Schools ask parents to contribute to basic supplies such as stationery and first aid supplies. The price tag can be four figures, per child, per year.

Public schools ask parents to make voluntary contributions because they need the funds…

State governments have consistently not met their funding targets for public schools. On current timelines – and provided future governments deliver the funds – schools will not have their full funding entitlements until 2034.

This puts school principals in a very difficult situation. Their schools are not properly funded by the government and there are limits to their ability to seek additional funds from parents.

2034? Do they really want our public education to fall further behind? I don’t understand how they can justify this.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    well, its deliberately enshitifying education so concerned parents move their kids to private schools which reduces the public school demand. For a neo liberal government it makes sense, for an individual parents it makes senses, for society it’s a complete fucking debacle.

    if they don’t and say we need to raise taxes instead, they get equal pushback.

    Nearly every major political policy in Australia is a disaster; education, defence, health, housing, transport, taxation etc are all complete fucking debacles and can only hwy worse. ita why the stupid amongst us turn to ONP, they can blame muslims instead of the person looking back at them from the mirror.