The Federal Government threatens to withdraw funding from independent schools that do not open on a limited basis for the second school term.
The Federal Government has threatened to withdraw funding from independent schools if they do not open on a limited basis for the second school term.Education Minister Dan Tehan has threatened to cut the funding of schools who do not complyIn a letter to bodies representing independent schools, Education Minister Dan Tehan ordered that, while the schools did not have to reopen in full, they must provide an option for children who could not stay at home amid the COVID-19 crisis.
"We want all schools to be offering that learning environment for those parents who have to work, and for those children where it's safer to be in the classroom," Mr Tehan said. Mr Tehan said his concerns were related to a small number of schools he believed were not offering the face-to-face teaching options that public schools were."What we want is a nationally consistent approach," he said.
"There were some independent schools that weren't offering — for parents who had to work at all year levels — that opportunity for those students to get that safe learning environment."
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