The Better and Fairer Schools (Funding and Reform) Bill was passed by Federal Parliament last night.
Education Minister Jason Clare’s media release points out that this will enable increased Federal funding to flow to public schools around Australia. However, the Minister’s release does not commit to funding all public schools to 100% of the Schooling Resource Standard, which Parents Victoria and many other stakeholder organisations have been calling for.
Parents Victoria and national parent body ACSSO, along with many other organisations, made submissions to the Parliamentary Inquiry into the legislation. Submissions to the Inquiry are now being made available on the Parliamentary Committee web page: