Mr. Wyatt asks about the financial details of Swan View Senior High School's reserve fund, including its composition, asset replacement allocations, and parent contributions. The Minister provides a detailed breakdown of the school's finances.

AnsweredQoN 1209Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 September 2013
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I refer to the list of Western Australia’s Richest 100 Public Schools that was printed in the West Australian on 30 August 2013 and sourced to the Department of Education and I ask in respect to the amount of $788,259.90 for Swan View Senior High School: (a) at what date was this amount standing in the school’s reserve fund; (b) what is the break-down of the components that make up this figure; (c) how much of this amount is allocated to the replacement of assets: (i) what assets are to be replaced; and (ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset; (d) of the amount in the reserve fund, how much are parent contributions for school fee; and (e) of the amount in the reserve fund, how much is unallocated for any "specific purpose"?

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Answered
16 October 2013
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education
Response time
36 days
(a) $788,259.90 was the total amount held in the school's bank account/s as at 30 June 2013. Included in this figure is the school's reserve fund.
(b)
School Name
Opening
Balance
Revenues
Expenses
General Fund Bal
1
Reserves
Suspense A/C - Tax
Bank A/C
2
SWAN VIEW SHS (4118)
268,594.52
602,124.46
467,159.92
403,559.06
377,469.69
7,231.15
788,259.90
1 General Fund Balance = Opening Balance + Revenues - Expenses
2 Bank A/C = General Fund Balance + Reserves + Suspense A/C-Tax
(c) $377,469.69
(i) what assets are to be replaced?
(ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset? ($)
School Bus
120,000.00
Photocopiers x 2
10,685.59
Glass Kiln
6,585.50
D&T Milling x 2, Lathe x 3
43,194.07
Canoes
3,100.00
Fencing
53,505.25
Canteen Commercial Exhaust Fan
12,189.63
Faculty text replacements
8,555.35
Electronic Scoreboard - Basketball
4,895.65
Library automation
12,500.00
Computers (student)
85,393.00
Computers (Admin)
3,593.00
Drama Kitchen
12,483.25
Pac Vac x 2
789.40
Total
377,469.69
(d) Not applicable. Parent contributions are not applied to reserve funds.
(e) Not applicable. All funding in reserves is allocated - refer to Question (c).

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