❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the Education portfolio regarding Esperance Senior High School's reserve fund, seeking a breakdown of its components and allocations. The Minister provides a detailed breakdown of the school's finances and asset replacement plans.
AnsweredQoN 1178Legislative Assembly
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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 $1,003,974.35 for Esperance 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) $1,003,974.35 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
ESPERANCE SHS (4018)
305,361.68
1,355,935.34
1,087,346.87
573,950.15
344,303.24
85,720.96
1,003,974.35
1 General Fund Balance = Opening Balance + Revenues - Expenses
2 Bank A/C = General Fund Balance + Reserves + Suspense A/C-Tax
(c) $344,303.24
(i) what assets are to be replaced?
(ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset?
Servers - spent July 2013
10,000.00
Printers - 2 to be replaced 2013
28,000.00
Photocopiers - 1 to be replaced 2013
40,222.00
Air-conditioners
18,129.00
Cleaning Equipment - Polishers, scrubbers, vacuum cleaners, high pressure cleaner
20,157.00
ECEC Furniture
15,139.24
Lockers
3,000.00
Tennis Courts/Cricket nets - nets, turf, fencing
7,000.00
ECEC laptops, iPads, trolleys
29,000.00
Ride-on-mower
15,000.00
Trailers for Trades Training Centre
19,000.00
D&T equipment - Hydraulic guillotines, hoists, planer, Injector test bench, sheetmetal folder, washer - jet, OTC scan tool
100,000.00
Video Conferencing replacement
7,592.00
Paper Folder
6,000.00
Desktop Computers
26,064.00
Total
344,303.24
(d) Not applicable. Parent contributions are not applied to reserve funds.
(e) Not Applicable. All funding in reserves is allocated - refer to Question (c).
(b)
School Name
Opening
Balance
Revenues
Expenses
General Fund Bal
1
Reserves
Suspense A/C - Tax
Bank A/C
2
ESPERANCE SHS (4018)
305,361.68
1,355,935.34
1,087,346.87
573,950.15
344,303.24
85,720.96
1,003,974.35
1 General Fund Balance = Opening Balance + Revenues - Expenses
2 Bank A/C = General Fund Balance + Reserves + Suspense A/C-Tax
(c) $344,303.24
(i) what assets are to be replaced?
(ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset?
Servers - spent July 2013
10,000.00
Printers - 2 to be replaced 2013
28,000.00
Photocopiers - 1 to be replaced 2013
40,222.00
Air-conditioners
18,129.00
Cleaning Equipment - Polishers, scrubbers, vacuum cleaners, high pressure cleaner
20,157.00
ECEC Furniture
15,139.24
Lockers
3,000.00
Tennis Courts/Cricket nets - nets, turf, fencing
7,000.00
ECEC laptops, iPads, trolleys
29,000.00
Ride-on-mower
15,000.00
Trailers for Trades Training Centre
19,000.00
D&T equipment - Hydraulic guillotines, hoists, planer, Injector test bench, sheetmetal folder, washer - jet, OTC scan tool
100,000.00
Video Conferencing replacement
7,592.00
Paper Folder
6,000.00
Desktop Computers
26,064.00
Total
344,303.24
(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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