New South Wales schools have $1.3 billion dollars of unspent money waiting to be used – equalling approximately $600,000 dollars per school in funding available.
Principals have discretion over how to spend much of their school budgets, however some say they have been overburdened by the adding financial management and infrastructure planning to their core job.
It could take up to three years for the unspent money to be used but parents say there's an expectation that if you have your kids enrolled now, the money should be spent on them.