Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister for Education) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank the member for her question, because it gives me the opportunity to let the House know that the government is providing record levels of funding to schools, and that is growing every year. Commonwealth funding for state schools was $6.8 billion last year. It will be $7.3 billion this year, it will be $7.9 billion next year and it will be $8.6 billion the year after that. From 2017 to 2027, Commonwealth funding to state schools will grow by 86 per cent. According to the Productivity Commission, since 2006, on a per-student basis, Commonwealth funding to state schools has increased by 78.5 per cent.

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