The NSW government says it has a "binding agreement" with the Commonwealth over school funding and expects it to fulfil the deal struck with the previous government on its `Gonski' reforms.
Attempts to change the model now may see both government and non-government schools lose funding, it says.
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has said the coalition will have to go back to the drawing board on Labor's so-called Gonski reforms because they had left it in a "shambles".
The government is not committed to the same implementation model and only four of the 10 jurisdictions have signed up to Labor's plan, Mr Pyne says.
But NSW Education Minister Adrian Piccoli said the state had a "binding agreement" with the Commonwealth for the next six years and expects it to fulfil its obligations.
"The new funding model has secured additional resources for classrooms across NSW, with the majority going to schools in most need," he said in a statement.
"We have already implemented the new funding model to NSW's 2200 schools, and it has been received with wide acclaim from the education sector.
"Any attempt to change the model now may see both government and non-government schools lose funding."
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