22 Sep Gonski Agreement
Meredith Peace, president of the Australian Education Union Victorian, said it was not the deal she was hoping for, but it would give schools safety. Victoria has finally signed the Gonski 2.0 agreement, through which the government will inject an additional $7 billion into public schools. Credit: Eddie Jim “We just don`t have a choice to sign this agreement, we need to give schools funding security and we won`t put them at risk of missing out on all federal funding.” he told the Sunday Age. “In the absence of this, the NSW government has stepped in to make additional funds available to public schools to ensure that this historic funding agreement treats all NSW students fairly. “Federal Education Minister Dan Tehan has repeatedly called on Victoria to sign the agreement which he said would provide record amounts of funding to Victorian schools. Mr Stokes said the agreement ensures that all schools are funded equitably, with the intervention of the NSW government to allocate additional funds to public education. Judging by the comments of the Heads of State and Government at the COAG press conference, this ultimately means individual and flexible agreements more in line with Gonski`s recommendations. There is also extra time to do the details correctly. It is clear that this will cost the state coffers an additional $7 billion over the duration of the bilateral agreement, which runs from 2019 to 2023.
The breakdown of these additional funds by year is not available. “Our agreement gives a guarantee of funding to Victorian schools…