School Funding
Mediawatch for 7 April 2024
We talk to an editor keeping an eye on where public money for public services ends up and the government’s new political action plan gets the media’s attention. Audio
School bells and whistles gone with their international students
The Finance Minister says international students aren't coming back to NZ any time soon. How will schools that have come to rely on the money they bring in now going to cut their cloth to fit? Audio
How schools will try to work around the donation-ban plan
Insight - The government's school donation scheme has not even started and schools are already looking for ways to push its rules to the limit. John Gerritsen investigates how far they will go to give… Video, Audio
High decile schools disadvantaged by donation policy
Principals at high decile schools have warned MPs that they are tackling problems like incest and drug addiction and they shouldn't be excluded from the government's policy of scrapping donations. Audio
School workers face pay cuts unless govt boosts funding
Thousands of school office workers, teacher aides, technicians and caretakers face reduced hours and pay cuts unless the government boosts school funding. Audio
Govt defends consultation despite teachers unions protest
The Education Minister, Hekia Parata, is defending her consultation process despite two unions joining forces to fight the Government's plan for the school funding system.our political reporter Mei… Audio
NCEA overtakes funding as main issue for schools
Teachers are happier and students better behaved but low-decile schools are struggling to keep up, a survey of secondary schools shows.
Kids could be stigmatised by new school funding - Labour
Structuring school funding according to whether or not children are deemed "at risk" could stigmatise those children, the government has been warned.
School decile funding system may be dropped
Targeted funding for schools, being considered as alternative to the decile system, would fit with the government's investment approach, the Prime Minister says. Audio
Principals says money at heart of school property problems
Principals say school property funding is facing unprecedented pressure. The president of the Principals Federation, Denise Torrey, told our education correspondent, John Gerritsen, its members are… Audio
Govt admits policy could bring major change to school funding
The government is considering using its flagship education policy to make unheralded changes in the way schools are funded. Audio