$107m fund to maintain school buildings not enough, principals say
$31k on air filter maintenance and $17k on doors: Schools are struggling with upkeep costs and flash new buildings are making the problem worse.
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$31k on air filter maintenance and $17k on doors: Schools are struggling with upkeep costs and flash new buildings are making the problem worse.
Thegovernmentispromisingtoextendlearningsupporttothousandsmoredisabledchildrenthroughasubstantialoverhaulofthe$1.2billionspecialeducationsystem.
The government is promising to extend learning support to thousands more disabled children through a substantial overhaul of the $1.2 billion special education system.
The pandemic and the government's $64 million donation scheme combined to cut roughly $170m from schools' locally-raised income last year.