A battle is brewing over public school funding. Here's what's happening and what could come next
10 months, 3 weeks ago

A battle is brewing over public school funding. Here's what's happening and what could come next

ABC  

The level of funding for public schools has been a point of contention for a long time. Queensland Di Farmer "We believe that the Commonwealth should fund 25 per cent of the to help fund schools at an appropriate level into the future," state minister Di Farmer said. "I have written to the federal minister for education seeking the Commonwealth increase its funding share to 25 per cent, addressing the current funding gap public schools face. Tasmania Roger Jaensch "The Tasmanian government is calling on the federal government to increase its contribution of the SRS by 5 per cent to ensure Tasmanian public schools are funded to 100 per cent of the allocation recommended by the Gonski review," state minister Roger Jaensch said. ACT Yvette Berry "The ACT government fully funds public schools … at or above 100 per cent the SRS," an ACT government spokesperson said.

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Public school funding: How the end of pandemic money will change schools.
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Public school funding: How the end of pandemic money will change schools.

Slate  

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Teachers criticize Newsom’s budget proposal, say it would ‘wreak havoc on funding for our schools’
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Associated Press  

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NT and federal governments unveil $1 billion package to fully fund public schools by 2029
9 months, 1 week ago

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ABC  

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Mississippi legislators are moving toward a showdown on how to pay for public schools
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Mississippi legislators are moving toward a showdown on how to pay for public schools

Associated Press  

— A conflict is building among Mississippi legislative leaders over whether to tweak an education funding formula or ditch it and set a new one. “It also allows superintendents of districts to know roughly what they are getting every year because we have an objective formula,” Senate Education Committee Chairman Dennis DeBar, R-Leakesville, said Thursday. House Education Committee Vice Chairman …

Federal government agrees deal with Western Australia to 'fully fund' its public schools by 2026
10 months, 3 weeks ago

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ABC  

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More public school funding, student screening and teacher support among major review recommendations
1 year ago

More public school funding, student screening and teacher support among major review recommendations

ABC  

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Report reveals growing funding divide between the haves and have-nots across the nation's education system
1 year, 1 month ago

Report reveals growing funding divide between the haves and have-nots across the nation's education system

ABC  

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1 year, 1 month ago

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Associated Press  

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