Tasmania signs federal school funding deal but union says it will lock in inequity
by Caitlin Cassidy and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6QZV3)
States including NSW and Victoria are holding out for funding increase greater than Tasmania has accepted in federal schools deal
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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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