Should the federal government turn over school funding to the states?

By and large schools are useless - I would recommend the government gets rid of them

Some basics should remain centralised, including distribution of water, food, shelter, education and health-care. States should put forth their best plans for delivering high standards of schooling. It appears likely a better model would be central-state collaboration for both education and health. For example, it is incredulous that Australia has 9 different laws regarding abortion in the country in the 21st century!!

The education system needs an overhaul. We are teaching kids to confirm and live in fear just like most adults do. To not think for themselves and question everything they are being taught.

Should be a mixture of both state and federal but same curriculum Australia wide. Public schools should receive the same amount that is given to private schools

If the state can show that it is capable of providing ample school funding, then it should be, but states without that ability should remain under federal funding.

Public schools should be funded nationally, meaning teachers in all states are paid equally. This will strengthen the union and allow better delivery of education across the nation.

The government should be responsible for the funding but if the state wants to fund their schools as well they should

The ridiculous amount given to independent schools should be reduced (not entirely removed). If given over to the states, they shouldn’t just be told to ‘find the money’

No funding to private schools

Allow states to fund but the federal government should as well.

No, public schools should also receive more funding and private schools less funding, it is creating inequality at the roots of society.

What does this mean?

i dont really mind

Albo said that states were already in charge of school funding and wiped all responsibility of this in his debate with Dutton

Should come from both state and federal and more cu ding for regional areas and less for private schools

No, but there should be greater connection and support for all levels of support and supervision of schools.

Yes, but the federal government should be able to step in if the states are not seen to be providing adequate funding to all schools.

Yes, there should be more control to the states but there should still be a minimum budget allocation.

Make it all the same however allow opportunity for further application of resources for areas that need it.

All school funding should be administered by the federal government, allocated as a per child level.

Sate and Federal governments should work collabortatively to fund schools. Federal government should turn focus towards more funding for public schools.

My primary concern with school funding is that we should phase out government funding to private schools.

This has already occurred. Rossmoyne high school and Willetton high school have multimillion dollar funding year after year after year and all the schools around get minimal. There is clearly a state influence.

Having been involved in this issue as a senior public servant I can't give a short answer. The ANTA model developed in the early 1990s for vocational education was an excellent model that did not survive John Howard.

First University course should be free/government funded, anything after that should fall under HECS debt

School Funding should be jointly funded by both the Federal Government AND State/Territory Government, as the responsibility for School Funding should not be left solely on one or the other alone. Both Federal and each State/Territory Governments should discuss how they can go about funding schools as being a joint-funding thing.

Department of Education should be managed by the states, however with reforms and legislation in place to ensure the schools at risk get the assistance they need

Federal government should assist states if they require additional funding to manage schools otherwise the states should manage their schools

Have the federal government pay a small part of the funding while the states pay the rest. Making sure schools do not fall under a certain cost of funding.

There should be one education policy and curriculum within the country and it should be federally recognised

Federal government is too big and states fight over funding instead of concentrating on education. There should be federal laws to remove all ideological indoctrination from kindergarten to Higher education. Teach fundamentals, teach kids to be life long learners.

Modern Australian governments are untrustworthy be it state or federal, but I will agree because it takes power from the corrupt leftist federal government

A clear and fair funding model should be developed to balance the outcome and result of schools funding.

No need for state, should be federal and local council. Move decision making closer to the ground.

Depends on what the particular state government was going to do to manage and distribute the funding.

Different schools have different needs and State has a better idea of what each school's wants/needs.

The federal government should turn over school funding to the states, provided that the states remain impartial to personal earnings of the university and its investors. Education is not a business.

No, money should be shared equally and encouraged to increase this budget for educating future generations

i think the federal government should only turn over school funding to only primary school and high school only. However we should pay for university.

I think the material thought should be the same across the country, so no I think schools should be federal funding, as there may be perverse incentives from state funding

the school system should be a federal only program in fact i would abolish the state governments as it is one useless bureaucracy that doesn't really need to exist

Maybe a bit of both, as in the richest states could manage some of their schools with others being federally managed

Yes because private schools are receiving more funding from the government that public schools, leaving them under funded

no. i dont trust the current victorian government. dan andrews has left however so in the future i may change my mind

Children should have a coupon that can be used for any public school and have school choice. Let the schools compete to raise quality through competition

both should contribute equally.

The state and federal government should each have a fair share in investing into the school system, but the federal government has the right to oversee local government school funding and force towns and cities to put more funding into a school district if they deem that the funding is insufficient.

We have a federal government and a local government. We do not need state governments at all. Give all federal funding to the local Government to distribute.

yes but make sure the premiers know what there doing and are fair.

No with a national curriculum in place federal level input is needed

Share funding between state and federal

Depends if the fund is adequate in the first place

Yes only if there is some benefit to the school or it increases their capacity to educate the next generation of society

It should be mainly state but some federal support

dk what this means

Yes and stop funding elite private schools. No funding should be sent to a school that charges more than $15k annually and funding should be phased out for schools that charge more than $12k annually.

No, there should be one education system across Australia. No child should be disadvantaged by moving state at any age.

education should be a federal issue,all children from all states should be taught the same subjects.

Link. Link. Wake up.

I'm bias so I can't say

I don’t actually know what this means. I do believe schools should continue being funded by the government, if that’s what it means.

All schools should be given adequate funding by the government

The funding should be split between Federal and State levels of Government.

Should be funded by both

Yes and no. If the States have appropriate funds

Fence sitter

Abolish the state governments

I don't really know what that would mean

The government shouldn’t get invoke in education

they already do most of it.

They should give the states school funding money and allow the states to divide it equally among the state schools in their state

No, the federal government should get a national curriculum as well as having balanced funding between public and private sectors, so no student will be left behind.

The federal government and the states should split their school funding

Australian schooling should be a federal syllabus therefore funded by the Aust government

dunno babes

Public and Private schools should be funded equally

Not enough knowledge to answer.

Ultimately, as long as schools are sufficiently funded, I'm not concerned which government it comes from. Perhaps a combination of both would be optimal.

Don’t know what charter schools are. More information needed

Should be both commonwealth and state.

Yes, but education standards should still remain nationalised.

Changing the responsible government won’t address underlying issues around equity

The state system should be abolished and a federation established

No and all schooling should be the same nation wide

Im confused on the question

State govt should be abolished

Yes, but only with a base outline of minimum requirements of equal opportunity and equity to be made available across all schools and students within the state.

Federal government should oversee education nationally and take it away from states

Government shouldn’t fund schools, education should be privatised. Families could receive an education subsidy from the government to put towards their children’s education.

School funding should be given to the parents (with suitable controls).

The department does not no what there doing the should be run by teachers at least they know what's schools need and students

Relevant to the state

Regardless, schools should be well funded.

The funding should be allocated in the form of vouchers on a per student basis to empower parental choice.

I would say yes, but Money doesn’t get to base level in QLD

No, but the way in which funding is doled out needs reviewing i.e. private vs state school funding disparities (to state school disadvantage).

75% of funding should be provided at a state level the remaining 25% should be provided at a Federal level.

No, education should be equal across all states and therefore looked after federally

No, the federal government should turn over school funding to parents and tax them less.