New technology rules could make the cost of a free education could be a lot higher than you think.
A new study shows a state education will cost $35,000 a child, which private schooling could run to $270,000.
And technology is making things tougher for parents.
Bring you own device schemes ramp up the back-to-school bill to over a thousand dollars a student at some state secondary schools.
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