Education Minister Jason Clare is demanding states account for every federal dollar spent on students with disabilities as well as those from Indigenous or disadvantaged backgrounds in exchange for almost $6 billion more in public school funding.
“I have put billions of dollars for public schools on the table, but I reiterate that there are no blank cheques here,” Clare said. NSW Education Minister Prue Car has joined her Victorian counterpart Ben Carroll in pushing back against reporting requirements tied to the money.The current offer includes requirements for state and territory governments to show how the funding affects the learning outcomes of students, how they apply needs-based funding to certain cohorts of disadvantaged students, and progress towards specific targets.
But NSW and Victoria say the reporting requirements would divert educational resources to administrative tasks such as financial tracking at a time when teachers are sorely needed.
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