The Catholic education sector has signed up to the Federal Government's Better Schools funding plan, saying it will "deliver significant increases" in funding for every child in the Catholic system.
The National Catholic Education Commission says it is confident that "no school will be worse off" and is "appreciative of the constructive way" the Federal Government has resolved any concerns.
"The arrangements will progressively deliver increased Commonwealth funding to each state's Catholic education system based on common measures of student need across all education sector," the Commission said in a statement.
The agreement will affect one in five, or 735,403 students currently enrolled at 1,706 Catholic schools across the country.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the agreement means "a big slice" of Australia's education system is now covered by the plan.
"We now have almost two-thirds of the kids in Australia benefitting under the Better Schools plan, which will deliver extra funding and extra resources to government schools, Catholic schools and independent schools in most of the states in Australia," he said.
"But we've still got some who we've got to get across the line."
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