Federal Education Minister Jason Clare has given the states a deadline of the end of September to indicate if they will accept a new 10-year school funding deal.
NSW public schools face losing billions in extra funding after the state government indicated it would refuse to sign a new agreement that ties additional cash to a raft of education reforms.
NSW previously rejected Clare’s offer to lift the federal share of funding to public schools by 2.5 per cent – which would pump an extra $4.1 billion into the state’s public schools over the next decade – instead calling for a 5 per cent boost. “We are not signing up to an arrangement that doesn’t bring benefit to the kids of NSW. If the offer on the table means signing up to a raft of new responsibilities and reporting without a commensurate funding then we don’t need until September to say no.”Clare’s offer would raise the Commonwealth’s long-standing share of funding for public schools to 22.5 per cent, an increase worth $16.12 billion across the decade.
The next school reform agreement includes multiple reforms including a year 1 phonics check and a primary school numeracy check.It sets out targets for reducing the proportion of children in the “needing additional support” NAPLAN level for reading and numeracy by 10 per cent, and boosting those in the top two proficiency levels by 2030.
Clare said the additional $16 billion of funding for public schools would be tied to reforms “that will help kids catch up, keep up and finish school”. Federal Liberal education spokesperson Sarah Henderson labelled the stand-off an “embarrassing policy failure” by the Albanese government.to reach full funding if no agreement could be made with the federal government.
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