❓ Mrs Roberts questions the Minister for Education about fees for Schools of Isolated and Distance Education (SIDE), seeking guarantees against future fee increases for senior high schools and the introduction of fees for remote or primary schools. The Minister provides a qualified assurance regarding current fees and confirms no plans to extend fees to remote or primary schools.
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SCHOOLS OF ISOLATED AND DISTANCE EDUCATION — FEES
This year the minister introduced fees of $1 000 per subject for each student studying a subject through the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education and deducted that amount from school payments. (1) Can the minister guarantee that the fee will not go up each year; and if not, why not? (2) Can the minister guarantee that she will not introduce a SIDE fee for remote schools or for primary students anywhere, including in the Pilbara; and, if not, why not? Dr E. CONSTABLE
This year the minister introduced fees of $1 000 per subject for each student studying a subject through the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education and deducted that amount from school payments. (1) Can the minister guarantee that the fee will not go up each year; and if not, why not? (2) Can the minister guarantee that she will not introduce a SIDE fee for remote schools or for primary students anywhere, including in the Pilbara; and, if not, why not? Dr E. CONSTABLE
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I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
(1) Can the minister guarantee that the fee will not go up each year; and if not, why not? (2) Can the minister guarantee that she will not introduce a SIDE fee for remote schools or for primary students anywhere, including in the Pilbara; and, if not, why not? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
(2) Can the minister guarantee that she will not introduce a SIDE fee for remote schools or for primary students anywhere, including in the Pilbara; and, if not, why not? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
(1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
(1) Can the minister guarantee that the fee will not go up each year; and if not, why not? (2) Can the minister guarantee that she will not introduce a SIDE fee for remote schools or for primary students anywhere, including in the Pilbara; and, if not, why not? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
(2) Can the minister guarantee that she will not introduce a SIDE fee for remote schools or for primary students anywhere, including in the Pilbara; and, if not, why not? Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE replied: I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
I thank the member for Midland for the question. (1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
(1)–(2) Indeed there is a fee that has been introduced for students studying SIDE subjects at senior high schools. The full cost of a SIDE subject is about $4 000 per student. The fee that the senior high schools are charged for those students is just over $1 000; I think it is $1 012. We have to remind ourselves that in fact those students are being funded twice: once by their funding through the various ways schools are funded — Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You need to answer the questions. Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : I am getting to the answers, but I think the explanation is important. Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : You have already given that several times. The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
The SPEAKER : Member for Midland! Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : It is really important that we understand the double funding, and this is a small proportion—25 per cent—of that fee. Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Mrs M.H. Roberts : So are the fees going to go up? Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
Dr E. CONSTABLE : There has been no discussion about any change to those fees, and I would not see those fees changing. There are absolutely no plans to charge those fees in remote or primary schools.
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