Hon Alison Xamon requested a breakdown of Federal and State funding for each public school in WA, including the percentage of the School Resource Standard met by each. The Minister provided overall funding figures and directed the questioner to Schools Online for school-level data, stating specific contributions cannot be determined.

AnsweredQoN 1471Legislative Council
Asked
14 August 2018
Portfolio
Education and Training

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For each public
school in Western Australia, would the Minister please list: (a) the Federal funding contribution for 2018; (b) the State funding contribution for 2018; and (c) the estimated School Resource Standard percentage met by: (i) Federal funding; and (ii) State funding?

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Answered
11 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
(a)-(b)
In 2017-18, the Commonwealth Government’s Quality Schools funding contribution towards public schools in Western Australia was $658.9 million. A further $78.3 million was provided for special projects, including funding allocated for capital projects.
The Commonwealth’s contribution is combined with the State’s funding contribution and allocated to public schools through the State’s student-centred funding model (SCFM). As a result, the specific Commonwealth and State contributions for each public school cannot be determined.
The information you request is available for every public school at Schools Online – https://www.det.wa.edu.au/schoolsonline . I table the attached information.
This document outlines funding for all public schools in 2018 as at 28 March 2018. Further disability adjustments, targeted initiatives, operational response allocations and regional allocations may occur during the school year.
(c)(i)-(ii)
As the specific Commonwealth and State funding contributions cannot be determined for individual public schools, the School Resource Standard percentage cannot be calculated at an individual school level for Commonwealth and State funding.

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