A peak body for independent schools says they do not want a federal funding windfall at the expense of the public technique, pleading against reviving previous “wars” between training sectors.
The declaration from the Association of Independent Schools of NSW comes after several state education ministers voiced fears public schools would drop out under the Abbott government’s selection to rewrite the David Gonski-inspired funding reforms following 12 months.
The federal education minister, Christopher Pyne, who faced criticism from Liberal, Labor, Nationals and Greens counterparts at a “very heated” meeting in Sydney on Friday, did not rule out altering the funding share amongst sectors but cautioned that “no a single must assume that they would get significantly less money”.
The opposition education spokeswoman, Kate Ellis, said the prospect of public school funding cuts would revive a divisive debate pitting mother or father against mother or father, school against school and state towards state.
But the Association of Independent Colleges of NSW’s executive director, Geoff Newcombe, said his sector was not seeking for a greater federal funding share at the cost of public colleges.
“Our board has produced it clear that the independent colleges do not want the share amongst the sectors to change and we really don’t want a lot more money for independent colleges at the cost of government colleges,” he advised Guardian Australia.
The bulk of extra funding allotted under Labor’s Gonski reforms was set to go to the public school sector. Newcombe stated this was since the majority of folks from disadvantaged backgrounds attended state schools.
Even though the non-government sector always wished an boost in funding, it did not want it if it was at the cost of the public technique, due to the fact it wished to avoid a resumption in hostilities amongst school sectors, Newcombe mentioned.
“We do not want to return back to the place there is a rivalry among the sectors, even at the instructor level, going to courses and so on, and that has occurred in the past,” he said.
Regardless of not wanting an increase in the total non-government funding share, the Association of Independent Colleges of NSW backed the evaluation of how the model affected individual schools, arguing the Gonski-inspired technique was a volatile “mess”.
The entire body also supported pleas by state governments for the commonwealth to maintain the six-year funding totals promised beneath offers struck with NSW and other states prior to the September election.
The NSW Coalition education minister, Adrian Piccoli, mentioned ministers at Friday’s meeting have been informed that existing federal legislation locked in funding for the non-government college sector, raising the prospect of state schools shedding out.
“Public schools overwhelmingly college disadvantaged students and if you took cash away from public colleges, I just can not bear the imagined of that,” Piccoli told the ABC on Friday evening.
Arguing the Gonski deal had settled previous disputes among school sectors, Piccoli mentioned: “The war is more than and however this week it is been reignited. It is taken 20 many years to resolve it [but] we’ve had six months of peace.”
Independent Schools Victoria supported a rethink of the funding model, whilst the National Catholic Schooling Commission said it anticipated the government to stick with its pledge to match Labor’s funding in excess of four many years.
The Australian Education Union argued any reduction in public school funding would betray the public.
Gonski row: independent schools don’t want a ‘war’ with the public system
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