Policies of the VPC

• Parents are the first educators of their children and have a right and responsibility to choose a school that will best suit their child and supports the values of their family.
  
• Every parent having paid their taxes deserves some support for their children's education.
  
• Parents should not be discriminated against for investing in their children's education.
  
• It is children, not schools, which should be funded.
  
• All children are entitled to an equitable allocation of taxpayer funds by way of a basic funding entitlement based on the real cost of educating a child in a government school ? the Australian Government School Recurrent Cost (AGSRC)
  
• There should be one funding model for the entire non-government sector.
  
• The socio-economic status (SES) funding model currently used by the Australian Government is the best available method for calculating funding to students attending non-government schools as it is a needs-based model which measures the socio-economic status of each school?s parent community. Students at schools serving the wealthiest communities receive the lowest levels of funding; the neediest receive the most funding.
  
• While working within agreed broad curriculum guidelines, the autonomy of non-government schools should not be undermined by government policies.
  
• Students with disabilities should receive adequate funding to address their needs