Teachers have accused the government of confusion over reports it is willing to give ground on an unpopular alternative to the Gonski school funding model.
Leaked talking points reportedly outline the government's willingness to back down on a $30 billion savings plan to tie school funding to the consumer price index and enrolments.
"The government is in confusion over what will happen and has no commitment to needs-based funding," the Australian Education Union president Correna Haythorpe said.
The union will on Wednesday lead a delegation of teachers, parents and students to lobby Education Minister Simon Birmingham to commit to the final two years of the Gonski funding agreements.
They will argue their point using the success of the needs-based funding model for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students who are achieving improved results and school attendance.
Ms Haythorpe says it's important they don't lag behind even further, with only 44 per cent of indigenous students completing year 12.
With the Close the Gap report for this year to be released soon, action was needed to fix the gaps in education which see indigenous students two to three years behind the rest of Australia on school achievement, she said.
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