The private sector has already petitioned two former ministers since its funding for VET in Schools was cut from $130,000 to $90,000 in 2008, following changes agreed to at the Council of Australian Governments.

Independent Schools Tasmania executive director Tony Crehan said David Bartlett and, most recently, Lin Thorp, had refused to address the 30 per cent cut in money - which had also affected state schools.

In a letter dated May 12, five days after Ms Thorp lost her seat of Rumney, she wrote that the government was not in a position to increase the funding.

"I don't think that is good enough," Mr Crehan said.

"If (the government) can even consider spending $500,000 for (AFL club North Melbourne) to play football in Hobart, surely other things could be prioritised."

He said the amount was small in comparison to the $30 million budget of state training agency Skills Tasmania.

Education and Skills Minister Nick McKim said funding allocated to Skills Tasmania was for specific purposes.

"The funding available for VET in Schools to the non- government sectors is fully allocated to them as per the agreement between the Commonwealth and the Tasmanian government," he said.

"The state government values VET and is committed to providing a strong training system that continues to deliver meaningful qualifications to Tasmanians."

Tasmanian Catholic Education Office director Trish Hindmarsh said her sector had lost a similar amount, which was a sign of broader funding problems.

"We would place it in a wider context of: if our recurrent funding was good enough, we would be able to fund something like that ourselves," she said.