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WEEKLY TUITION FEE SCHEDULE AMOUNT


Technical name: Service provider organisation - preschool program weekly tuition fee schedule amount, total Australian currency N[NNNNN].NN
METeOR identifier: 441286
METeOR link: http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/441286
METeOR definition: The standard weekly tuition fee schedule amount for a preschool program reported by the service, measured in Australian dollars and cents.

Scope
Inclusions: For all early childhood education and care services that deliver a preschool program:

• The standard tuition fee amount charged for the maximum hours that a child can enrol in the preschool program.

• Fees charged for children to attend other non-preschool programs with the service provider, such as out of school hours care.

• Additional charges, such as levies, meals or separate care services.

• Discounts or fee relief.

• Voluntary contributions.

• Early childhood education and care services that do not deliver a preschool program.

0.00 - No fees charged
ns - Not stated/inadequately described

	Edit specifications	Edit resolution
1.	If field is blank.	Provide a valid preschool fee, otherwise amend to ‘0.00’ for nil fee charged or code ‘ns’ for unknown.
2.	If character length is greater than 8.	Provide a valid preschool fee.
3.	If field does not include a cent value.	Provide a valid preschool fee.

• The standard tuition fee schedule amount for a preschool program should be collected for each preschool program available at the service.

• Jurisdictions which adopt a two week reference period are required to derive their data to a representative week.

• If fees are charged on a per day, per term or per year basis, the pro-rata equivalent weekly fee should be derived by taking into account the days per week, weeks per term and/or weeks per year the preschool program operates.