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Murgon State High School teachers will be protesting for better funding for their students this Thursday; they say funds should be needs-based, not enrolment-based (Photo: QTU)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 25, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n

Teachers at Murgon State High School say their students are not getting their fair share of government funding.<\/p>\n

Queensland Teachers\u2019 Union members at the school have begun a campaign to get fairer funding from the State and Federal governments.<\/p>\n

This Thursday, May 28, is National Public Education Day.<\/p>\n

QTU members at the school intend to wear “I Give A Gonski”<\/b><\/a> T-shirts to raise community awareness about their bid to attract needs-based funding to the high school.<\/p>\n

“Murgon State High School misses out on a significant amount of money that could be used to secure extra resources to support our students’ education,” QTU representative Jared Hinds said.<\/p>\n

“We do the very best with what we have, but it is simply not enough.<\/p>\n

“We need extra money to provide more individualised attention to students; to develop programs that increase school and parent partnerships; to have extra teachers and teacher aides to work with students with disabilities; and to be able to give every child an increased chance to succeed.”<\/p>\n

He said when the former State Government failed to distribute the Federal (Gonski) resources based on areas of need, South Burnett students were amongst those hardest hit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new State Government, whilst in Opposition, were strong advocates of a needs-based funding model.<\/p>\n

He said Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne had also long argued current funding arrangements for students with disability and learning difficulties were unfair and inequitable.<\/p>\n

Mr Hinds and other QTU members at Murgon State High School are urging the State Government to change the current funding allocation model.<\/p>\n

“This is not about putting a strain on the State\u2019s education budget,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The money is there.<\/p>\n

“What we are asking is that Budget funds are distributed using a needs-based model, instead of being distributed predominantly by enrolment figures only.<\/p>\n

“The Gonski model is about a fair go for every child in every school including, of course, Murgon State High School.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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