Information about the budget for the Department for Education, Children and Young People.

Key Information:

• Each year the Tasmanian Government provides funding to the Department.
• Detailed information about the budget funding amount and how it will be spent is available in the
  • DECYP Budget Fact Sheet 2023-24 (PDF, 198KB), and
  • Budget Paper Number 2, Volume 1 of the 2023-24 Tasmanian Budget | Treasury and Finance Tasmania.

Each year, usually in May, the Tasmanian Government allocates funding resources for the coming financial year. The Department for Education Children and Young People (DECYP) then allocates this funding across its operations and projects. This funding is essential to ensure every child and young person is known, safe, well and learning.

For more information on the Tasmanian Government Budget methodology including the Budget framework, the general Budget development process, the structure and content of the annual Budget Papers, visit Understanding the Budget | Treasury and Finance Tasmania.

The information on this page provides more detail about the current 2023-24 budget, and also past budgets for our Department.

 2023-24 DECYP budget documents

• DECYP Budget Fact Sheet 2023-24 (PDF, 198KB)

Previous DECYP budgets

• Budget Fact Sheet 2022-23 (PDF, 1MB)
• Budget Fact Sheet 2021-22 (PDF, 278KB)
• Budget Fact Sheet 2020-21 (PDF, 204KB)

2023-24 Tasmanian budget

• 2023-24 Tasmanian Budget | Treasury and Finance Tasmania