25-49% certificated teachers |
$9.00 |
$4.68 |
$9.16 |
$4.76 |
0-24% certificated teachers |
$7.69 |
$3.89 |
$7.83 |
$3.96 |
Homebased Teacher-Led ECE Service funding rates
Home-based services are required to employ a person responsible/ coordinator for every 50 children who is qualified and holds a current practising certificate. A service licensed for 51 children must have 2 qualified and certificated teachers.
TEACHER-LED HOMEBASED SERVICES |
RATES FROM 1/1/2019 |
RATES FROM 1/1/2020 |
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Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
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Quality |
$8.44 |
$4.52 |
$8.59 |
$4.60 |
Standard |
$7.28 |
$3.94 |
$7.28 |
$3.94 |
Te Kōhanga Reo funding rates
To support teachers, the Trust advocates for Te Tohu Tino Rangatiratanga Whakapakari o Te Kōhanga Reo - a Level 7 qualification delivered in te reo - to be recognised as a qualification accepted by the Teaching Council for graduates to register and gain a practising certificate. The majority of staff in Kōhanga Reo are currently undertaking a Kōhanga Reo course or hold some type of Kōhanga Reo approved course qualification.
$ PER FUNDED CHILD HOUR (INCL. GST) |
RATES FROM 1/7/2019 |
RATES FROM 1/1/2020 |
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Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
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Quality |
$111.29 |
$6.82 |
$11.45 |
$6.90 |
Standard |
$10.17 |
$6.27 |
$10.31 |
$6.34 |
Playcentre funding rates
All Playcentres are required to have a person responsible and that person may hold a Level 4 early childhood qualification on the NZQA framework or a teaching diploma or degree and a practising certificate
$ PER FUNDED CHILD HOUR (INC. GST) |
RATES FROM 1/1/2019 |
RATES FROM 1/1/2020 |
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Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
Under 2 years |
2 years and older |
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Quality |
$8.98 |
$4.51 |
$9.14 |
$4.59 |
Standard |
$7.86 |
$3.96 |
$8.00 |
$4.03 |
20 Hours ECE funding rates for different services
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