Schools funding futures

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PDFSchools funding futures

13 August 2010According to this paper, the public funding of government and non-government schools has reached a critical point in its history.

The Labor Government has set in train an independent and comprehensive review of funding policy for the decisions that will have to be taken when the current legislated funding period ends in 2012. By contrast, the federal Coalition has promised to retain and ‘improve’ the funding arrangements put in place by the Howard Government in 2001.
 

Publication typeDiscussion paper
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Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/22337
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