$3 Billion for Private Schools That Get Kids Back in the Classroom

$3 Billion for Private Schools That Get Kids Back in the Classroom
A photo shows the main entrance to the exclusive Melbourne Grammar school in Melbourne, Australia on Sept. 14, 2004.WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images
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The federal government is offering private and independent schools a $3 billion (US$1.96 billion) advance in funding to help with financial difficulties incurred as a result of the CCP virus lockdown.
Speaking on Channel 9’s The Today Show on April 29, federal education minister Dan Tehan said independent and Catholic schools had raised concerns with the government that some of their schools were facing financial difficulties.
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