Record amounts of annual funding have been set aside for schools and universities in the federal budget.
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The 2022/23 budget outlined $25.36 billion for schools in the upcoming financial year, while almost $20 billion has been allocated for higher education.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said $180 billion would be spent on education over the next four financial years.
The government said $228.5 million will go to improving the education outcomes of school students.
That includes $62.4 million to extend the national school reform funding by two years.
Nearly $30 million will be spent over the next four years on extending the Indigenous boarding schools grant program for an additional year.
The funding will also set up a Commonwealth regional scholarship program to help families with the cost of boarding.
The federal government will establish an expert panel to develop new minimum standards for initial teacher education courses, with the panel being in response to an earlier review.
There will be $19.4 million to increase child care for families in remote and regional areas.
That fund will help establish 20 child care services in areas where there is a limited supply of facilities, or none at all.
Almost $1 billion has been set aside for five years to invest in the commercialisation of university research.
The funding will include $505 million for grants to support research projects, while $295 million will help to establish new training pathways for students and researchers.
The CSIRO's innovation fund will be expanded to help progress projects, while the science organisation will also get $37 million to set up a program to get research out of the lab into the market.
Schools will get $6 million to support respectful relationship education for primary and secondary students, while a further $6.1 million has been set aside to help Life Education Australia develop new education materials for young students.
High school students will be surveyed about consent education, with $5 million for the Australian Human Rights Commission to undertake the work.
A new $9.7 million program will train teachers and school leaders to better understand the mental health and wellbeing of students.
Australian Associated Press
