❓ Hon Adele Farina asked about average per student funding for high schools and primary schools in the South West region. The Minister for Education provided the average funding figures based on the Student-Centred Funding Model as of March 20, 2015, and referenced tabled papers for the list of schools used in the calculations.
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(1) What is the average per student funding provided to high schools in the South West region? (2) Please provide a list of the schools used to calculate the answer to (1)? (3) What is the average per student funding provided to primary schools in the South West region? (4) Please provide a list of the schools used to calculate the answer to (3)?
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19 May 2015
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Minister for Education
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28 days
1. The average per-student allocation that has been provided directly to public high schools in the South West electoral region for 2015 through the Student-Centred Funding Model, as at 20 March 2015 was $11,026.
This average allocation is based on funding provided directly to schools on
20 March 2015, taken from the February 2015 student census. The allocation includes the per-student amount as well as the additional allocations for Aboriginal students, students with a disability, English as an alternative language, and social disadvantage, the enrolment-linked base and targeted initiatives. The allocation does not include school incurred costs paid centrally (such as staff leave, insurance, workers compensation and housing), as well as central and regional corporate costs paid by the Department or any charge relating to capital expenditure or payroll tax.
2. Please refer to Tabled Paper.
3. The average allocation that has been provided directly to Western Australian public primary schools in the South West electoral region for 2015 through the Student-Centred Funding Model, as at 20 March 2015 was $8,970.
This average allocation is based on funding provided directly to schools on 20 March
2015 taken from the February 2015 student census. The allocation includes the per student amount as well as the additional allocations for Aboriginal students, students with a disability, English as an alternative language, and social disadvantage, the enrolment-linked base and targeted initiatives. The allocation does not include school incurred costs paid centrally (such as staff leave, insurance, workers compensation and housing), as well as central and regional corporate costs paid by the Department or any charge relating to capital expenditure or payroll tax.
4. Please refer to Tabled Paper.
This average allocation is based on funding provided directly to schools on
20 March 2015, taken from the February 2015 student census. The allocation includes the per-student amount as well as the additional allocations for Aboriginal students, students with a disability, English as an alternative language, and social disadvantage, the enrolment-linked base and targeted initiatives. The allocation does not include school incurred costs paid centrally (such as staff leave, insurance, workers compensation and housing), as well as central and regional corporate costs paid by the Department or any charge relating to capital expenditure or payroll tax.
2. Please refer to Tabled Paper.
3. The average allocation that has been provided directly to Western Australian public primary schools in the South West electoral region for 2015 through the Student-Centred Funding Model, as at 20 March 2015 was $8,970.
This average allocation is based on funding provided directly to schools on 20 March
2015 taken from the February 2015 student census. The allocation includes the per student amount as well as the additional allocations for Aboriginal students, students with a disability, English as an alternative language, and social disadvantage, the enrolment-linked base and targeted initiatives. The allocation does not include school incurred costs paid centrally (such as staff leave, insurance, workers compensation and housing), as well as central and regional corporate costs paid by the Department or any charge relating to capital expenditure or payroll tax.
4. Please refer to Tabled Paper.
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