The NSW Government is lifting its contribution to schools’ funding by 2.35 per cent to take NSW from 72.65 per cent to 75 per cent of the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) and is continuing to negotiate for the Commonwealth Government to increase its share to 25%, to ensure it completes the task it set itself a decade ago in achieving full and fair funding for schools through the Gonski funding model.
The NSW Labor Government has delivered an increase to public school budgets of more than $700 million. Record funding is part of our commitment to rebuild public education, and it is equally important to ensure that it is targeted to benefit students.
The Federal Government has deeper pockets and has significantly reduced NSW’s share of GST revenue. It is time for the Federal Government to step up and up their offer for NSW public schools.