Federal Funding Review Resources

These resources will assist you in the review submission process.

Fact Sheets

What you must know (PDF) What you must know (MS Word)

The Review Process (PDF) The Review Process (MS Word)

The Current System (PDF) The Current System (MS Word)

Flaws of the SES Funding System (PDF) Flaws of the SES Funding System (MS Word)
A Better Deal for Public Schools (PDF) A Better Deal for Public Schools (MS Word)

Additional Online Resources

The Review Process

More detailed information about the process is contained on the Review Website

Members of the Expert Panel

AEU submission to consultation on the draft Terms of Reference

AEU Presentation to the Expert Review Panel July 2010:

The Importance of the Review

School Funding Review Vital For Public Schools by Angelo Gavrielatos

The Schools Funding System

Dr Andrew Dowling, Australia’s School Funding System, ACER 2007

Dr Jim McMorrow, Reviewing the evidence: Issues in Commonwealth funding of government and non-government schools in the Howard and Rudd years August 2008

Dr Jim McMorrow, The Rudd Government’s Budget priorities for government and non-government schools: the latest evidence January 2010

Dr Jim McMorrow, Schools Funding Futures July 2010

National Public Education Forum 2009 Papers (Canberra, March 28th – 29th)

Richard Teese, Suffer the children left behind, The Age, August 16, 2010

Kenneth Davidson, Public Schools sacrificed for a win at any cost, Sydney Morning Herald, August 9, 2010

Trevor Cobbold, Government Schools Lose from Government Funding of Private Schools, July 26, 2010

Anna Patty, Private schools will continue to be overfunded, Sydney Morning Herald, April 21, 2010

Natalie Craig, Elite private schools rake in profits, The Age, September 12, 2010