Labor pledge to up NSW public school funds

The government has had 12 years to turn education around, Labor leader Chris Minns says. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

NSW public schools would receive 95 per cent of their needs-based funding two years earlier than planned under a $400 million Labor election pledge.

The opposition says the funding injection and a promise to eventually hit 100 per cent of the resourcing standard will end historic underfunding of public schools, improve student outcomes and end chronic teacher shortages.