Public schools in the Dubbo electorate will receive more than $2 million in additional funding for 2015, according to the NSW government.
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Preliminary distribution of funding for schools in the Orana region for next year has been announced with Dubbo College Delroy Campus, Dubbo West Public School and Orana Heights Public School among the winners.
The 34 schools in the electorate have been awarded more than $41 million in funding, with the inclusion of Gonski reforms and the government's Resource Allocation Model producing some big winners.
Principals have welcomed the announcement of next year's funding early, giving them time to plan accordingly.
"We are very pleased to be able to know now basically how much we will receive. There could be small changes based on final enrolments but it's a ballpark figure and now we can go forward with our planning," Orana Heights Public School principal Annie Munroe said.
Ms Munroe's school will get $517,121 for 2015, a small increase compared to last year and she said the funding announcement will allow them to implement programs they have been working on.
Wellington received the biggest single allocation of funding, expected to be $1.24 million, while Delroy Campus will receive $1.1 million. Despite getting the second highest allocation, it is actually a drop of approximately $50,000 for Delroy, compared to 2014.
"There was a fall in enrolments so that affected the overall numbers but the most interesting aspect was that an improvement in NAPLAN results led to a reduction in funding," Dubbo College executive principal Ian Nebauer said.
"Delroy has done very well with its use of funds. It's a bit of a double-edged sword but we will make the most of it."
Dubbo College South Campus will get $817,505 next year while Senior campus receives $461,903.
"South Campus has received a funding increase that's significant and Senior Campus is around the same.
"Local Schools, Local Decisions is a great thing for schools because they can decide the best way to allocate funds to help students whereas in the past schools would have had to submit applications for funding."
Dubbo MP Troy Grant welcomed the funding and said Gonski would deliver an additional $5 billion over six years.
"It's what NSW public schools have wanted - a significant increase in funding guaranteed into the future, with the greatest benefits flowing to schools and students with the greatest need," Mr Grant said.