Myth: Government funding is used to fund extravagant building programs in Independent schools.
Fact: There are strict rules on the use of government recurrent funding to Independent schools, it cannot be used for capital works.
Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Independence Matters blog
Welcome to ISCA’s blog Independence Matters, providing accurate information, news and views with a national focus on school funding and other education issues relating to Independent schools.
Myth: The Gonski 2.0 school funding package gives big funding increases to Independent schools while funding for government schools goes backwards.
Fact: Under the new arrangements, funding growth for government schools, on average, will be 24 per cent faster than for Independent schools.
Posted: 14 Sep 2017
