PRIME Minister Julia Gillard is bracing for a showdown on education funding when she meets with state and territory leaders in Canberra.
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) meeting kicks off from about 9am (AEST) on Friday.
The $14.5 billion school funding offer will dominate the talks.
Ms Gillard will press state and territory leaders to back her school funding plan but is facing staunch resistance from Western Australia and Queensland.
Fellow coalition states NSW and Victoria appear to be more conciliatory about the reforms.
Ms Gillard has given the states and territories until June 30 to sign up to the changes which would require them to contribute 35 per cent of the $14.5 billion and increase education spending by an indexed three per cent a year in return for federal increments of 4.7 per cent.
But a failure so far to convince all leaders to back the plan hasn't dented Ms Gillard's hopes of agreement.
The Australian Education Union says the parents of every school-age child will have their eyes firmly fixed on political leaders and any state premier that comes away empty handed will pay a price.
The leaders will also discuss disability reform.
In the lead-up to COAG, federal Labor and South Australia reached a $1.5 billion agreement on the roll-out of the national disability insurance scheme in 2018/19.
Labor will provide $760 million to the state, which will in turn contribute $723 million.
Queensland Premier Campbell Newman will also be fighting to keep control of the state's proceeds-of-crime laws.
The states and territories will be asked to refer their powers to the commonwealth, but the Queensland government says it is a blatant cash grab.
The leaders had informal talks during a dinner at The Lodge on Thursday night.
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