Talk of cuts calmed in Tas.
Tasmania's Education Minister Jeremy Rockliff says there will be no new budget cuts to schools.
Teachers had been worried that deeper cuts were on the way in next month's state budget, but Mr Rockliff told an education forum in Hobart this week that there would be no surprises.
“We've done the heavy lifting; there'll be no more savings to be made in schools and we're looking forward to consolidating and rebuilding,” he said.
Unions, parents and teachers made a show of force in Hobart for Mr Rockliff to hear their calls for a better deal for schools.
Their anger was raised but the axing of 266 education jobs as part of broad public sector cuts.
The Education Union each one of the state's 160 schools had lost two teachers each, and the toll on the state’s eight colleges was even greater.
Union spokesperson Terry Polglsase said the schools could not take any more cuts, after literacy and numeracy support, music, drama and language classes were decimated by recent moves.
He called on the Government to deliver the promised Gonski reforms.
“Let there be no confusion, Gonski is additional funding meant for students who need extra support,” Mr Polglase said.
“It's not there to make up the difference for savage cuts to education.”
“There's $128 million to come out in next three years...no more cuts means put that money back,” said Opposition education spokesperson Michelle O'Byrne.