Last month, Catholic school bosses wrote to their 600 principals about their push for more money to spend on building and maintaining schools.Ms Berejiklian said a Coalition government would support parents whether they choose to send their children to the local public, Catholic or independent school.record support for the Catholic and independent school sectors as well,” she said.government’s strong economic management.
Mr Stokes said the increased investment would be delivered through grants under the Building Grants Assistance Scheme, which funds for areas of greatest need.“The NSW Liberals and Nationals recognise that funding for school infrastructure shouldneed it the most,” Mr Stokes said.
The state government says it is investing $6 billion over the next four years to deliver more than 170 new and upgraded public schools. This is the largest investment in public school infrastructure by any state government in Australian history. In the letter to principals, Catholic Schools NSW pointed out that it played a "strategically critical" role in escalating the private school funding issue at a federal level last year, leading to a $4.6 billion deal that included a controversial $1.2 billion choice and affordability fund.
AlexSmithSMH Priests will be getting happy.
AlexSmithSMH bribe n pork barreling Priv schools have got prime land which they could sell 1/3 n use d money to build new classes They charge huge fees n Lib gov is still trying to grab votes
AlexSmithSMH Catch up with the public schools first.
AlexSmithSMH Can imagine there must be huge numbers of parents keen to enrol kids in the new Cardinal Pell Secondary School system. Will look great on the kids CV.
AlexSmithSMH Why?
AlexSmithSMH Shouldn t they use their exorbitant fees for this?
banas51 AlexSmithSMH Private School means a Private Business, Tax payer should not be paying . Catholic Schools should also be exempt from Taxpayer Money. State Funded Schools are open to all and paid by the Taxpayer. the others are a scam. must be stopped.
AlexSmithSMH Disgusting
AlexSmithSMH Half a billion dollars to perpetuate inequality of opportunity.
AlexSmithSMH Governments are supposed to fund public schools and private schools fund themselves. Is that too hard to understand?
AlexSmithSMH oh just piss off
AlexSmithSMH Only the Liberals would agree to extra funding for private schools. Given the abuse & coverup of that abuse which was recently uncovered by the Royal Commission, it is outrageous that the taxpayer must fork out for these elitist & unaccountable schools.
AlexSmithSMH Next 4 years? Isn't the govt's role to 'plan' and manage infra 'before' ballooning enrolments happen? Some SYD schools hv arnd 45 demountable classes vs 20 perm classes. I'm disappointed abt ur govt's track record on education GladysB. You were in power and you didn't do enough.
AlexSmithSMH Our local Catholic high school numbers are dropping dramatically, while our public high school has increased by over 500 kids in 6 years! I fully support funding for every school, but I would rather see those awful asbestos ceilings removed from public schools first GladysB!
AlexSmithSMH Hoping to see the 'demountable classrooms' in Northern NSW 'looked at, they're not asking for a second pool...
AlexSmithSMH They're spending over 6 billion on public schools and whingers complaining about $500m going to private and catholic schools Guessing a lot of you can't read 🤔
AlexSmithSMH Wow thus it totally wrong news timing for such a spend...just astonished at how people who've suffered trauma this past week due to the news stories will feel
AlexSmithSMH Why? They are private so should be self-funded. Why are my tax dollars gojng to schools that can pick and choose their students and indoctrinate young minds to a narrow, unethical, religiously biggoted range of beliefs?
AlexSmithSMH Raiding the lolly jar before they have to leave
AlexSmithSMH When public schools still need aircon and repairs, and while religious run schools still have exemptions under the NSW anti discrimination act.
AlexSmithSMH Stop giving Public money to Private religious schools. This perpetuates the dogma and divisivness of a flawed belief system. Religious schools supported by the public purse detracts from our Public schools pursuit of excellence for all.
AlexSmithSMH After yesterday's news of priests in schools not having to prove they have a WWCC and we should just trust they have one, I have a feeling the ballooning enrollments are about to go POP! Direct the funds to public and special needs schools.
AlexSmithSMH How about ensuring public school infrastructure is adequate then worry about welfare you give private schools My childs public school in west Sydney doesnt have enough space to cope with demand for before & after school care but by all means give a catholic school more welfare
AlexSmithSMH Good but funding to support ALL teachers is needed
AlexSmithSMH WTF! Out damn spot.
AlexSmithSMH In other news Gladys B shoots herself in the foot while trying to win an ejection
AlexSmithSMH should have announced this a few years ago - this announcement has been made because of the election - it’s good but only trying to hang onto power gladys NSWelections Education
AlexSmithSMH Meanwhile they’re reducing enrolments in public schools with demountable classrooms. Can you see what’s happening here?
AlexSmithSMH There's how you pay for the stadium
AlexSmithSMH Looks like parents are moving away from the indoctrination of the public schooling system
AlexSmithSMH What part of private don’t they understand?
AlexSmithSMH Don't they already get enough? corruption
AlexSmithSMH Excellent work, and best of all it will send the social media squealers and virtue signallers crazy.
AlexSmithSMH Unbelievable GladysB you should be investing in public education instead of focusing on the rich. michaeldaleyMP you need to win this!
AlexSmithSMH So nothing for public schools again? And they claimed they care about education, probably just for the privileged auspol VoteThemOut Elections2019
AlexSmithSMH Tax payer funded private schools... Oxymoronic much?
AlexSmithSMH Ballooning enrolment......now why do I want to call BS. Oh I know why, Howard’s baby bonus kids are in or getting to high school age. The wave will disappear. So are they going to make sure the money is on classrooms and not sports/swimming structures?
AlexSmithSMH Private and Catholic schools should be private and Catholic funded. Governments should only fund public schools.
AlexSmithSMH People are moving their children to private education because the left wing mind control and narrative pushing non educating state schools
AlexSmithSMH That is simply your job.
AlexSmithSMH Wait! What am I missing? Private and Catholic schools?
AlexSmithSMH Gladys - you are gawn. Bugger off and close the door on your way out.
AlexSmithSMH Public education needs a lobby group, seeing as education is political.
AlexSmithSMH In other news, the rich are being rewarded by the system that is set up to make them richer while the poor are chewed up by the system designed to chew them up...
AlexSmithSMH Unless we vote you idiots out. Point taken.
AlexSmithSMH Why?
AlexSmithSMH Hi Gladys. We are apparently getting 10’s of thousands of new houses in our small semi rural town, but there’s no mention of a high school, we currently only have a small primary school. Wtf are you funding private and catholic schools? What’s in that for you? You are a fraud.
AlexSmithSMH Gladys Berejiklian Govt will spend 2.8 billion on regnal health. as part of $90 billion to be spent on Hospitals-Schools & Transport Gladys Berejiklian Govt will build 2000 new class rooms NSW Michael Daley Labor will build 1000 new class rooms
AlexSmithSMH And Public Schools continue to miss out!
AlexSmithSMH Or, 'Parents have such little faith in public schools that they're now voting with their feet, and the cash is following.'
AlexSmithSMH priv schools r very wealthy They r on prime real estate If they sell part of d land they could get $10s mils to build new classes More of Gladys squander Look at Athen stadiums They r bankrupt It was costing $-bils
AlexSmithSMH Oh change the government pleeez!
AlexSmithSMH I thought that was why parents paid school fees. So the school can build classrooms. Why are we proping up failed business moidels?
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