Review of School Funding - Review Panel & Terms of Reference

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Expert Review Panel and Draft Terms of Reference

On 30 April 2010, the Federal Minister for Education Julia Gillard, announced the expert panel leading the Review of Funding for Schooling and released the draft terms of reference and a discussion paper.

The panel of eminent Australians will be lead by chairman David Gonski AC, an eminent businessman and philanthropist, who is also the Chancellor of the University of NSW and chairman of the Australian Securities Exchange, Coca-Cola Amatil and Investec Bank.

The panel will also include Ken Boston AO, the former Director-General Department of Education and Training (NSW); Carmen Lawrence, former Federal Minister and Premier of WA and current Professorial Fellow in the Institute of Advanced Studies at the University of Western Australia; Kathryn Greiner AO, current Deputy Chancellor at Bond University and chairman of Australian Hearing; and Peter Tannock AM, noted international educationalist and former Vice-Chancellor at University of Notre Dame Australia.

The discussion paper (click here to download the paper in PDF format) will provide Australians with information about how schools are currently funded; issues that may influence future funding and questions that could inform the scope of the review. It also includes a draft Terms of Reference. These draft terms of reference will be open for comment from the education sector until the end of May. Once the terms of reference are settled and approved, everyone with an interest in schooling will have the opportunity to contribute their views and address the terms of reference.

On the DEEWR website page you will also find 6 Fact Sheets with information about schools and school funding.

You can access Julia Gillard's speech announcing the review of school funding on this website - click here to open that page.