Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation

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Nef 331.8809944 EDU
Created/Published
Sydney : The Federation, 1919-2021
Issue
Vol. 81 No. 12 (30 Oct 2000)
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Contents

EDUCATION JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION 1
Defeat the States Grants Bill 1
What the Bill will do 1
Questioning the Government scheme 1
DEFEAT THE STATES GRANT BILL Funding of private and public schools in Australia History lesson 2 , 23
Advertising 2
EDUCATION 3
States Grants Bill moves to the Senate 3
Reactions 3 , 4
Kemp skips funding forum 3 , 4
NEWS Career change scheme or the $50,000 kiss goodbye 4
Two-pronged negotiations on collegiates underway 4
Agreement reached on secondary executive restructuring 5
Consent award ready for IRC 5
They could be watching you 5
Head teachers and the top of the salary scale 6
Years 7-10 curriculum review consultations begin 6
In BRIEF 6
Advertising 6 , 7
The President Writes Howard’s politics of division 8
LETTERS to the Editor 8
Year end (coffee) grind 8
Public holiday swindle 8
Tribute to Tim 9
Carbon Copy Funding argument doesn’t wash 9
Private school funding 9
Union’s intervention improves standards 9
Advertising 9
ADMINISTRATION Anna Stewart Program term 1,2001 10
Our Fed Reps 10
Good old days 10
Unfair promotions game 10
Hold our peace 10
Have a close look 10
Hang in there 10
RETIRED Retired Teachers Association 11 , 12
Fragrant Bleach 11
Pikemen 11
Good piss this 11
No more war 11
VIEWS Exchange teaching hell 12
Call to overturn asylum seeker discrimination 12
Advertising 12
TAPE TAFE Campaigns Update 13
TAFE shows the world 13
Advertising 13 , 14
Henry Parkes, parent of public education 15
A golden opportunity for public education 15
Advertising 16
REVIEWS Cheap WINE Orange takes to grapes 16
Search for the ‘real’ Bali 17
Computer Corner Imagination built in a flash 17
FILM Films that simply make you feel good 18
Theatre An unexpected journey 18
Advertising 18
Mr Yen’s World 19
LAS VCGAS of the Bidgee Homebush tale amid the dust and scrub 19
Advertising 20 , 21
DT SMITH 21
SHOE 21
THOSE WHO CAN’T 21
INSIDE 22
Singing up for public education 22
Finally, Joy for Moss Vale workers 22
Boston takes the lead 23
Advertising 23
Let your parents know and join the fight 24
Advertising 24

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EDUCATION  

JOURNAL OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES TEACHERS FEDERATION  

Agreement No. PP255003 00104  

Vol. 81 0.12 October 30, 2000  

Defeat the States Grants Bill  

The Howard Government  

has devised new funding  

system for schools. This  

system will deliver massive  

funding increases to private  

schools, including the most  

wealthy of them all. In this  

special bulletin, we look at  

the history of school fund-  

ing, the implications of the  

Government’s proposed Bill  

and what teachers can do  

to defeat the legislation.  

You are urged to work with  

teacher colleagues and com-  

munity members to protest to  

NSW members of Federal  

Parliament, particularly  

Senators, about the passage  

of the States Grants (Primary  

and Secondary Education  

Assistance) Bill.  

We ask you to urge  

Senators to vote against the  

funding Bill. This will be in the  

near future, so the issue  

needs to be dealt with quickly.  

It is important that the sup-  

porters of public education  

speak out.  

What the Bill will do  

The main features of the  

States Grants (Primary and  

Secondary Education  

Assistance) Bill are:  

□ introduces the so-called  

socio-economic status  

(SES) model of funding for  

non-Cathoiic systemic pri-  

vate schools, but keeps the  

old funding model for  

Catholic systemic schools.  

Dr Kemp claims that this  

method is discredited, yet  

has allowed the largest pri-  

vate school sector  

(Catholic schools make up  

65 percent of private  

schools) to remain funded  

under that system;  

□ guarantees that no private  

school will be worse off, even  

if the SES model shows it  

should lose funds;  

□ introduces establishment  

grants ($5OO per student) for  

new private schools, which  

will help new schools set up;  

□ allows for private schools  

to get funding for distance  

education students;  

□ bundles literacy and numer-  

acy programs into single  

funding “bucket” with funding  

for students with special  

needs and disabilities;  

□ makes it mandatory to  

sign up for performance tar-  

gets as condition for fund-  

ing for ali schools and sys-  

tems, including public edu-  

cation. It makes it possible  

to withhold funding to pub-  

lic schools “failing” to meet  

the Kemp-decided perform-  

ance targets (these are not  

defined in the Bill).  

Public schools will get  

no real increase in  

funding.  

Questioning the Government scheme  

What are the main changes to the  

way private schools are funded?  

Under the present system, the pri-  

vate wealth and resources of the  

school is taken into account in  

determining the "needs” of the  

school, and the level of funding it  

should receive. The new system  

takes no account of the private  

income or resources of the  

school. private school can raise  

as many resources as it likes  

through fees, investments and  

property ownership, and be as  

well-endowed as it likes, and this  

will have no impact on the level of  

government funding.  

Funding will be determined  

only by where students’ families  

live. It does not measure the  

actual wealth or income of the  

families attending the private  

school. If rich family lives in  

poor area then their school will  

attract high level of funding  

than private school where the  

parents are surrounded by wealth-  

ier neighbours.  

Why are the most exclusive  

schools, charging the highest  

fees, getting such massive  

increases?  

Schools which have boarders from  

rural areas will attract higher lev-  

els of funding, because most rural  

areas are poorer than many urban  

areas. The wealthiest families  

from rural area depend on the  

poverty of their neighbours to  

attract high levels of funding to  

their schools.  

The exclusive schools with high  

private incomes from fees, invest-  

ments, endowments and the like,  

which have built up their assets and  

investment portfolios over long  

time, do not have those assets  

counted in determining need.  

Other schools may be bank-  

rolled by outside interests. For  

example, the Islamic school  

Malek Fahd in the Sydney suburb  

of Bankstown was set up on land  

bought for $l2 million by the  

Saudi Arabian Government. It will  

receive over $7.5 million year.  

South African multi-millionaire,  

who floated schools on the stock  

exchange in South Africa, is  

reportedly establishing school in  

the eastern suburbs of Sydney.  

Does the funding take into  

account the quality of education  

or ethics and values promoted by  

particular schools?  

No. Apart from requirement to  

meet as-yet unspecified “perform-  

ance targets”, the funding mecha-  

nism is disinterested. The Athena  

School, Church of Scientology  

school based on the teachings of  

cult personality Ron Hubbard,  

will receive more than $160,000  

year for 62 students. The Bethel  

Learning Centre, an Accelerated  

Christian Education school which  

began in Scout hall at  

Macquarie Fields, will receive  

$58,000 year for 15 students.  

What effect will it have on public  

schools?  

As new private schools are estab-  

lished, and existing ones continue  

to expand, the Enrolment  

Benchmark Adjustment (EBA) will  

continue to ensure that public  

education systems will lose fund-  

ing.  

This will further undermine the  

inclusive nature of public school-  

ing as system for all  

Australians. Public schools will  

increasingly be seen as resid-  

ual, safety net system for those  

not able to afford private school.  

Private schools will see it as in  

their interests to cream off stu-  

dents from poorer areas through  

scholarships in order to attract  

higher levels of funding to their  

schools. This sort of activity is  

being encouraged by the govern-  

ment.  

What are the establishment  

grants for new private schools?  

New private schools will be able  

to get establishment grants for  

the first and second years of oper-  

ation of $5OO per student. This is  

not subject to means test.  

This policy will assist the  

Government’s policy of encourag-  

ing new private schools to be  

established and for the drift away  

from public schools to be encour-  

aged. The growth in private  

schools can only be at the  

expense of public schools.  

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation & New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. (1919). Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Retrieved August 12, 2025, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680907116

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N.S.W. Teachers' Federation and New South Wales Public School Teachers' Federation. Education : journal of the N.S.W. Public School Teachers Federation Sydney: The Federation, 1919. Web. 12 August 2025 <http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-680907116>

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