Victorian public schools face $20bn funding shortfall, analysis shows

Private schools will be overfunded by almost $400m, but public schools will fall short of national standards

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Victoria's public schools face a dire funding shortfall of almost $20bn, with new analysis revealing funding growth for private schools is five times higher than for the state's government schools.

Analysis from public schools advocacy group Save Our Schools shows that combined federal and state funding for government schools from 2019 to 2029 would be about $19.5bn below the Gonski review's recommended funding benchmark - the Schooling Resource Standard (SRS).

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