Queensland to receive $130 million in extra schools funding from Federal Government QUEENSLAND'S youngest students are expected to benefit from $130 million in extra schools funding secured from the Federal Government. Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek said he would announce on Tuesday how the government intends to spend the extra cash this afternoon but hinted it would likely go towards helping the young. "We want to make sure that young Queenslanders especially are the ones who will get the benefit," Mr Langbroek said. It's a very, very important extra bit of funding that we want to make sure we spend appropriately. Over the last decade we've had increased spending in education by State and Federal governments of 40 per cent but it hasn't led to real, tangible improvements and we need to make sure we spend that money appropriately.