Coalition offers independent schools early funding if they return to face-to-face teaching

Victorian independent schools say federal funding offer leaves them in ‘unfair’ position

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Independent Schools Victoria has blasted an offer from the education minister, Dan Tehan to bring forward independent and Catholic schools’ federal funding if they meet benchmarks to return to face-to-face teaching, accusing him of wedging schools in a dispute with the Victorian government.

After warning independent schools with the stick of withdrawing their funding if they didn’t open their doors, Tehan is now trying the carrot approach by offering them up to 25% of their total annual recurrent funding early, in late May and early June.

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