Ms MacTiernan questions the Education Minister regarding the criteria and approval process for a supplemental list of schools, specifically seeking transparency on the selection process beyond SEI scores. The Minister's response clarifies the criteria used and identifies the approver.

AnsweredQoN 2883Legislative Assembly
Asked
18 May 2010
Portfolio
Education

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I refer to Question on Notice No. 2241, and I ask:
(a) who gave the final approval to the supplemental list of schools that was prepared by the State Government;
(b) what were the criteria, other than low SEI scores, for inclusion in the supplemental list; and
(c) will the Minister table the advice from the Department relating to the criteria for inclusion on the supplemental list; and
(i) if not, why not?

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Answered
15 June 2010
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
28 days
(a)      The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Minister for Education.
(b)      The supplementary list of schools was identified using the following two principles:
(i)      clustering schools from the same education district, where appropriate, to benefit from efficiencies in the provision of support services; and
(ii)      avoiding overlap with schools identified from the Literacy and Numeracy National Partnership.
(c)     Please refer to answer (b).
(d)     Not applicable.
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