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Christian school call for funds

Interesting article sent in by Alan regarding school funding.

“LOW-FEE Christian schools are asking for the same level of
Federal Government funding given to Catholic schools.

In a submission to the Government’s inquiry into funding for
private schools, Christian Schools Australia says it is unfair for
Catholic schools to receive more money than poorer Christian
schools.

The submission was obtained under freedom of information laws
because the Government’s inquiry into how it will distribute an
estimated $27.6 billion to private schools, during the next
four-year funding cycle from 2009, is being run behind closed
doors.”

Read more here

This entry was posted on Friday, December 1st, 2006 at 11:00 am by phil and is filed under oz politics and society. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

3 Responses to “Christian school call for funds”

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    alan Says:
    December 2nd, 2006 at 8:43 pm

    Thanks Phil.
    Todays papers (”Australia’s inequitable education system”) again highlight the degree to which christian schools are complicit in creating and sustaining poverty,
    http://www.smh.com.au/text/articles/2006/12/01/1164777789828.html

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    Janet Says:
    December 3rd, 2006 at 2:02 pm

    Sobering statistics Alan… and damnit, spending money on the poor just doesn’t buy an election win… and most Christians I talk to don’t seem concerned about this. I’m getting awfully cynical for a natural optimist.

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    emblazoned Says:
    December 4th, 2006 at 8:17 am

    Thanks for sharing the article I had missed it…next year I will be a history teacher (albeit casual) so this stuff really does concern me…