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❓ Hon Donna Faragher asked about the total funding allocated to the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) from 2017 to 2021. The Minister for Education and Training provided the specific funding amounts for each year.

AnsweredQoN 678Legislative Council

Asked

6 April 2022

Member

Hon Donna Faragher

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Education and Training

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I refer to the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE), and I ask, what was the total amount of funding allocated by the Department of Education to SIDE in the following years: (a) 2017; (b) 2018; (c) 2019; (d) 2020; and (e) 2021?

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Answered

10 May 2022

Responded by

Minister for Education and Training

Response time

2 days

All public schools in Western Australia operate with a one-line budget. SIDE is a school providing specialist services and so is funded based on these services rather than the student enrolments through the Student-centred funding model. Further allocations and adjustments to SIDE’s budget may occur during the school year.
The total amount of funding allocated to the School of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE) is as follows:
(a)   $16,350,353.43 (as at 28 March 2017);
(b)   $16,393,012.10 (as at 26 March 2018);
(c)   $16,047,438.25 (as at 25 March 2019);
(d)   $16,707,444.58 (as at 24 March 2020); and
(e)   $17,011,837.40 (as at 23 March 2021).

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