Leaked documents expose the secret calculations the NSW Catholic school system is using to divert funding from poor to rich schools.
According to a draft proposal, CSNSW's 2020-23 distribution model gives three times more government funding to the system's highest-SES primary schools than they are entitled to under the Australian Education Act .The extra money comes from the government funding intended for low- and middle-SES schools, which are mostly in outer Sydney or regional and rural NSW.
"The people who should be really angry about this are the parents who send their kids to low-SES Catholic schools, particularly in regional New South Wales," Professor Piccoli said. The ABC calculates Broken Bay will have been given 10 per cent more than its intended government funding.CSNSW is not contravening any laws. Both CSNSW and the dioceses are permitted to redistribute government funding, providing the distribution is needs-based, has loadings for disadvantage, and is"publicly available and transparent".
It's a high stakes pursuit for the Catholic Church. Historically, schools have played an important role in extending and consolidating its reach.Dozens of less advantaged primary schools in the Catholic system charge either the same or higher fees than more advantaged schools, My School data shows. It will collect an estimated $5,740 per student this year — some $3,650 below the amount set out in the AEA.
A comment on the same document suggests that the CECNSW's own data contradicts the arguments it is making to the public:2019 distribution model illustrates how much funding regional and rural dioceses wouldA 2017 CECNSW analysis explains the risk involved in raising primary school fees in the Sydney and Broken Bay dioceses.
The"crunch point" came in 2014, when the Education Act made it"not just a pity, but unlawful not to allocate your grants strictly according to a needs-based formula", he said.CSNSW figures confirm the amount of funding being transferred each year from 2020-23 will rise with inflation. Meanwhile, the richer dioceses will have gained between $2,120 per student and $9,030 per student on top of their entitlements under the AEA.
This is what the Government uses to determine the base amount of public funding each non-government primary school should receive.
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