- Minister for Education and Training
“Today, my department has written to the school authority responsible for the Islamic College of South Australia, to advise that they will remain approved to receive Federal funding under the Australian Education Act 2013.
This decision follows the school authority providing further information on a range of measures intended to improve their governance and financial management and also delivers financial and operational independence from the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils.
The continuing approval will be subject to additional conditions including a number of additional reporting requirements to ensure these improvements are sustained and built upon – but this does mark a significant day for the students, families and teachers of this school.
I trust this decision will provide comfort for students, parents and staff at these schools following recent months of uncertainty through no fault of their own.
I am committed to ensuring that all school authorities meet the requirements of the Education Act to ensure that our taxpayer dollars and any private investment by parents is being spent to benefit Australian students.
School governance should be of the highest standard and funding should be exclusively used for the education and welfare of students.
Australians rightly expect that every taxpayer dollar committed to school education is genuinely expended on school education.”