Lancaster Primary School will also get a $500,000 upgrade.
Treasurer and state Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes made the announcement, but details were sparse.
The Rural Women’s Leadership and Mentoring program will get continuation funding of $250,000.
In the agricultural sector, the government has decided to continue the fox bounty.
Families and vulnerable people feeling the pinch of cost of living have been offered a small boost in a stripped-back state budget reeling from soaring debt.
In her Victorian budget debut, titled Focused on What Matters Most, Ms Symes dug into the state coffers for a $2.3 billion cost-of-living package.
Another round of the power saving bonus will be rolled out in August at a cost of $50 million but it is limited to a $100 discount for concession card holders.
An extra 27,000 rebates will be handed out for home owners to install electric heat pumps and solar hot water systems and $18 million set aside for pharmacists to treat more Victorians without a trip to the doctor.
The package includes $1.3 billion to help families and kids at school and kinder and TAFE students, including forging ahead with the state’s transition to free kinder.
The big-ticket item — $320 million in free public transport for children under 18 every day and seniors over 60 on weekends from January 1 — was unveiled in the lead-up to budget day.
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