New South Wales schools will replace the so-called Safe Schools program with a new anti-bullying strategy after the Federal Government refused to fund it beyond midyear.
New South Wales education minister Rob Stokes says the state government is working on a replacement strategy which will be available to teachers by Term 3.
The New South Wales Government has confirmed its current Safe Schools program will be replaced by a new, broader anti-bullying strategy in public schools.
The new program will be available in schools from July this year, but the state education minister insists public schools will continue to support LGBTQI students.
The current program, designed to educate students about sexual and gender diversity in reducing bullying, has attracted criticism from some parts of politics.
Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described it on social media as a social-engineering program dressed up as anti-bullying.
Liberal senator Jane Hume says Mr Abbott's criticism is valid.
She has told Sky News it is state governments' responsibility to reshape the program.
