An "urgent need" to create a fairer funding system for schools in Tasmania has prompted a campaign by the Australian Education Union.
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The union has called for the Morrison Government to create a fairer funding model after it analysed the latest My School data for Bass.
Australian Education Union federal president Correna Haythorpe is expected to be in the Bass electorate on Wednesday to campaign against the disparity.
"We have a very clear message from parents, teachers and voters about their disappointment over the Morrison Government's decision to cut $52 million from funding for public schools in Tasmania," Ms Haythorpe said.
According to the analysis of the latest My School data, the union says total school capital projects in Bass have been consistently 2.5 times higher in Catholic schools than in public schools and more than six times higher in independent schools.
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Meanwhile, Ms Haythorpe said total net recurrent income for independent schools in Bass is 27 per cent higher than it is for government schools.
Ms Haythorpe said that the My School figures for Bass highlighted the importance of reversing the Morrison Government's $52 million in public school funding cuts.
Public school students in Tasmania will also lose an additional $463 million from loose accounting measures and depreciation allowances within federal school funding agreements with the states.
The state government receives a partnership agreement with the federal government for education funding to assist with capital works and other measures.
However, the state government has prioritised education in Tasmania in its second term of government and has launched an infrastructure plan that includes a number of significant campus upgrades for government schools.
"After six years of funding cuts, we know that the federal Coalition does not support public schools. Mr Morrison's plan will leave 100% per cent of public schools in Tasmania below the national resource standard," Ms Haythorpe said.
AEU Tasmania branch president Helen Richardson said the recently released My School data showed that Tasmanian public schools were among the lowest funded in the country.
"When independent and Catholic schools in Bass are receiving that much more funding than public schools you know how unfair the system has become," Ms Richardson said.
"The only way to start levelling the playing field is to restore the federal funding that public schools should have received this year and last year. Thankfully, Labor has made a commitment to do exactly that if it is elected to government in the federal election," Ms Richardson said.
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