Independent school associations around Australia have warned the federal government that private schools may close if the government changes the allocation of federal funding. However, private Catholic schools have said the new system works better for them.
In a submission to the senate inquiry into the Australian Education Amendment (Direct Measure of Income) Bill 2020 (pdf), the Independent Schools Council of Australia (ISCA) (pdf) noted that independent schools under the new funding calculation method would lose an estimated “$212 million between 2020 and 2029 compared to the funding the sector would have received under the current methodology.”
