Bridget VALLENCE (Evelyn) (14:36): (1632) Victorian public schools are the lowest funded in Australia, and the 2026–27 state budget has again left school communities in my electorate undervalued and underfunded. Even the education union stated that Victorians have every right to ask themselves, ‘On what grounds can the state government claim Victoria is the Education State?’ Not only are our teachers the lowest paid in the country, there was not a single dollar for any new building or facility upgrade for schools in my electorate. That is despite the Minister for Education stating here in Parliament that government would invest in every school in every postcode. Labor has broken this promise and abandoned school students, teachers and families in my community. My question to the Minister for Education is: why does the 2026–27 state budget not invest any funding for buildings and upgrades at any school, in any postcode, in the Evelyn electorate? Schools like Wandin North Primary, Birmingham Primary, Mount Evelyn Primary and Seville Primary do not have adequate shelters in place. They are just some examples of schools that suffer patch jobs instead of funding for new, modern classrooms.