Thoughts - Public vs Private School Funding

An interesting discussion today on the ABC website following on a comment by outgoing Justice Michael Kirby arguing for Public School Funding.

The comments beneath are quite interesting in how many argue against themselves (i.e. I pay $10,000 a year in fees so my school is better - even though public schools do it for $7000 a year thus making them more efficient).

What strikes me as an obvious solution here is to tie funding to a particular purpose. So if a private school is getting $3000/head for capital expenditure, then the public system should get the same. You see, this is the problem. The private schools are garnering huge war-chests for capital development whilst the funding the public gets goes toward tuition - thus forever ensuring these schools progressively die.