Draft policy and funding guide
Financial acquittal
Review of financial acquittal
When a partner service submits its financial acquittal, OECD will take the following actions:
- where there are unexpended funds, future payments will be adjusted taking this into account
- where there is a ‘nil balance’ or deficit reported, no further action will be taken.
Partner service record keeping and compliance
The OECD may undertake a funding compliance review of the partner service in relation to preschool funds, and request that supporting documentation is provided, such as:
- proof of expenditure in line with spending rules
- statements to families receiving a 30-hour preschool program showing fee reduction and attributing fee relief to the SA Government
- parent declaration and consent forms.
Recovering funds
Under the terms and conditions of any funding agreement, partner services may be required to return any unspent funds to the OECD.
Ceasing and suspending funds
Partner services may be suspended or ceased based on any of the following grounds, at the discretion of the OECD:
- insolvency, under management, under administration or in liquidation
- in receipt of outstanding compliance issues of a serious or ongoing nature that may adversely affect the delivery of a preschool program or service operations
- not meeting the core partnership requirements or their contractual obligations.