Asked if NSW could disrupt the funding arrangement, Tehan replied: “They could if they want to – we pay our share to state schools, Catholic schools and independent schools through the NSW government. Tehan said he was “very confident” all states and territories would agree, citing one Labor state and a territory government that had both expressed a desire to conclude bilateral negotiations on schools funding. For example, the NSW government wants things included in how its contribution to state schools is counted, he said. Coalition recycles old nonsense with business-as-usual schools deal | Lyndsay Connors Read moreThe Greens have suggested that the $1.2bn choice and affordability fund and possibly the $3.2bn schools funding model changes can both be disallowed by the Senate. Tehan said shared security costs was “a good way to proceed” but the practicalities of the policy were still be investigated.

Source: The Guardian September 23, 2018 00:47 UTC