Gippsland Education

Government schools receive funds via the Student Resource Package (SRP) for their educational resources including student learning, school infrastructure and specific programs for schools.

The SRP provides an opportunity for principals and business managers to manage the schools workforce plan. The planner contained within the SRP provides a planning tool to enable principals to accurately gauge the extent of available resources.

It is important that schools check their SRP reports on a regular basis and any mischargings are corrected in a timely manner. The Guide to the 2008 Student Resource Package outlines the framework, formulae and business processed underpinning the SRP funding model for Victorian schools in 2008.

The SRP provides a distinction between student-based funding, school-based funding and targeted initiatives:

• Student-based funding is the major source of resources. It is driven by the levels of schooling of students and their family and community characteristics. It consists of allocations for core student learning and equity. The majority of funding within this area is allocated through per student rates.
• School-based funding provides for school infrastructure and programs specific to individual schools.
• Targeted initiatives include programs with specific targeting criteria and/or defined life spans.

Student Resource Package reports, the planner and the Guide to the 2008 Student Resource Package is also available at Eduweb: Student Resource Package.

For further information contact the regional office.