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❓ Question regarding the criteria and impact of designating schools as 'Limited Program Schools' which allows students to bypass their local school while claiming financial assistance. The Department of Education claims to consider the impact of such decisions.

AnsweredQoN 770Legislative Council

Asked

13 March 2018

Member

Hon Martin Aldridge

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Education and Training

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I refer to schools being designated as a 'Limited Program School' and as a result students being able to bypass their local school in preference of another school whilst claiming Assistance for Isolated Children and the Boarding Away from Home Allowance, and I ask: (a) what schools are classified as a 'Limited Program School'; (b) what are the criteria for such as classification; and (c) does the Department of Education in classifying a school take into consideration the impact the policy may have on remaining students and resourcing?

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Answered

10 April 2018

Responded by

Minister for Education and Training

Response time

9 days

(a)        [See Tabled Paper No.________]
(b)        Under the Australian Government Department of Human Services guidelines, a limited program school is:
(c)        Yes. The Department of Education considers the impact such a decision would have on a school prior to implementation.

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