Private and Catholic schools will receive $500 million over four years from a Coalition government to build new classrooms to cope with ballooning enrolments nswvotes | AlexSmithSMH
Last month, Catholic school bosses wrote to their 600 principals about their push for more money to spend on building and maintaining schools.Ms Berejiklian said a Coalition government would support parents whether they choose to send their children to the local public, Catholic or independent school.record support for the Catholic and independent school sectors as well,” she said.government’s strong economic management.
Mr Stokes said the increased investment would be delivered through grants under the Building Grants Assistance Scheme, which funds for areas of greatest need.“The NSW Liberals and Nationals recognise that funding for school infrastructure shouldneed it the most,” Mr Stokes said.
The state government says it is investing $6 billion over the next four years to deliver more than 170 new and upgraded public schools. This is the largest investment in public school infrastructure by any state government in Australian history. In the letter to principals, Catholic Schools NSW pointed out that it played a "strategically critical" role in escalating the private school funding issue at a federal level last year, leading to a $4.6 billion deal that included a controversial $1.2 billion choice and affordability fund.
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