❓ A member of parliament questions the Minister for Education and Training regarding alleged budget cuts at Busselton Senior High School and resource allocation compared to Collie Senior High School. All claims are denied by the Minister.
AnsweredQoN 2561Legislative Assembly
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(1) Have staff at the Busselton Senior High School recently been advised that their operating budget for administrative assistance, consumables and other, for the 2004 year is 65% of last year’s operating budget?
(2) Is it true that, as a result of this reduced operating budget, staff have been told not to do any photocopying for the foreseeable future?
(3) Was last year’s budget 70% of what the school had sought for its operating budget for that year?
(4) Are both of these cases of under-resourcing the staff operating budget a direct result of your decision last year to change student fees from being compulsory to voluntary, such that only 65% of parents are expected to pay the fees this year?
(5) Is it true that the operating budget for the mathematics department for the Collie Senior High School (which has some 600 students) is just $1,000 less than the entire operating budget of the Busselton Senior High School which has more than double Collie’s student numbers?
(2) Is it true that, as a result of this reduced operating budget, staff have been told not to do any photocopying for the foreseeable future?
(3) Was last year’s budget 70% of what the school had sought for its operating budget for that year?
(4) Are both of these cases of under-resourcing the staff operating budget a direct result of your decision last year to change student fees from being compulsory to voluntary, such that only 65% of parents are expected to pay the fees this year?
(5) Is it true that the operating budget for the mathematics department for the Collie Senior High School (which has some 600 students) is just $1,000 less than the entire operating budget of the Busselton Senior High School which has more than double Collie’s student numbers?
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Answered
6 April 2004
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
35 days
(1) No
(2) No
(3) No.
(4) No
(5) No
(2) No
(3) No.
(4) No
(5) No
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