Labor has vastly underestimated how much it will cost to address historic underfunding for the 800,000 New South Wales (NSW) public school students, the state government says.
The opposition has promised to boost public school funding to 95 percent of a key benchmark by 2025, two years earlier than planned.
The party’s $400 million pledge has been independently costed.
However, Education Minister Sarah Mitchell says the plan will cost $750 million per year.
“They’re already short-changing with the announcement they’ve made,” she told reporters.
“It’s not enough money. They’re either being deliberately dishonest, or they don’t understand how school funding works.”…