Garnaut Fitzgerald Review of Commonwealth-State Funding

APPENDIX B: National Education and Training Program
APPENDIX B: National
Education and Training
Program
In 1999–2000 expenses on education totalled $42.8 billion, or 6.8 per cent of gross
domestic product. The relative contribution of the Commonwealth, States and the private
sector is shown in the figure below. States account for more than 50 per cent of all
education funding.
FIGURE B.1: Shares of education funding
States
55%
Non-government
sources
21%
Commonw ealth
24%
Source: Steering Committee for the Review of Commonwealth/State Service Provision 2002
Notes: Excludes spending on universities; SPPs are treated as Commonwealth funding
The current system
In 2002–03 the Commonwealth Government will distribute $7.18 billion in SPPs to the
States for education purposes. This funding is divided between nine separate SPP
programs, and between allocations for current and capital purposes.
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