NSW: Independent schools save taxpayers $5 billion a year

AAP General News (Australia)
08-20-2007
NSW: Independent schools save taxpayers $5 billion a year

A report suggests students attending private schools save taxpayers five billion dollars
a year in building and running costs at government schools.

Findings of the report .. commissioned by the independent schools sector .. have led
to claims independent schools should receive greater government funding.

The Australian newspaper reports students at non-government schools .. comprising catholic
and independent schools .. receive about 58 per cent of what is spent on government school
students.

An analysis of the funding breakdown will be released today by the Association of Independent
Schools Victoria.

The analysis includes 2004-2005 figures showing 10-thousand-715 dollars a year of taxpayer
money is spent on educating a government school student .. compared to five-thousand-559
for students in independent schools.

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