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| 'Gonski 2.0' review to allocate resources as funding is cut to private schools | 'Gonski 2.0' review to allocate resources as funding is cut to private schools |
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| The Turnbull government will cut funding from 24 private schools in a 10-year plan designed to bring all schools to the same funding level. | The Turnbull government will cut funding from 24 private schools in a 10-year plan designed to bring all schools to the same funding level. |
| Malcolm Turnbull has asked David Gonski, the architect of the 2011 school funding report under Labor, to lead another review of school funding. Gonski’s 2.0 review will advise where the extra money can be used to improve student performance. | Malcolm Turnbull has asked David Gonski, the architect of the 2011 school funding report under Labor, to lead another review of school funding. Gonski’s 2.0 review will advise where the extra money can be used to improve student performance. |
| Gonski, a close personal friend of the prime minister, said at a joint media conference on Tuesday the new funding in states where his plan was being used was having results. | Gonski, a close personal friend of the prime minister, said at a joint media conference on Tuesday the new funding in states where his plan was being used was having results. |
| “Even the union has published documents on what the sort of funding is doing, and it’s fantastic,” Gonski said. “Taking people, classes as a whole, or individuals to new heights.” | “Even the union has published documents on what the sort of funding is doing, and it’s fantastic,” Gonski said. “Taking people, classes as a whole, or individuals to new heights.” |
| The prime minister said the funding initiative, which he said represented $2.2bn over the next four years, would increase the federal government’s recurrent funding by 75% over the decade. | The prime minister said the funding initiative, which he said represented $2.2bn over the next four years, would increase the federal government’s recurrent funding by 75% over the decade. |
| “By 2027, the commonwealth will be providing 20%, up from 17% currently, of the school resourcing standard for all government schools and 80%, up from 77%, of that standard for non-government schools,” Turnbull said. | “By 2027, the commonwealth will be providing 20%, up from 17% currently, of the school resourcing standard for all government schools and 80%, up from 77%, of that standard for non-government schools,” Turnbull said. |
| “This investment will set Australian students on the path to academic excellence and success in their future lives.” | “This investment will set Australian students on the path to academic excellence and success in their future lives.” |
| In the transition for all schools to a common schooling resourcing standard (SRS), as recommended in the 2011 Gonski report, the education minister, Simon Birmingham, conceded that a small number of schools on the eastern seaboard would lose funding. | In the transition for all schools to a common schooling resourcing standard (SRS), as recommended in the 2011 Gonski report, the education minister, Simon Birmingham, conceded that a small number of schools on the eastern seaboard would lose funding. |
| “In that transition period, there will be a small number of schools that will experience some negative growth,” Birmingham said. “That’s around 24 schools across Australia on our current estimates.” | “In that transition period, there will be a small number of schools that will experience some negative growth,” Birmingham said. “That’s around 24 schools across Australia on our current estimates.” |
| The plan immediately drew the ire of the Catholic education sector, with a spokesman for the National Catholic Education Commission criticising the lack of consultation with the sector. | |
| “The Turnbull government has just announced a 10-year school funding plan without consulting the second largest provider of school education in the country,” the spokesman said. | |
| He warned that Catholic schools in some states and territories might be forced to raise fees as a result and urged the prime minister to consult the industry. | |
| “Today’s announcement has only created immediate uncertainty for principals, teachers and parents, who need to make decisions now about schooling next year,” the spokesman said. | |
| Birmingham said commonwealth funding would grow from $17.5bn this year to $22.1bn by 2021 and $30.6bn by 2027. Over the next four years, funding growth translated to 4.2% per student across Australia. | Birmingham said commonwealth funding would grow from $17.5bn this year to $22.1bn by 2021 and $30.6bn by 2027. Over the next four years, funding growth translated to 4.2% per student across Australia. |
| “Importantly, most of [the growth is] geared into the government sector where need is greater and the gap to close in terms of commonwealth share is larger,” Birmingham said. | “Importantly, most of [the growth is] geared into the government sector where need is greater and the gap to close in terms of commonwealth share is larger,” Birmingham said. |
| “We’ll see a higher rate of indexation for government school students of around 5.2% over the next four years.” | “We’ll see a higher rate of indexation for government school students of around 5.2% over the next four years.” |
| The announcement is the latest shot in the war over school funding. Birmingham was faced with rewriting the Coalition’s education policy after Tony Abbott and former education minister Christopher Pyne broke a 2013 election promise of a bipartisan policy on school funding. | The announcement is the latest shot in the war over school funding. Birmingham was faced with rewriting the Coalition’s education policy after Tony Abbott and former education minister Christopher Pyne broke a 2013 election promise of a bipartisan policy on school funding. |
| The second Gonski review will also muddy the political campaign being waged against the Coalition by teachers’ unions and some parent organisations to implement the full Gonski plan from his 2011 report. | The second Gonski review will also muddy the political campaign being waged against the Coalition by teachers’ unions and some parent organisations to implement the full Gonski plan from his 2011 report. |
| The former prime minister Julia Gillard had already signed up a number of states in funding deals under her Gonski plan, including then Coalition states New South Wales and Victoria. | The former prime minister Julia Gillard had already signed up a number of states in funding deals under her Gonski plan, including then Coalition states New South Wales and Victoria. |
| The Australian Education Union’s Victorian president, Meredith Peace, said the plan was a delaying tactic which provided no certainty for schools over the next decade. | |
| “There is already a plan to lift all schools to the minimum resource standard – they are the six-year Gonski agreements signed with states in 2013, and Malcolm Turnbull needs to honour them,” Peace said. | |
| “Schools can’t wait 10 years for the resources their students need. A student in year 4 today will have left school by the time this funding is delivered.” | |
| Labor’s education shadow Tanya Plibersek described the announcement as a pea and thimble trick, intended to reinstate only a portion of the funding taken out of education in the 2014 budget. | |
| She said instead of cutting $30bn from schools over the decade, the government would cut $22bn over the decade. | |
| “It is extraordinary that the prime minister stood up today and boasted about the fact that instead of cutting an average of $3m from every school in Australia he will cut an average of $2.4m from every school in Australia,” Plibersek said. | |
| The $2.2bn schools funding increase follows the government’s announcement of $2.8bn cuts to universities. | The $2.2bn schools funding increase follows the government’s announcement of $2.8bn cuts to universities. |
| Under the changes, university students’ course fees will rise from between $2,000 to $3,600, students will have to repay student loans when their income reaches $42,000 instead of $55,000 and they will have to repay 46% of the total course cost instead of 42%. | Under the changes, university students’ course fees will rise from between $2,000 to $3,600, students will have to repay student loans when their income reaches $42,000 instead of $55,000 and they will have to repay 46% of the total course cost instead of 42%. |
| Universities will face an efficiency dividend or cuts of 2.5% in 2018 to 19. The new proposal replaces the 2014 Abbott government budget plan to cut the sector by 20%. | Universities will face an efficiency dividend or cuts of 2.5% in 2018 to 19. The new proposal replaces the 2014 Abbott government budget plan to cut the sector by 20%. |
| Universities have criticised the cuts while welcoming parts of the policy such as enshrining the $592m participation and partnership program for disadvantaged students in legislation. This will provide a $985 indexed loading for each eligible student and performance funding based on increased success rates of those students. | Universities have criticised the cuts while welcoming parts of the policy such as enshrining the $592m participation and partnership program for disadvantaged students in legislation. This will provide a $985 indexed loading for each eligible student and performance funding based on increased success rates of those students. |
| Academic Bruce Chapman, the architect of the original Higher Education Contribution Scheme (Hecs), said the existing Help loans had become increasingly less generous but the changes would not undermine the system. | Academic Bruce Chapman, the architect of the original Higher Education Contribution Scheme (Hecs), said the existing Help loans had become increasingly less generous but the changes would not undermine the system. |
| “The original scheme compared to now was a little pussycat,” he told Sky News. “The first repayment threshold in current dollars was about $75,000 a year and the first repayment rate to income was 1%, so it has become increasingly less generous. | “The original scheme compared to now was a little pussycat,” he told Sky News. “The first repayment threshold in current dollars was about $75,000 a year and the first repayment rate to income was 1%, so it has become increasingly less generous. |
| “That doesn’t mean that it’s not an OK scheme at the moment, or even that the changes will undermine it in any way. I don’t think they will. | “That doesn’t mean that it’s not an OK scheme at the moment, or even that the changes will undermine it in any way. I don’t think they will. |
| “The critical point is that there are no upfront charges for anybody.” | “The critical point is that there are no upfront charges for anybody.” |
| Chapman said the income level for paying back higher education loans was driven mainly by the politics. “The whole decision about how much to charge universities is not an economic decision, it’s a political decision,” he said. “We don’t really know.” | Chapman said the income level for paying back higher education loans was driven mainly by the politics. “The whole decision about how much to charge universities is not an economic decision, it’s a political decision,” he said. “We don’t really know.” |
| Key crossbencher Nick Xenophon has called for higher education to be considered with the primary and secondary school sectors. | Key crossbencher Nick Xenophon has called for higher education to be considered with the primary and secondary school sectors. |
| Xenophon said while he was still getting across the detail of the package, the university sector could not be treated as a silo. | Xenophon said while he was still getting across the detail of the package, the university sector could not be treated as a silo. |
| “If the government is talking about completion rates, we have to look at how the primary and secondary school sectors interact and what the effect is on equality of university entry,” he said. | “If the government is talking about completion rates, we have to look at how the primary and secondary school sectors interact and what the effect is on equality of university entry,” he said. |
| Xenophon said his party would be speaking to universities, students, unions, the government and the opposition before making up its mind. | Xenophon said his party would be speaking to universities, students, unions, the government and the opposition before making up its mind. |
| “I know it’s old fashioned but I want to look at all the details and rather than give a knee jerk reaction,” he said. | “I know it’s old fashioned but I want to look at all the details and rather than give a knee jerk reaction,” he said. |