The Gonski in doubt ...back to the drawing board ?

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Gonski school funding: NSW Government plans to fight changes to deal

By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths

Updated 22 minutes ago

The New South Wales Government says it will fight any changes to the "Gonski" school funding agreement it struck with federal Labor before the election.

New federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has said the Coalition cannot go ahead with the "Gonski" funding arrangements and will go back to the "drawing board".

He insists the total amount of money allocated to schools funding will not change, but the way in which it is delivered is now uncertain because final deals had not been signed with some states.

But his NSW counterpart Adrian Piccoli says it has a "binding agreement" that must be honoured.

"NSW expects the Commonwealth to fulfil its obligations under this agreement," he said in a statement.

"NSW will not agree to returning to the broken SES funding model. The new funding model has secured additional resources for classrooms across NSW, with the majority going to schools in most need."

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-25/gonski-funding3a-nsw-government-plans-to-fight-changes/5114880

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so even if the proposed changes are good ones or beneficial ones they're going to fight them anyway?

I'm not sure if that is "putting the cart before the horse" or "cutting off your nose to spite your face".

Premature media beatup and hysterical knee jerk preactions reactions again....

[i-need-a-martini]

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@**meep** wrote:

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@my*mum wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I heard that this morning. The states must be furious. Particularly given how tough the negotiations were.

What devastating decision for the Australian public education system.

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How can you say that before we know what changes are proposed?

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Exactly.  They are still committed to the $2.8bn funding, aren't they?

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NOt according to the news this morning. It was clear that Pyne was saying he would not be introducng the funding set aside for Gonski program and that they would be reviewing public education programs and funding.

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It's almost Dec, the 2014 school year isn't far away, the Premier signed an agreement which he was happy with

and which he and the voting public believed would be honored in 2014.

You see no problem ...  that now that may not be honored by our Government?

[i-need-a-martini · Accepted solution]

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@my*mum wrote:

so even if the proposed changes are good ones or beneficial ones they're going to fight them anyway?

I'm not sure if that is "putting the cart before the horse" or "cutting off your nose to spite your face".

Premature media beatup and hysterical knee jerk preactions reactions again....

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What good/beneficial changes? They haven't come up with any policies/strategies/amendments/changes/whatever. They are simply saying they are not prepared to honour the committment made by the former government (even though they themselves committed to it also) and that they will not implement the findings in the report.

And what media beat up? The Australian are reporting it dircetly from statements made by Christopher Pyne.

[izabsmiling]

too many false promises given to voters pre-election already ...this party shouldn't have been elected.

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

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@**meep** wrote:

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@my*mum wrote:

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

I heard that this morning. The states must be furious. Particularly given how tough the negotiations were.

What devastating decision for the Australian public education system.

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How can you say that before we know what changes are proposed?

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Exactly.  They are still committed to the $2.8bn funding, aren't they?

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NOt according to the news this morning. It was clear that Pyne was saying he would not be introducng the funding set aside for Gonski program and that they would be reviewing public education programs and funding.

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Mr Pyne yesterday reiterated the Abbott government had no plans to reduce the overall level of funding pledged to schoolchildren, nor attempt to renegotiate the funding agreements due to start at the beginning of the next school year.

The Coalition committed during the election campaign to provide the same $2.8bn "funding envelope" to schools over the next four year

The Australian 25 Nov 2013

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@izabsmiling wrote:

It's almost Dec, the 2014 school year isn't far away, the Premier signed an agreement which he was happy with

and which he and the voting public believed would be honored in 2014.

You see no problem ...  that now that may not be honored by our Government?

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Exactly what part of Gonski was to be rolled out for 2014?

I was under the impression that Gonski primarily offered "long term benefits" that would not begin to be realized until 2018. So I am not too sure just now what 2014 has to do with it.

Could you please enlighten me?

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C+P of a media release from June this year titled 

Gonski cash to flow to NSW schools in 2014

"In line with the National Education Reform Agreement, provision has been made for the $153 million in additional State and Federal funding for the 2014 school year.

"Our Local Schools, Local Decisions reform agenda provides greater flexibility for principals to allocate resources according to local needs. Next year, the staggered implementation of the NSW Resource Allocation Model will begin, which will see schools manage 70 per cent of their total school budget, compared to 10 per cent in 2011.

[chuk_77]

another C+P from the Age released an hour ago

The NSW government has already said how it will distribute the first phase of additional funding in 2014 to public schools.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@**meep** wrote:

Mr Pyne yesterday reiterated the Abbott government had no plans to reduce the overall level of funding pledged to schoolchildren, nor attempt to renegotiate the funding agreements due to start at the beginning of the next school year.

The Coalition committed during the election campaign to provide the same $2.8bn "funding envelope" to schools over the next four year

The Australian 25 Nov 2013

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So what is he saying?

"The model doesn't work. We don't agree with it (actually I never agreed with it so not sure why that bubble head Tony agreed on some ridiculous notion of 'unity'). So we won't implement it. We do want to review it which will mean we have to start afresh. And we will probably implement a new funding model. Eventually. But we don't have a plan yet. But don't worry, we will give you the money anyway and you can do what you want with it until Tones and I figure it out."