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Private School Funding: Time to Fix the Inequity
John Kaye is campaigning hard to restore some sense to the debate about funding of private schools. The Greens believe that the current system of public funding for private schools regardless of their wealth needs radical change if we are to avoid creating a two-tier education system.
In particular, The Greens NSW will work towards ending all public funding of the wealthiest private schools. Public funds that are given to these schools under current arrangements should be committed instead to equity programs within the public school system.
Furthermore, private schools and private school systems that receive public funding should be subject to the same level of public accountability and scrutiny that applies to public schools or forego all public funding.
Read John's submission to the Gillard government's Gonski inquiry into school funding here.
For more information:
- See The Greens NSW Education Policy Summary
- Read the latest funding figures for NSW private schools
- Read about public funding of Exclusive Brethren schools
Latest News:
Loreto Kirribilli – Poor little rich school!
Thanks to John Howard's funding maintained system and Labor's failure to end it, Loreto Kirribilli has been awash with public money, said Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Still waiting, Mr Gonski
While the recommendation for additional funds for public schools is welcome, the Gonski report will fail to rid NSW of the impacts of the biased and damaging SES private school funding model, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Schools advice body excludes public sector voices
Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has created a Schools Advisory Council that is completely biased towards the non-government sector, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Make education fairer by stripping elite schools of public funding
As long as the state and federal governments continue to hand over $200 million a year to NSW's 79 wealthiest private schools, the gap between rich and poor will continue to grow, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Gonski review submission ignores unique challenges of public education
The NSW government's submission to the Gonski inquiry is notable for the complete absence of recognition of the unique role and vulnerabilities of public education, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Gonski reports contain dangerous ideas
The Gonski panel has created a mixed and contradictory set of research and analysis, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
School maintenance needs money, not political games
The O'Farrell government should not hide behind budget 'black holes' to avoid starting on the urgently needed $400 million spend on public school maintenance, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Elite private schools run massive surpluses with public funds
The scandalous financial surpluses run up by many of the state's wealthiest private schools will increase pressure for an end to public funding of these elite institutions and higher accountability and transparency requirements for the non-government sector, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Funding cuts to public education require urgent response
Data released by Sydney University education expert Jim McMorrow shows that public schools face losing $332 million in federal funding over the next three years while non-government schools will be gifted a $939 million increase, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
Parents levy a cheap distraction from funding scandal
King's School principal Tim Hawkes is prepared to throw parents into the firing line of the school funding debate to distract attention from the flood of public monies flowing to the state's wealthiest private schools, according to Greens NSW MP John Kaye.
