On the eve of the release of an independent review into school funding, federal Education Minister Peter Garrett has reassured private schools there will be no Mark Latham-style "hit list".
Mr Peter Garrett ruled out a return to Labor's 2004 election policy under former leader Mark Latham, that rich private schools should have public funding drastically cut.
Elite private schools were up in arms over the policy at the time and complained about being on Labor's "hit list."
But Mr Garrett guaranteed the government was not drawing up a hit list.
"There's absolutely no hit list," Mr Garrett told Network Ten.
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"We've made it crystal clear no school will lose a single dollar per student as a result of any arrangements."
Mr Garrett said the Labor government was having "a more mature debate" about education funding.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Mr Garrett will on Monday release the findings of a review by University of New South Wales chancellor David Gonski, commissioned two years ago, as well as the government's initial response.
The government says the "ideological battles between public and private school funding are over".
