July 01, 2024
Charter schools step to privatisation
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Greens education spokesperson Teanau Tuiono says charter schools will reduce the money available for public education.
Associate Education Minister and ACT leader David Seymour has introduced his bill to re-establish charter schools, and he’s already asking for expressions of interest.
There was $153 million allocated in the budget to establish up to 50 charter schools, including 35 state schools which will convert to the new form of bulk funding.
Mr Tuiono, a former teacher, says the policy didn’t work effectively under the previous National-ACT government and there’s no evidence it will work any better this time.
“We need to lift the game for public education right across – kura kaupapa, kura a iwi, kohanga reo as well. We need to resource what’s already there rather than create a corporate model which is about privatising education which I don’t think is a good thing,” he says.