❓ Question seeks information on whether rural schools receive additional funding within their school grants to support rural students' participation in extracurricular activities requiring travel. The answer confirms additional operational funding based on a distance factor.
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(1) Is there a component in the school grant for rural schools to at least partly provide for the cost of rural students’ participation in extracurricular activities that require travel?
(2) If yes to (1) -
(a) how is this component calculated; and
(b) how many schools receive such additional funding through the school grant and how much did each school receive this year?
(3) If no to (1), is there any other source of additional funding for such purposes?
(2) If yes to (1) -
(a) how is this component calculated; and
(b) how many schools receive such additional funding through the school grant and how much did each school receive this year?
(3) If no to (1), is there any other source of additional funding for such purposes?
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Answered
4 December 2003
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
77 days
(b) how many schools receive such additional funding through the school grant and how much did each school receive this year?
(3) Rural schools are provided with additional operational funding based on a distance factor through the School Grant.
(3) Rural schools are provided with additional operational funding based on a distance factor through the School Grant.
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