Two recent articles in the Educator provide an update on the progress of negotiations between the federal and state governments on school funding.
“States given September deadline to sign up to school funding reforms” (31 July)
“The Federal Government has given a two-month deadline for the States and Territories to sign up to student learning and wellbeing reforms or lose billions in extra funding…”
“Principals respond to new school reform agreement” (2 August)
“… the announcement received a lukewarm response from key stakeholders across Australia’s education system, with some claiming it will lock in underfunding for public schools for the next decade…”