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The Allan Labor Government is ensuring every Victorian student has access to the best facilities by helping lowfee independent schools with funding to modernise classrooms and build new infrastructureDeputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben Carroll today announced the successful recipients of the latest round of funding for independent schools across regional and metropolitan VictoriaNine independent schools will share 262 million to expand and modernise existing facilities or build new schools These projects are being delivered through the Governments 450 million Building Fund for NonGovernment Schools which helps schools upgrade and expand their facilitiesGood News Lutheran College will receive 6 million for Stage 2 of its Mambourin Campus including classrooms and a multipurpose centre Plenty River College in South Morang will use its 55 million in funding to build inquirybased learning spaces and a commercial kitchen for vocational training AlTaqwa College also in Melbournes southwest will receive 31 million for Stage One of its Truganina campus including 18 classrooms gathering spaces student amenities and staff officesThese are just some of the projects being delivered through the Labor Governments 450 million Building Fund for NonGovernment Schools which helps schools upgrade and expand their facilities ensuring families have the best learning environments for their childrenMinister Carroll also opened the fourth and final round of the Building Fund for NonGovernment Schools Independent Schools with applications closing in February 2026 The previous round of this funding provided 40 million for works at 13 independent schools To date 31 independent schools have received 844 million from the fundClose to 185 billion has been invested to build new schools across all sectors and deliver more than 2300 school upgrades supporting more than 30000 jobs in construction and associated industriesDetails of the grants program are at Quotes attributable to Deputy Premier and Minister for Education Ben CarrollWith more than a third of Victorian students attending Catholic or independent schools it is important that all children across Victoria have access to firstclass educational facilitiesI am proud that we are supporting nine more lowfee nongovernment schools to kick off vital projects that will improve schools and create new learning opportunities for students in the Education State
