GOVERNMENT CHANGES THE COMMONWEALTH FUNDING MODEL

Under the Quality Schools Package, the Australian Government funds 80% of a non-government school’s Schooling Resource Standard (SRS) from 1 January 2018. An initial ten-year transition period is announced, but later reduced to six years for schools transitioning to 80%

Some loadings are adjusted, including the loading for Students with Disability, which is based on the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data on Students with Disability (NCCD). The AISSA provides significant support for its member schools in ensuring the accuracy of data.

For the first time, SA Year 7 students in secondary school settings are funded as secondary school students.

 

“It is ISCA’s view that setting the Commonwealth share at 80 per cent for all non-government schools will mean that schools serving similar communities will be entitled to similar funding, creating a level playing field for all non-government schools, including within the independent sector itself.”

(Colette Colman, ISCA Executive Director, Australian Education Amendment Bill 2017 [Provisions] Report, June 2017)