This is a critical year for school funding, as bilateral agreements between Federal and state governments need to be re-negotiated.
The Age reported today on the agreement negotiated between the West Australian and Federal governments.
According to the article:
Five states have banded together to demand the federal government double how much extra cash it will pump into public schools, as they hit out at a new deal for West Australian state schools that delivered a smaller increase.
WA’s public schools will get an additional $777 million in Commonwealth funding over the next five years in a deal announced Wednesday, raising the long-standing federal share of money from 20 per cent to 22.5 per cent by 2026.
A federal government deal to boost the level of Commonwealth funding to Western Australian state schools has kicked off a nationwide funding brawl.
A federal government deal to boost the level of Commonwealth funding to Western Australian state schools has kicked off a nationwide funding brawl.CREDIT:ISTOCKBut Queensland, NSW and Victoria are among states doubling down on calls for the Commonwealth to lift its share even higher to 25 per cent.
SOS comment
Save Our Schools (SOS) has commented on this development in a media release titled “Funding Agreements Need to do Better for Public Schools”.
According to the media release:
The Commonwealth is to be congratulated for breaking with the arbitrary limit on its funding of public schools set by the Turnbull Government. It is particularly pleasing that disadvantaged schools will be fully funded by 2026.
However, the new agreement has let the WA Government off the hook…
