❓ A WA parliamentary question reveals the Education Department doesn't track high school completion rates for children in foster care, prompting concern from Hon. B.M. Scott.
AnsweredQoN 64Legislative Council
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(1) How many Western Australian children in foster care do not complete high school? (2) What evidence is there that the Government’s strategies addressing at-risk students identify children in foster care as requiring assistance with behavioural learning difficulties? Hon G.T. GIFFARD
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
(2) What evidence is there that the Government’s strategies addressing at-risk students identify children in foster care as requiring assistance with behavioural learning difficulties? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
(1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
(2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
(2) What evidence is there that the Government’s strategies addressing at-risk students identify children in foster care as requiring assistance with behavioural learning difficulties? Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
Hon G.T. GIFFARD replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
(1) The Education Department does not collect information on children in foster care who attend school. (2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
(2) Not applicable. Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
Hon B.M. SCOTT: I will put a further question on notice, because the minister has said that foster care children are failing.
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