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| Independent schools sign up to Better Schools plan in $1bn deal | Independent schools sign up to Better Schools plan in $1bn deal |
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| Independent schools have signed on to the Better Schools plan – formerly known as the Gonski reforms – in a deal worth $1bn to the sector over the next six years. | Independent schools have signed on to the Better Schools plan – formerly known as the Gonski reforms – in a deal worth $1bn to the sector over the next six years. |
| The Australian government and Independent Schools Council of Australia signed an agreement a day after the government announced Tasmania had agreed to the reforms. | The Australian government and Independent Schools Council of Australia signed an agreement a day after the government announced Tasmania had agreed to the reforms. |
| The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, renamed the Gonski reforms the Better Schools plan last month and though the reforms have already passed federal parliament, Queensland, Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia are yet to sign on. | The prime minister, Kevin Rudd, renamed the Gonski reforms the Better Schools plan last month and though the reforms have already passed federal parliament, Queensland, Victoria, the Northern Territory and Western Australia are yet to sign on. |
| About 562,000 students attend independent schools across Australia and the agreement will give the schools about $1bn up until 2019. | About 562,000 students attend independent schools across Australia and the agreement will give the schools about $1bn up until 2019. |
| Rudd announced the agreement with independent schools in a joint statement with the education minister, Bill Shorten, saying the government respected a parent's right to send their children to whatever type of school they chose to. | Rudd announced the agreement with independent schools in a joint statement with the education minister, Bill Shorten, saying the government respected a parent's right to send their children to whatever type of school they chose to. |
| "Over a long period of time, the Australian government has supported the growth of the independent school sector and values the role it plays in educating young Australians," the statement said. | "Over a long period of time, the Australian government has supported the growth of the independent school sector and values the role it plays in educating young Australians," the statement said. |
| "This is not just an investment in schools. This is a down payment on the long-term strength of the Australian economy, and will underwrite higher productivity for decades to come." | "This is not just an investment in schools. This is a down payment on the long-term strength of the Australian economy, and will underwrite higher productivity for decades to come." |
| The Independent Schools Council of Australia executive director, Bill Daniels, said the reservations the independent schools had about the reforms had been addressed by Shorten over the past two weeks. | The Independent Schools Council of Australia executive director, Bill Daniels, said the reservations the independent schools had about the reforms had been addressed by Shorten over the past two weeks. |
| "ISCA can now say that independent schools should see government funding based on student disadvantage increase over the next six years as a result of the new school funding formula,'' he said. | "ISCA can now say that independent schools should see government funding based on student disadvantage increase over the next six years as a result of the new school funding formula,'' he said. |
| '"The commitment from former prime minister Julia Gillard that no school will be worse off compared to their 2013 government funding model has been built into the calculations of the new funding model." | '"The commitment from former prime minister Julia Gillard that no school will be worse off compared to their 2013 government funding model has been built into the calculations of the new funding model." |
| While in Darwin, Rudd has stepped up his campaign to get all states and territories signed on to the reforms, accusing the Northern Territory of "stonewalling". | While in Darwin, Rudd has stepped up his campaign to get all states and territories signed on to the reforms, accusing the Northern Territory of "stonewalling". |
| "I still have stonewalling from the Northern Territory government as to whether they think this is a good idea," he said on Wednesday. | "I still have stonewalling from the Northern Territory government as to whether they think this is a good idea," he said on Wednesday. |
| "I don't know what's going on up here but in previous times if a prime minister of Australia came to Darwin and said 'I want to invest $300m in your schools they would take probably about 45 seconds to get an immediate and positive response." | "I don't know what's going on up here but in previous times if a prime minister of Australia came to Darwin and said 'I want to invest $300m in your schools they would take probably about 45 seconds to get an immediate and positive response." |
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