What assistance is available for existing DECKAS funded kindergarten services making the transition to the Queensland Kindergarten Funding Scheme?
For 2011, the Queensland Government will provide a funding guarantee to all existing services previously funded under DECKAS at a rate no less than what was received in 2010 with indexation provided in July 2011. The funding guarantee will be based on the salary levels of the service’s current teaching staff in December 2010 (which includes the 4 per cent increase from July 2010). Indexation will also apply from July 2011 and will be based on a composite of the Consumer Price Index and Wage Price Index as determined by Queensland Treasury. To ensure a real funding guarantee is provided for ongoing community kindergarten services, annual indexation will continue to apply until January 2014. From then, funding will continue at that level until the service is eligible for an increased level of funding under the Queensland Kindergarten Funding Scheme. These services are referred to as “legacy services”.
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