10 Feb 2020

Schools feel effect of government donation scheme

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 10 February 2020

Schools are figuring out what to do with the nearly $64 million they have received from the government's donation scheme.

A little over 1500 schools in deciles one to seven have signed up to the programme and get $150 per student as long as they don't ask families for donations.

Some are better off by thousands of dollars, but others are worse off.

RNZ education correspondent, John Gerritsen, reports.