Why do private schools deserve state funding again? (1 Viewer)

[HazzRat]

I came on here to justify why private schools deserve public funding, but they don’t need that much funding.

But basically not every private school parent is heading to the alps every summer break and sending their kid to Sydney Grammar. Most are just normal middle class people who chose to send their kid to the local catholic school for slightly better extra-curricular opportunities.

That is fine. And they shouldn’t be expected to pay Sydney Grammar prices to do this.

So what should happen is the government subsidises these cheaper private schools to encourage parents to leave the public system and reduce their fiscal burden. All together it would be a net positive for society. The government would pay less for the average private school student than the public school student, contracting the budget. The parents would financially be able to send their kid to a private school on a middle class salary. And the tax payer would get to pay less. All in all a good thing.

However our government has succumbed to the liberal party’s bullshit in many ways and we don’t get this win-win-win scenario. Instead we get a win for the parents of Sydney Grammar yay I hope they get a new swimming pool the old one’s already a decade old .

 

[iloveeggs]

I came on here to justify why private schools deserve public funding, but they don’t need that much funding.

But basically not every private school parent is heading to the alps every summer break and sending their kid to Sydney Grammar. Most are just normal middle class people who chose to send their kid to the local catholic school for slightly better extra-curricular opportunities.

That is fine. And they shouldn’t be expected to pay Sydney Grammar prices to do this.

So what should happen is the government subsidises these cheaper private schools to encourage parents to leave the public system and reduce their fiscal burden. All together it would be a net positive for society. The government would pay less for the average private school student than the public school student, contracting the budget. The parents would financially be able to send their kid to a private school on a middle class salary. And the tax payer would get to pay less. All in all a good thing.

However our government has succumbed to the liberal party’s bullshit in many ways and we don’t get this win-win-win scenario. Instead we get a win for the parents of Sydney Grammar yay I hope they get a new swimming pool the old one’s already a decade old .

totally agree but i still cant digest the idea that some schools have swimming pools on campus. my school rents out the crappy local outdoor swimming pool for sswimming carnivals and has the non-competitive swimmers in the grout filled kiddy pool no joke

 

[Eagle Mum]

private schools get more federal funding whereas public schools get more state funding, it adds up to only slightly more funding for private schools which yeah is pretty insane

I am definitely an advocate for more funding to public schools, but it’s also important to be clear about the details.
The full statement was ‘The NSW Teachers Federation reported that more than half of private schools in New South Wales now receive more combined Government funding (Commonwealth and State) per student than public schools of very similar size, location and with similar student needs.’

A very large proportion of private schools are Catholic diocese churches that charge modest fees of around $5K per year and take students with disabilities and special needs. The state funding that they receive are needs based and for these kids. IMHO, public schools ought to receive more funding, but I don’t have any objections to needs based funding for students in either public or private schools. I suspect these private schools submit more applications for additional needs funding as their parent population are probably more motivated to get their child(ren) assessed and diagnosed with learning and other disabilities, than public school parents.