Every child deserves the best start in life.
The Victorian Budget 2018/19 delivers quality early childhood education to help all Victorian kids to learn, play and grow.
What will the money be used for?
The Victorian Budget 2018/19 Budget includes investments to:
Increase access to early childhood facilities
$33.9 million to increase access to early childhood facilities, including the construction and upgrade of buildings, playgrounds and equipment.
More kindergarten places
$27.2 million for more kindergarten places as our population grows.
Language programs
$17.9 million for language programs for children in state-funded kindergartens, to introduce ten new bilingual programs in kindergartens.
Universal access to four-year-old kindergarten
$8.9 million to maintain universal access to four-year-old kindergarten.
Early childhood education workforce
$8 million to support the early childhood education workforce.
Early start kindergarten for vulnerable children
$4 million for early start kindergarten for vulnerable children.