❓ Mr. Woodhams questions the Minister for Education regarding the Schools Plus program, specifically its application to non-government schools and the portability of benefits. The Minister clarifies the program's focus on supporting students with disabilities in public schools.
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SCHOOLS PLUS PROGRAM
Before I ask my question, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery of Anne Forbes and her team of supporters from Mt Barker, who in the past few years have raised over $20 000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. It great to see them here. [Applause.] Mr G. WOODHAMS : I refer the minister to the Western Australian government’s Schools Plus program, which encourages and rewards inclusiveness in schooling. (1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN
Before I ask my question, I would like to acknowledge the presence in the public gallery of Anne Forbes and her team of supporters from Mt Barker, who in the past few years have raised over $20 000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service. It great to see them here. [Applause.] Mr G. WOODHAMS : I refer the minister to the Western Australian government’s Schools Plus program, which encourages and rewards inclusiveness in schooling. (1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN
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(1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
[Applause.] Mr G. WOODHAMS : I refer the minister to the Western Australian government’s Schools Plus program, which encourages and rewards inclusiveness in schooling. (1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
Mr G. WOODHAMS : I refer the minister to the Western Australian government’s Schools Plus program, which encourages and rewards inclusiveness in schooling. (1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
[Applause.] Mr G. WOODHAMS : I refer the minister to the Western Australian government’s Schools Plus program, which encourages and rewards inclusiveness in schooling. (1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
Mr G. WOODHAMS : I refer the minister to the Western Australian government’s Schools Plus program, which encourages and rewards inclusiveness in schooling. (1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(1) To which schools in Western Australia does this policy apply? (2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(2) On what basis, if a child is enrolled in a non-government school, is he or she excluded from Schools Plus benefits? (3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(3) If a child is enrolled in a government school, but also chooses to do some of his or her schooling at a private school, why are not the Schools Plus benefits transportable? (4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(4) What happens to any moneys made available to Schools Plus that are not fully utilised by government schools? Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
Mr M. McGOWAN replied: (1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
(1)-(4) I thank the member for Greenough for the question. Just so that members are aware, Schools Plus is a part of the government’s inclusion policy, by which we tailor our funding to students who might have a disability. It is an effort by the Department of Education and Training to better direct the funding available and the assistance available to individual students who might have a disability in the classroom. Therefore, a range of classrooms around the state might have students in the classroom with a full-time aide or a part-time aide, depending upon the level of need of the students. With regard to the specifics of the question asked by the member for Greenough, it would have been good if the member had given me some notice of the fact that he was going to ask this question. We have provided additional funding to the private system to deal with disability issues. However, my broad understanding of the Schools Plus arrangement is that it is directed towards public schools around the state. The member asked which schools. It is for public schools. There are 770 public schools around the state. It depends upon the requirements of the individual students within those schools as to where the funding goes.
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