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Take Action to Protect Independent Schools
Important information about the Australian Government Review of Funding for Schooling (the Gonski Review).
For more information, contact Tim Johnston, Director, Public Affairs. Phone (03) 9825 7200
Review of Funding for Schooling Response
Independent Schools Victoria has made a submission to the Review of Funding for Schooling.
Click here to access a copy of the submission.
Independent Schools Victoria has also prepared a number of fact sheets relevant to the Review, which can be accessed below:
Independent Schools Victoria has also responded to the following Review of Funding for Schooling papers:
Posters Highlight Independent Schools’ Concerns
These five posters highlight issues that support our arguments that we will be making in relation to the Review of Funding for Schooling that is due to report to the Australian Government by the end of 2011.
You are welcome to download these posters and display them in the coming months. The posters’ simple, easily remembered messages are reinforced with factual data.
 
To view and print the posters, please click on each individual poster (PDF).
Annual Review
- Click here to read Independent Schools Victoria 2010 - 2011 Annual Review
Independent Schools Victoria Media Releases
For more information, or to interview Michelle Green, contact
Brian M. Peck on 0437 515 505.
School Funding Model - Designed on the Run
The proposed Gonski model for funding education in Australia is based on insufficient and poor quality data and untested assumptions, says Independent Schools Victoria.
3 March 2012
School Funding - Alice Through the Looking Glass
Lewis Carroll would have been proud of the bureaucrats who devised the process for developing the funding model for implementing the recommendations for the Gonski Review of Funding for Schooling. They have created a mirror reverse of best practice.
3 March 2012
Jury still out on Gonski Review
The Review of School Funding released by the federal government today is a substantial body of work containing 41 recommendations and it is a very disappointing that the government did not have one response.
20 February 2012
Federal and State MPs Hear Parents’ Fears about School Funding Review
All federal and state Members of Parliament in Victoria are being told that parents with children at Independent schools are deeply concerned about the outcomes of the Gonski Review of Funding for Schooling.
14 February 2012
Greens Threaten School Funding over Student Enrolments
Non-government schools could lose Commonwealth funding because of the students they enrol under proposals made today by the Australian Greens, says Michelle Green, Chief Executive, Independent Schools Victoria.
19 January 2012
Baillieu Government Congratulated on Keeping Election Commitment
We congratulate the Victorian Government on keeping its election commitment to remove the requirement for non-government schools to pay the Growth Areas Infrastructure Contribution (GAIC) on land for new schools, says Michelle Green, Chief Executive, Independent Schools Victoria.
29 November 2011
Funding Review Changes could Cost Taxpayers - Victorian Government
The Victorian Government’s submission to the Gonski Review of Funding for Schooling says that Victorians would be required to spend an additional $17.6 million each year for every one per cent of students moving from non-government schools to the government system.
4 November 2011
Independent Schools Victoria
Fails Funding Research
A research report prepared for the Gonski Review of Funding for Schooling lacks factual evidence and seems to be ideologically driven, and a second is a wasted opportunity in this crucial time for the education sector across Australia, says Independent Schools Victoria.
9 October 2011
Independent Schools Victoria Submissions
A Definition of Charity - Consultation Paper Response
Independent Schools Victoria welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the Australian Government’s Definition of Charity consultation paper and to comment on the review of the charitable and not-for-profit sectors.
9 December 2011
Independent Schools Victoria's Video Messages
Independent schools have a tradition of building links with their surrounding communities. They nurture close relationships which benefit both the students and the wider community. Commitment to community service is embedded in the school ethos, its values and philosophy. Click here to view the video. |
Education is Australia's Future. 'Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children.' - Article 26, United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Click here to view the video.
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Click here to view the VPC's Fight the Funding Injustice for Students with Disabilities YouTube message. |
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