Conning Electors
Thursday, August 26, 2004
Labor's announcement that it's '... very clear we'll be funding [schools] on the basis of need' is misleading. In reality, they will provide 100% funding to anyone using a state-run school, regardless of family wealth. They will provide less for anyone using a Catholic school, and less again for those in independent schools.
The basis of funding for most children is not need, but who runs the school. This despite the fact that most non-state school places actually operate on fewer dollars per student (grants, fees and all).
Philip O'Carroll