Govt Budget Increases for ECE

The 2008 budget has an increase announcement for ECE.
"Quality Early Childhood Education: $63.6 million in operating to increase early childhood funding rates so that they reflect the cost increases faced by early childhood education services."
Budget Speech May 22,2008

"This initiative increases the ECE funding subsidy, Free ECE and equity funding rates to reflect services' cost increases; increases the provisionally registered teachers support grant to reflect salary increases; and includes funding for limited attendance centres."
Early Childhood Education (ECE) Annual Cost Adjustment

Operating funding

* 2008/09 $14.164m
* 2009/10 $15.811m
* 2010/11 $16.597m
* 2011/12 $16.994m

Four Year Total $63.566m
From the Ministry of Education website: page URL is
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=12649&data=l#P1_70