Australia’s education minister Jason Clare says government still committed to schools getting 100% ‘fair funding’
The Albanese government has been accused of betraying public schools after delaying a new funding agreement by one year.
Public schools receive 20% of the schooling resourcing standard from the federal government and up to 75% from the states, but due to a loophole for capital depreciation, are set to remain at 91% of full funding for the rest of the decade., sparking concern from the AEU that the timeline for improvement was vague.
Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “There has now been a generation of children who have been denied full and fair funding for their entire school lives. This can no longer continue.”
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