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| Gonski makes student funding inequality worse, says Coalition | |
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| The Coalition has hit back at some states’ claims that the first Gonski school funding agreements signed by Labor were designed as a transition to bring all states and territories up to a similar funding level. | The Coalition has hit back at some states’ claims that the first Gonski school funding agreements signed by Labor were designed as a transition to bring all states and territories up to a similar funding level. |
| The education minister, Simon Birmingham, said analysis of different state funding agreements in comparable schools shows the gaps between states widening over 2018-19 with the existing agreements in place. | The education minister, Simon Birmingham, said analysis of different state funding agreements in comparable schools shows the gaps between states widening over 2018-19 with the existing agreements in place. |
| “Far from Labor’s Gonski arrangement fixing itself into a nationally consistent model after year six, the distortion of need actually gets worse,” Birmingham said. | “Far from Labor’s Gonski arrangement fixing itself into a nationally consistent model after year six, the distortion of need actually gets worse,” Birmingham said. |
| “Unless we fix it, the inequality of funding between students set out in Labor’s version of Gonski would only get worse.” | “Unless we fix it, the inequality of funding between students set out in Labor’s version of Gonski would only get worse.” |
| Birmingham was seeking to answer the charge from state education ministers that the agreements signed under the previous federal Labor government were designed as a transition to bring all states up to similar funding levels in line with the Gonski recommendations. | Birmingham was seeking to answer the charge from state education ministers that the agreements signed under the previous federal Labor government were designed as a transition to bring all states up to similar funding levels in line with the Gonski recommendations. |
| The Gonski panel recommended a simple baseline Schooling Resourcing Standard (SRS) for every student loaded for disadvantages such as remoteness, Indigenous background, disabilities and socioeconomic factors. | The Gonski panel recommended a simple baseline Schooling Resourcing Standard (SRS) for every student loaded for disadvantages such as remoteness, Indigenous background, disabilities and socioeconomic factors. |
| The figures show that in 2017, a West Australian school would get $2,649 per head in commonwealth funding per student, compared with $4,224 in Northern Territory, $3,236 per student in NSW and $2,897 in South Australia. The same school would get $3,130 in Victoria, $2,942 in the ACT and $3,294 in Queensland. | The figures show that in 2017, a West Australian school would get $2,649 per head in commonwealth funding per student, compared with $4,224 in Northern Territory, $3,236 per student in NSW and $2,897 in South Australia. The same school would get $3,130 in Victoria, $2,942 in the ACT and $3,294 in Queensland. |
| By 2019 – the final year of the current “transitional” six-year agreements, education department figures show a West Australian school would get $2,968 per student in commonwealth funding, compared with $5,077 in the Northern Territory, $4,249 in NSW and $4,139 in South Australia. The same school would get $4,681 in Victoria, $3,087 in ACT and $4,037 in Queensland. | By 2019 – the final year of the current “transitional” six-year agreements, education department figures show a West Australian school would get $2,968 per student in commonwealth funding, compared with $5,077 in the Northern Territory, $4,249 in NSW and $4,139 in South Australia. The same school would get $4,681 in Victoria, $3,087 in ACT and $4,037 in Queensland. |
| Prior to the 2016 election, Birmingham said he would break the existing school funding agreements and rewrite them for 2018-19, committing $3.9bn less than Labor for the same years. | Prior to the 2016 election, Birmingham said he would break the existing school funding agreements and rewrite them for 2018-19, committing $3.9bn less than Labor for the same years. |
| Birmingham said the analysis showed the agreements were a “corrupted” version of the Gonski reforms that distorted federal funding to students with identical needs with differences blowing out per student to more than $2,000. | Birmingham said the analysis showed the agreements were a “corrupted” version of the Gonski reforms that distorted federal funding to students with identical needs with differences blowing out per student to more than $2,000. |
| “These figures fly in the face of some of the political grandstanding we have seen recently,” Birmingham said. | “These figures fly in the face of some of the political grandstanding we have seen recently,” Birmingham said. |
| “Contrary to some suggestions there is no magical resolution in the fifth and sixth years of Labor’s 27 different school funding models.” | “Contrary to some suggestions there is no magical resolution in the fifth and sixth years of Labor’s 27 different school funding models.” |
| The analysis shows in 2014 one independent school in the ACT received 64% more commonwealth funding per student than a comparable school in WA. It also shows government schools in Tasmania would attract 40% more commonwealth funding in 2017 than comparable schools in WA. | The analysis shows in 2014 one independent school in the ACT received 64% more commonwealth funding per student than a comparable school in WA. It also shows government schools in Tasmania would attract 40% more commonwealth funding in 2017 than comparable schools in WA. |
| It suggests in 2014, a Catholic systemic school in Victoria attracted more than double the commonwealth funding of a comparable Catholic systemic school in NSW. | It suggests in 2014, a Catholic systemic school in Victoria attracted more than double the commonwealth funding of a comparable Catholic systemic school in NSW. |
| State education ministers, including South Australian minister Susan Close told the ABC the first agreements signed by Labor were transitional. | State education ministers, including South Australian minister Susan Close told the ABC the first agreements signed by Labor were transitional. |
| “The view that’s being put forward through this study that somehow the disparity that occurs in the transition period is a reason to stop doing it at all is a view that will be firmly rebutted by all ministers,” she on Friday morning. | “The view that’s being put forward through this study that somehow the disparity that occurs in the transition period is a reason to stop doing it at all is a view that will be firmly rebutted by all ministers,” she on Friday morning. |