A WA parliamentary question seeks details about Katanning Senior High School's reserve funds, including asset replacement allocations and parent contributions. The Education Minister provides a detailed breakdown of the school's finances and planned expenditures.

AnsweredQoN 1214Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 September 2013
Portfolio
Education

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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 $760,076.97 for Katanning 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) $760,076.97 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
KATANNING SHS (4028)
198,191.36
518,708.34
356,813.68
360,086.02
401,472.54
-1,481.59
760,076.97
1 General Fund Balance = Opening Balance + Revenues - Expenses
2 Bank A/C = General Fund Balance + Reserves + Suspense A/C-Tax
(c) $401,472.54
(i) what assets are to be replaced?
(ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset? ($)
Computer Server
10,113
Plant and Equipment (
Mowers, edge trimmer, cleaning equipment, Art kiln
)
33,090
Bus
106,286
Building Fabric and Infrastructure (
Gym upgrade
,
blinds, painting, Home Economics upgrade
)
50,587
Air Conditioning
27,544
Ground Development (
Landscaping and retic
)
33,863
Computer Equipment (
Laptop, desktops and iPads
)
41,562
Furniture and Fittings (
Classroom and office
)
38,050
D&T Equipment (
Lathes, grinders, drill press, welders, hand tools
)
8,990
Photocopiers
28,159
Software
5,734
Library Collection
17,495
Total
401,473
(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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