Labor funding boost!

Today the Bill Shorten Labor opposition announced a major funding boost to public schools if it is elected to government next year.  

Labor’s announcement includes:

• $14 billion extra for public schools over the next decade
• $3.3 billion extra for public schools from 2020-2022.

And importantly, the ALP has said it will ditch the terrible 20% federal funding cap that the Morrison Government placed on public schools.

By 2022, Commonwealth funding in each state and territory will reach at least 22.2% of the Schooling Resource Standard. For Victoria, this means $804 million over three years from 2020-2022.