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SCHOOL Education Minister Peter Garrett has been unable to say how much money Catholic and independent schools will receive in the first year of the government's Gonski reforms.
Mr Garrett said negotiations with both sectors were still ongoing and details needed to be thrashed out even as Labor continues to urge other state governments to sign-up to its proposed overhaul of school funding.
Mr Garrett was unable to say when the negotiations would be concluded but stressed they were in the "very final stages".
He also rejected suggestions Catholic and independent schools would be worse off after they both raised concerns over the lack of detail in relation to funding for non-government schools under Labor's plan.
"We will conclude those negotiations with the non-government school sector, absolutely secure in the commitment that we've made,'' Mr Garrett told Sky News Australian Agenda.
