Budget 2025 includes funding boost for student learning support

Thursday 22 May 2025 · 6 outlets · 4 reports · updated Thu 22 May 2025, 8:45pm

In this story Erica Stanford

The Government has allocated $646 million for learning support in Budget 2025 to assist students with complex needs. This investment aims to fund more specialists and bespoke classrooms, though some reports note the increase is offset by cuts to existing programmes.

How they headlined it

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1. 1NewsThu 22 May 2025, 2:18pm

   Budget 2025: $646 million boost for student learning support (opens in new tab)

2. Waikato Times via The PressThu 22 May 2025, 5:28pm

   Uplift in funding for learning support: ‘dirty money’ (opens in new tab)

   Also on The Press (opens in new tab), The Post (opens in new tab)

3. NZ HeraldThu 22 May 2025, 7:46pm

   Budget 2025: Education’s $2.5b boost - Where the money is going (opens in new tab)

4. NewsroomThu 22 May 2025, 8:45pm

   'Major trade-offs' allow for learning support boost (opens in new tab)