The funding clauses agreed to by the federal Coalition government have been criticised by education experts,who say it is not fair for governments to claim it is spending the money on students'needs-based education,as was promised under the Gonski reforms.
Promising a stricter approach to states'obligations,Ms Plibersek said Labor was pouring $14 billion more into public schools after"six years of cuts and chaos"under the Coalition government.
"In return we will require states and territories to invest strongly and work with us on a concrete plan to improve school performance,"she said.
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She has warned there will be strings attached to the funding boost and promised to be tough on"accounting tricks".
The NSW Coalition government has responded by defending its funding commitments,while state Labor governments expressed optimism about federal funding boosts and co-operation with Canberra to meet students'needs.
Peter Goss,school education program director at the Grattan Institute,said existing agreements should be rewritten to stop any non-education expenses being allocated as contributions to the needs-based funding benchmark,the Schooling Resource Standard.