What are the current Australian Government funding rates per student for senior secondary Catholic and Independent non-government schools?
There is no set per student rate for Catholic and Independent non-government schools. The Australian Government provides general recurrent grants to non-government schools based on the socioeconomic status (SES) funding model, whereby funding rates are determined according to the SES score that is calculated for each school. Under the 2001-2004 funding arrangements, students attending Catholic systemic schools were funded at a flat per student rate except in the ACT. From 2005 the Catholic systemic schools will be funded using the SES-based funding methodology. Catholic schools which would have been financially disadvantaged by moving to this methodology have had their year 2004 per capita funding entitlements maintained in real terms. Independent non-government schools, including schools that are part of other independent systems, are funded either on their SES score or are in the category of Funding Maintained or Funding Guaranteed. • Funding Maintained schools are those that would h
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