EDUCATION ministers have failed to finalise their advice to the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) about school funding reform, but say they do intend to collaborate.
The ministers were expected on Tuesday to decide on their initial advice to the meeting of state and territory leaders and Prime Minister Julia Gillard, to be held on December 6.
But West Australian Education Minister Peter Collier, chair of the ministerial standing council, said while there was some agreement on underpinning principles for school improvement, several ministers wanted more work done before finalising their advice.
He said it was in everybody's interests that the advice provided to COAG about the national plan for school improvement (NPSI) was right.
"Considerable disquiet was expressed by a number of jurisdictions around the specific details of the NPSI," he said in a statement.
"The mood of the meeting strongly reflected that further work is needed to refine these details before initial advice can be provided to COAG."
However, the ministers did reiterate the importance of working collaboratively to further national school funding reform.
They still intend to provide initial advice to COAG before the end of the year.
The commonwealth will introduce legislation to parliament next week outlining the principles of both the plan for school improvement and the funding reform.
A spokeswoman for federal Schools Minister Peter Garrett said the final details would be discussed by education officials later this week.
The minister's office still expected the states and territories would approve that advice in time for it to be considered at the December 7 COAG meeting.
"We all need to do more to lift the performance of our schools - in every state and territory," the spokeswoman said.
"The Gillard government has again confirmed that it is prepared to invest significantly more in schools over time, but states and territories need to play a part in this and sign up to reforms we know can work."
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