The Victorian government is going it alone on school funding reforms, saying it can deliver better outcomes than the national one-size-fits-all approach.
The state government plan, to be phased in from next year, would deliver more than $A400 million in additional funding to Victorian schools every year.
It would increase funding to state schools with high concentrations of disadvantage and ensure more consistent funding across government and non-government schools for students with disability.
It would also introduce a pupil premium - funding which would follow educationally disadvantaged students to any school they chose to attend.
Premier Ted Baillieu said unlike the commonwealth plan, Victoria's plan would leave no school worse off and would implement key recommendations in a report commissioned by the federal government in a more effective and fair way.
The Gonski report recommended all schools get a standard amount of money per student with loadings to compensate for disadvantage where required.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has called on the states to pay their fair share of the $A6.5 billion a year she says will be required to implement the overhaul.
Victorian Education Minister Martin Dixon said state government was better placed than the commonwealth to deliver better outcomes within its own education system.
"The commonwealth government's proposed one-size-fits-all approach to funding and standards poses significant risk to the achievements of, and ongoing improvements to, the Victorian school system," he said.
Federal Schools Minister Peter Garrett said Mr Baillieu was jeopardising support for Victorian students by walking away from a national funding model.
"They are producing a new pick-and-choose funding model which is less than the amount that would be anticipated under the Gonski reforms," Mr Garrett said.
"We have a national plan for school improvement in front of us which can do the job that much better."
