Article 6QZV3 Tasmania signs federal school funding deal but union says it will lock in inequity

Tasmania signs federal school funding deal but union says it will lock in inequity

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Caitlin Cassidy and Australian Associated Press
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States including NSW and Victoria are holding out for funding increase greater than Tasmania has accepted in federal schools deal

Tasmania has become the third jurisdiction to sign on to the commonwealth's school funding deal, a move the state and federal government say will see Tasmania's public schools become fully funded by 2029.

But the Australian Education Union (AEU) has dismissed the agreement as a cloak-and-dagger deal" which will never see schools reach their full funding level, as remaining states continue to hold out for the federal government to offer a better increase.

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