Hi,
Thanks for the replies. We live in Victoria. My daughter qualified for level 2 funding (Level 1 is the lowest and I think it goes to level 4 or 5), which equates to about 11.5K per year of funding. In Victoria, the parents have the final say on how the money is spend as long as it meets the guidelines. I very much want to work with the school in determining how to spend the money, however I'm glad that they wanted input from me and agreed to all of my suggestions.

I was also told that funding was hard to get and we probably wouldn't qualify, but I'm glad we went for it anyway. It is a lot of paperwork, which is a pain, but worth it in the end. My daughter is quite fortunate as with 3 funded children in one class, there is a lot of extra resources to use.

Cheers, Mary