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THE Victorian government has announced an extra $8 million in funding for a prep to Year 12 autism school in Melbourne's west.
The funding will be allocated in Tuesday's 2013/14 state budget, Education Minister Martin Dixon says.
It will be added to $4 million the state government allocated in last year's budget for the school, which will be built on the same site as the Laverton P-12 college and cater to 140 students.
Mr Dixon says Melbourne's west is the only area without a dedicated P-12 autism school.
"The west have missed out and this government's delivering that special school," he said.
The school will open initially for Year 4 to 7 students by mid-2014.
Other pre-budget announcements include money for land for a new primary school in South Melbourne and three new schools in Melbourne's growing west.
It also comes on top of $11.5 million announced on Saturday for the first stage of a high school in Melbourne's outer north.
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