00:00The Minster Labour Government's new preschool funding model is putting SDN Cooper preschool at risk.
00:06SDN told me today that the change is currently for preschool facing a $220,000 funding shortfall in 2027.
00:15The regional community at Cookville, using access to a strong and sustainable local preschool,
00:21will have serious consequences for local children, families and educators.
00:26I'm in Cooper today, calling on the New South Wales Government to maintain current funding arrangements for at least another
00:3312 months.
00:34Work with effective preschools to fully assist the impacts of the changes.
00:40That's right.
00:42Provide funding certainly for reform communities.
00:45Ensure no preschool is pushed over funding cliff on 1 January 2022.
00:51Every child deserves access to quality early childhood education.
00:57No matter where you live,
00:59Cooper families should not feel like wondering whether their local preschool can continue to operate
01:05because of a rushed funding agreement for changes in a lack of certainty from this Government.
01:11Once regional services are lost,
01:13they are incredibly difficult to address.
01:16The Government must solicit to communities like Cookville
01:19and provide the funding certainty of our local preschool needs.
01:24And the new lines is,
01:26that our community will find a way that they assess the need for the program.
01:35So,
01:35what is it,
01:36the response to the local preschool needs?
01:37They have access to the community.
