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Education is once again a key agenda item for political parties this year. AISV plays an important role in contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of education policies to achieve quality educational outcomes in Victoria.
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2007 Federal Election AISV Political Alerts Post-Election 2007: Early Comments In this weekend’s federal election, Kevin Rudd was confirmed as the Prime Minister-elect of Australia. For further details and information on ALP education policy, click here (PDF). For details re implication of changes for Workplace Relations. click here (PDF). Coalition targets Childcare and schooling Core priorities of a job, a home and an education were outlined in the Prime Minister’s speech at the Liberal Party campaign launch Monday 12 November 2007. Mr Howard announced there would be a tax rebate for education expenses, beginning with kindergarten through to the end of secondary school, covering fees, excursions, text books, tools and computer equipment. The 40 per cent rebate would be available to a maximum of $2000 in secondary schools, or $1000 in primary schools. The rebate would begin in the year before the children start formal education. 'Parents will be refunded $400 annually for each child at primary or pre-school and they'll be refunded up to $800 annually for each secondary school student,'' he said. The Coalition's announcement tops a Labor offer to families announced earlier in the campaign of a tax rebate of up to $375 for primary school students and $750 for secondary students. Under the Coalition plan, parents would also have more discretion over the education costs they could use to claim the rebate. While the Labor plan restricts parents to claiming rebates for technology costs such as computers and internet connections and is limited to school-age children, the Coalition plan would allow parents to claim for expenses such as school fees and uniforms and is extended to parents of pre-schoolers. Mr Howard also pledged to relieve the child care crisis and assist parents back into the workforce. Watch this space for more information.
AISV Fact Sheets 2007 A comprehensive series of fact sheets is available for download below. The fact sheets:
AISV Election Roundtables 2007 AISV has been hosting sector Round Tables since 2001 to help schools build their relationships with Members of Parliament and candidates. AISV is again providing Member Schools in 2007 with the opportunity to meet sitting Members and candidates in their electorate to discuss issues that are important to individual schools, the independent sector and education in Victoria. AISV is facilitating these discussions between schools and their local party candidates in 16 electorates across Victoria. Federal Electorate Maps To find schools in particular electorates click here. Individual electorate maps can also be downloaded here. Public Funding of Australian Schools: The Facts AISV has commissioned research to analyse federal and state government funding distribution to government and non-government schools. The report, Public Funding of Australian Schools: The Facts was prepared by Matthew Ryan, an independent Canberra economist. It was launched on 20 August 2007. AISV Chief Executive, Michelle Green, says the report was commissioned because many Australians don’t know how much of their tax federal and state governments allocate to government, independent or non-government schools. Taking advantage of this ignorance and misunderstanding of the figures, opponents of adequate funding for independent schools distort the facts, further clouding the important debate about funding education. The analysis reveals that:
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