2024 Fee Relief top-up payment collection - Mobile Preschool Funding Program

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Introduction

In 2024, the Fee Relief Payment under the Mobile Preschool Funding program provided eligible mobile preschools with funding to deliver low cost, or no cost preschool to eligible children attending mobile preschool services located in rural, regional and remote NSW. Passing through this funding directly to families in the form of fee relief is a requirement of the program.

This form is to be completed by service providers who are seeking a fee relief top-up payment due to enrolment changes in 2024. For example, an increase in overall enrolments or an increase in hours of enrolment.
 
The fee relief data collection will capture your service's fee relief expenditure and change of enrolments for the 2024 calendar year. The department will use this information to calculate a potential fee relief top-up payment. Submitting this form does not guarantee a top-up payment. 

The form will request 2024 enrolment information on a per term basis to assist with the calculation and verification of fee relief pass through.
 
Please note that submissions are to be lodged for each mobile preschool service that may require a fee relief funding top-up, and not for each mobile preschool venue under a service. When completing the submission, please consider the enrolments across all venues under the mobile preschool service you are lodging a submission for.
 
Information submitted in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census and any relevant financial acquittal documents will be used to verify information submitted in this form.

Before you start please ensure you have :

  • your 2024 enrolment information for each term; and
  • your 2024 fee relief expenditure for the year.

You are also encouraged to review your fee relief funding allocation for 2024 prior to commencing a submission (for example, using your 2024 Mobile Preschool Funding program funding letter). This will assist with completing the sections asking you to reconcile your expenditure. You may also wish to refer to your 2024 Annual Preschool Census submission (available in ECCMS) to assist with verifying your enrolment information. The department may also refer to your 2024 Annual Preschool Census submission as a point of verification when reviewing your submission.

Please note:
  • The fee relief data collection does not replace the annual accountability requirements.
  • This collections refers to Fee Relief Payments only, and does not include Program Payments.
  • Completing this process is optional, and that no amount of additional funding is guaranteed by completing this data collection.
Please refer to the frequently asked questions for further information. The 2024 Mobile Preschool Funding program guidelines are available here for further program information. 

For support with the fee relief data collection, please send an email through to the department's funding teams at ecec.funding@det.nsw.edu.au, or contact the department’s Information and Enquiries team at 1800 619 113.
 
By entering a submission for the Mobile Preschool Funding program fee relief data collection, you acknowledge and agree that you have taken steps to ensure that any person whose personal information is included in a submission has consented to the disclosure of that information to the department, and the collection and use of that information by the department, consistent with the below privacy notice

Privacy Notice

The NSW Department of Education (the department) is committed to protecting the privacy of personal information in accordance with the Privacy and Personal Information Protection Act 1998 (NSW) (PIPP Act).

In this form, the department is collecting personal information including: 
• your name;
• the service’s name, service approval ID, email and phone number, plus the provider name, provider approval ID and ABN; and 
• any other personal information you provide in response to a question. 
The provision of this information is voluntary. If you do not provide this information the department may be unable to provide you with a top-up fee relief payment.
 
The department will use this information to: 
• assist with the calculation of, and verification of eligibility for, a top-up fee relief payment; 
• contact you to discuss your fee relief funding and expenditure; and 
• analyse how funds from the department were used or not used.
 
The department will not disclose the personal information to third parties unless authorised by law or with your consent. 
 
Personal information will be held and managed by the department in accordance with the PPIP Act and subject to the department’s privacy policy (available at: https://education.nsw.gov.au/rights-and-accountability/privacy). For further information please see the department’s Privacy Management Plan (https://education.nsw.gov.au/content/dam/main-education/about-us/rights-and-accountability/media/documents/privacy/privacy-management-plan-march-2014.pdf).
 
To access or amend your personal information please email us at ecec.funding@det.nsw.edu.au or call us on 1800 619 113.
 
If you have a concern or complaint about the way your personal information has been collected, used or disclosed you should contact: 
Legal Services – Privacy
Department of Education  
GPO Box 33
Sydney NSW 2001 
E: legal.privacy@det.nsw.edu.au.