❓ Mr. Wyatt questions the shortcomings of the previous financial accountability auditing system for non-government schools and the specific additional requirements now in place to strengthen financial accountability. The answer details the previous system's inability to verify grant claims against student records and outlines the new Grants Auditing Program's measures.
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I refer to the 2010-11 Department of Education Services Annual Report, Page 24, and I ask:
(a) what were the specific shortcomings of the previous financial accountability auditing system that led to the development of the new Grants Auditing Program; and
(b) what specific additional requirements are now in place to strengthen the financial accountability of non-government schools?
(a) what were the specific shortcomings of the previous financial accountability auditing system that led to the development of the new Grants Auditing Program; and
(b) what specific additional requirements are now in place to strengthen the financial accountability of non-government schools?
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Answered
22 November 2011
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
33 days
(a) The specific shortcoming of the previous financial accountability auditing system was that it could not verify the accuracy of a school's claims for grants against the student enrolment and attendance records held by the school.
(b) The specific additional requirements of the Grants Auditing Program are:
· forensic examination of schools' student enrolment and attendance records to check compliance with the eligibility criteria for per capita grant funding;
· publication of a Non-Government Schools Funding Order in the
Government Gazette
;
· obtaining Funding Agreements with each school;
· requiring annual Acquittal Statements from each school for funds received;
· strengthening the "governance" standard in the registration of non?government schools; and
· undertaking financial viability assessments on high risk schools.
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(b) The specific additional requirements of the Grants Auditing Program are:
· forensic examination of schools' student enrolment and attendance records to check compliance with the eligibility criteria for per capita grant funding;
· publication of a Non-Government Schools Funding Order in the
Government Gazette
;
· obtaining Funding Agreements with each school;
· requiring annual Acquittal Statements from each school for funds received;
· strengthening the "governance" standard in the registration of non?government schools; and
· undertaking financial viability assessments on high risk schools.
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