Funding for Victorian private school pupils has grown at a faster rate than their public counterparts over the past decade, a new report shows.
found disadvantaged year 9 students are five years behind in reading ability and four years behind in maths compared with their advantaged peers, more than double the gap found in year 3.
But the changes have been criticised for giving some state schools less public funding than they need to meet students’ educational needs, while over-funding some private schools. It has agreed to increase its share of the student resourcing standard – an estimate of how much public funding a school requires to meet educational needs –, while the Commonwealth funds 20 per cent. There is no agreement on the remaining 5 per cent.
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