After some initial volatility in which public schools sometimes actually got the biggest slice, since 1983, private schools have consistently received the larger proportion.
After some initial volatility in which public schools sometimes actually got the biggest slice, since 1983, private schools have consistently received the larger proportion.
The size of this has increased, especially since 1992.
This increase is not fuelled by the so-called drift to private schools. In fact, from 1992 to 1997 the private schools share of the enrolments increased only 1.78%, whilst their share of the funding increased 4.27% in real terms.
The federal government bias means that, in real terms, in 1997 public school students each received $46 less than in 1992, but private school students received $598 more!