The Canberra Times on 20 July 2010 points to the misleading and incorrect claims made by Australian Education Union president Angelo Gavrielatos when he argues that any new funding formula, to be introduced post-2012, must redirect government funds from non-government to state schools.
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Educational Partnerships a focus for Review of Funding for Schooling
The Australian Parents Council (APC) has commended the Australian Government's inclusion in the Terms of Reference for the Review of Funding for Schooling the consideration of the roles of families, parents, communities and other institutions in providing or supporting educational partnerships with schools.
APC welcomes Coalition focus on directly funding schools
The parents of students attending Australia’s non-government schools have welcomed the Coalition’s announcement that, if elected, it will allow schools to self manage yet to be released funding for BER projects. The executive director of the Australian Parents Council, Ian Dalton, said, “While the announcement made today by the Coalition relates to funding for BER projects in government schools, APC is heartened by the implications this announcement has for the future of funding for schooling. It is vitally important that a direct funding relationship is maintained between the Federal Government and non-government schools.
