❓ WA Parliamentary Question regarding the expulsion of 22 students from public schools in 2014, their subsequent enrolment status, and the Education Department's procedures for managing excluded students.
AnsweredQoN 3214Legislative Council
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I refer to the 22 students expelled from Western Australian public schools last year, and I ask: (a) of these: (i) how many attended a public school in the metropolitan area; and (ii) how many attended a public school in the South West region; (b) how many of the 22 students were enrolled at another public school; (c) what was the longest time those 22 students did not attend school after being expelled; (d) does the Education Department make contact with students expelled from Western Australian public schools to ensure they are enrolled in another school; (e) are all students expelled last year enrolled in school this year; and (f) if no to (e), why not?
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Answered
9 September 2015
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
85 days
a. i. 16 students from metropolitan schools were excluded.
a. ii. Four students from South West schools were excluded.
b. Eight students who were excluded in 2014 were enrolled at a different public school subsequent to their exclusion.
c. 13 school weeks and one day.
d. Yes, Department of Education policy requires that a case manager is nominated by the Regional Executive Director to ensure that a student who has been excluded receives a new educational placement as soon as possible. The case manager is required to report to the Director General on the student's placement ten school days after an exclusion.
At the system level, the Director General requested at the end of 2014 that, commencing 2015, updated information on the current placement of all students who have been excluded since 1 February 2014 be reported at the end of Term 2 and at the end of the school year.
e. No. 17 of the 22 students were enrolled in public schools as of 3 July 2015.
f. As of 3 July 2015:
· four students were being provided with case management from the appropriate Education Regional Office to find a new option; and
· one student was participating in an approved alternative option. An approved alternative includes options such as apprenticeships, traineeships, employment, community-based programs, approved training programs or home schooling.
a. ii. Four students from South West schools were excluded.
b. Eight students who were excluded in 2014 were enrolled at a different public school subsequent to their exclusion.
c. 13 school weeks and one day.
d. Yes, Department of Education policy requires that a case manager is nominated by the Regional Executive Director to ensure that a student who has been excluded receives a new educational placement as soon as possible. The case manager is required to report to the Director General on the student's placement ten school days after an exclusion.
At the system level, the Director General requested at the end of 2014 that, commencing 2015, updated information on the current placement of all students who have been excluded since 1 February 2014 be reported at the end of Term 2 and at the end of the school year.
e. No. 17 of the 22 students were enrolled in public schools as of 3 July 2015.
f. As of 3 July 2015:
· four students were being provided with case management from the appropriate Education Regional Office to find a new option; and
· one student was participating in an approved alternative option. An approved alternative includes options such as apprenticeships, traineeships, employment, community-based programs, approved training programs or home schooling.
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