Government MP and member for Albury Justin Clancy warmly greeted the news.

"Today, in delivering the NSW Budget for 2022-2023, the Treasurer placed a new school for Thurgoona firmly on the worklist," Mr Clancy said.

"It is a fully funded project, it is a public school, and we are delivering it.

"Much preliminary work has been under way to get us to this point, and now, with $1.7 million in funding for planning, we are entering the phase where substantial planning will commence, including site options, size, facilities and costing.

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"Last October I spoke in NSW Parliament about the increasingly urgent need for a new public school in Thurgoona.

"I have been hearing from parents and staff about their concerns and have been pressing government on the case for a new school.

"Such is the need that even as recently as 1 June, I posted to social media on the importance of action for the people of Thurgoona and my continued representations to that effect."

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