The Albanese and Minns Labor Governments have reached a historic agreement for $59 million in funding to deliver early learning centres across nine public school sites in New South Wales' suburbs and regions.
This is part of the Albanese Labor Government's $1 billion Building Early Education Fund which provides capital funding to build and expand early learning services in areas of need including on school sites and in regional communities and the outer suburbs.
This partnership with the NSW Government will deliver new centres located at Muswellbrook Public School, Cessnock East Public School, Eden Public School, Chester Hill North Public School, Wattawa Heights Public School, Inverell Public School and at new public primary schools in Calderwood, West Dapto and Googong.
It will support the creation of around 400 early childhood education and care places.
Through this agreement, the Albanese Labor Government is delivering on its commitment to build new early learning centres in Muswellbrook, Cessnock, and Eden.
This investment will make access to child care easier by delivering more high-quality centres co-located on school sites. This will help families avoid the double drop-off and help children smoothly transition to school.
Early education and care helps children get ready for school while supporting working families and strengthening regional and outer suburban communities.
This is another big investment in public education on top of the $20 billion in extra funding the Albanese Labor Government is delivering over the next ten years for public schools.
As part of the Fund, the Government is making up to $150 million available through grants to not-for-profit providers to build or expand child care centres in areas of need.
The large scale round has closed and is under assessment. The small scale round is open for applications until 29 May.
