The Budget has paved the way for replacing the school decile system next year.
From January a new system, the equity index, will be used to calculate how much money schools will get to tackle socio-economic disadvantage.
It is based on data about individual children, rather than about the neighbourhoods they live in.
The Budget included $75 million a year to add to the $161 million currently allocated through deciles.
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Secondary Principals Association president Vaughan Couillault says switching from deciles to the equity index will affect a lot of areas of school resourcing.
