Flat Rate funding - Gonski Report

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/education/flat-rate-funding-for-students-with-disability-gonski/story-fn59nlz9-1226276383053

STUDENTS with a disability should receive a flat rate of funding regardless of the type of school they are enrolled in, a new report has recommended.


The review of school funding, headed by David Gonski, has criticised discrepancies in the level of government support provided to students with a disability.


While it says the federal government has budgeted $196 million between 2011-14 for programs to support students with disabilities, the report notes that students with a disability in non-government schools receive "substantially less public funding than their counterparts in government schools".