Spending on educational institutions as a share of GDP, for all levels of education has decreased from 8.5% to 7.5%. ( Budgetary spending per child (aged 0-17) in Arab localities is only half of Jewish communities’ expenditure per child (Sikkuy, 2008). Authorities are aware of the discrepancies, and have started to increase investment. For example, over the 2007-11 period 8 000 new classrooms are scheduled to be built and subsidised, of which 40% are for the benefit of minority populations.