The Coalition outlines its own vision for education in the 2018 federal budget.

<h2>&NewLine;  <strong>The federal government says it will continue to boost schools investment and reform education&period; Read the Turnbull government&&num;8217&semi;s own words about its 2018 education budget&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>&NewLine; Every student deserves support that suits his or her needs&period; That’s why this Budget confirms the Coalition’s new schools funding plan that started this year will boost our investment in schools by &dollar;1&period;0 billion every year for the next decade&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> The Coalition has accepted the recommendations of the <em>Review to Achieve Educational Excellence in Australian Schools<&sol;em> in principle&period; The blueprint that’s been laid out by David Gonski AC and a panel of experts will help shape a new agreement between the Commonwealth&comma; states and territories to ensure schools&comma; teachers and families are armed with the opportunities they need to deliver better outcomes for Australian students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> In June&comma; the Government is also due to receive the independent report of the review into the socio-economic status score methodology from the National School Resourcing Board&comma; which will cover the operation of the capacity to contribute settings in non-government school funding arrangements&period; We will respond to the review this year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> The Coalition has also committed &dollar;247&period;0 million over four years to continue the valuable work of the National School Chaplaincy Programme &lpar;NSCP&rpar;&comma; providing continued support for approximately 3000 schools to employ a chaplain&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Under the renewed program&comma; school chaplains will also be required to upgrade their skills by undertaking cyber-bullying training provided by the eSafety Commissioner and continue to support community involvement in the school&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> Following the success of programs like Teach for Australia to accelerate high-achievers from other fields into the education system&comma; the Coalition will take steps to support the growth of alternative pathways into the teaching profession and support areas of workforce shortage&period; The High Achieving Teachers program will help attract up to 200 highly skilled people into the teaching profession from a range of fields and support the education needs of students in areas where there may be shortages of educators&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <strong>Education opportunities for the bush<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> The Coalition understands that students who grow up in regional or remote communities should have the same access to quality education and training opportunities as students who live in cities&period; Emeritus Professor Dr John Halsey’s <em>Independent Review into Regional&comma; Rural and Remote Education<&sol;em> focused on how to ensure every student&comma; no matter where they live&comma; has the opportunity to succeed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> The Coalition Government will make Youth Allowance more accessible for regional and remote students&comma; through increasing the parental income means tested cap for independent students&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> We are increasing opportunities for students in regional and remote areas to enjoy the benefits of higher education by investing &dollar;28&period;2 million to create around 500 additional commencing Commonwealth Supported Places from 2019 in sub-bachelor and enabling programs&period; These additional places will be allocated through a competitive process to universities in regional areas&period; In addition&comma; the Government will commit a further &dollar;14&period;0 million to support an extra 185 commencing Commonwealth supported bachelor places annually for bachelor-level courses for use through Regional Study Hubs &lpar;growing to approximately 500 additional places annually by 2022&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;