- Budget is strengthening the foundations for a fresh start with a bigger Back to School Boost, 22 new schools, safer classrooms, and less red tape.
- More relief you can rely on with a $150 Back to School Boost, a 50% increase in 2026-27.
- 22 new schools across Queensland including 9 special schools.
- Safer classrooms with 139 extra workplace health and safety coordinators and 30 for special schools.
- 1,350 more teachers and teacher aides already delivered to help kids catch up, keep up and stay in school.
- Freeing teachers to spend more time teaching and less time on admin, with $40 million to reduce red tape.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for Queensland to help kids catch up, keep up and stay in school, with a bigger Back to School Boost, 22 new schools, and a major boost to classroom safety, in the 2026–27 Budget.
The $23.1 billion Education Budget is strengthening the foundations for a fresh start with better services through a stronger economy.
The Budget is delivering families relief you can rely on with a $150 Back to School Boost, a 50% increase this year, helping to ease national cost of living pressures.
Four new schools in this Budget will add to those already being delivered by the Crisafulli Government.
The 22 new schools, including nine new special schools, from Townsville to Caloundra South, to Wynnum-Manly, Coomera and Ipswich West, will help kids catch up, keep up and stay in school and deliver for our growing State.
Under Labor’s decade of decline, teachers were burdened with repetitive administration and unnecessary red tape that took away from teaching time, while literacy, numeracy and NAPLAN results fell below the national average.
An extra 139 workplace health and safety coordinators and 30 specifically for special schools, will deliver safer classrooms, complementing the Behaviour Boost to crack down on violence in schools.
Providing extra hands-on, practical support, the Behaviour Boost delivers school-based behaviour specialists and increased support staff hours.
New teacher and teacher aides will also boost classroom safety, following a bumper year which recruited more than 1,000 additional teachers and 350 more teacher aides to Queensland classrooms.
Treasurer David Janetzki said the 2026-27 Budget was about delivering for Queensland with better services through a stronger economy.
“We are delivering on our promises, with relief you can rely on through responsible decisions for now and the future, and no new or increased taxes,” Treasurer Janetzki said.
“This Budget strengthens the foundations we’ve laid in making Queensland safer, restoring health services, delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, building generational infrastructure, getting the Games back on track, as well as playing our part to ease national cost of living pressures.”
Minister for Education John-Paul Langbroek said the Crisafulli Government was delivering relief you can rely on, greater choice for parents, safer classrooms and more teachers.
“We are delivering more teachers, safer classrooms and more schools with relief parents can rely on through the bigger Back to School Boost,” Minister Langbroek said.
“These are the new schools needed for our growing State, including nine new special schools to give families more choice when it comes to accessing the best education for their child.
“This Budget will make classrooms safer, supports better behaviour and reduces red tape, so teachers can spend less time on admin and more time helping students learn.”
