Funding boost for NSW preschools PRESCHOOLS across NSW will get a 20 per cent funding boost under a new model targeting disadvantaged and Aboriginal children. However, three-year-olds from non-disadvantaged or indigenous backgrounds will miss out. The new funding model, announced on Thursday, will see an extra $150 million injected into community preschools across NSW, with 95 per cent of the more than 770 centres expected to receive an increase in their base budget. The funding, which seeks to bring more children aged three, four and five from disadvantaged and Aboriginal backgrounds into child care, will see centres' base rates increase from $2950 to $5270. While four- and five-year-olds who aren't disadvantaged or Indigenous will continue to be subsidised, three-year-olds from these backgrounds won't. Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said the reform is the "biggest ever seen" in the sector and will target funding on a needs basis to deliver funding more efficiently and effectively. "I am confident that the changes will result in a fairer distribution of preschool funding across NSW, which will help to ensure that more children, including the most disadvantaged can benefit from accessing preschool," Mr Piccoli said on Thursday. All preschools will have time to adjust to the changes. No preschool will lose money for the next two years.