General News
2 May, 2024
Funding announced for college maintenance
MORTLAKE P-12 College will join schools across the state to undergo a maintenance blitz on essential works and repairs thanks to $718,397 in funding from the Victorian Government.
Minister for Education Ben Carroll last Friday announced the next round of Planned Maintenance Program funding which will be delivered to 40 schools.
The funding will allow schools to carry out works like fixing roofs and windows, replacing old fixtures, resurfacing floors and painting.
The $11.2 million investment announced under the latest round of the $103.5 million Planned Maintenance Program is spread across primary, secondary and specialist schools to ensure Victorian schools are well maintained.
Works are determined by a rolling evaluation process which examines the facilities at schools across the state, providing up-to-date information on the condition of every school so maintenance funding is directed where it’s needed most.
Mr Carroll said the funding would give students the schools they deserved to foster a safe learning environment.
“Every Victorian student deserves a school that is well maintained and safe so they have the best possible opportunity to maximise their ability,” he said.
“Our record investment in school infrastructure is delivering high quality classrooms for our hard-working principals, teachers and staff, as well as students and families.”
Another $146,000 has been allocated to the Bushfire Preparedness (Vegetation) Program to assist six additional schools for vegetation clearance and related activities to reduce the risk of harm from a bushfire.
Over the past nine years, the Victorian Government has invested more than $14.9 billion in the state’s education infrastructure, with the school building boom creating more than 21,200 jobs in construction and other industries.
Labor is also building new schools with 75 new schools opened between 2019 and 2024, and another 14 in planning or construction