Mr. Wyatt questions the Education Minister regarding the reserve funds of the School of Special Education Needs: Medical and Mental Health, specifically seeking details on the amount, breakdown, asset replacement allocations, parent contributions, and unallocated funds. The Minister provides a detailed breakdown of the school's finances and asset replacement plans.

AnsweredQoN 1220Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 September 2013
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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 $728,817.00 for School of Special Education Needs: Medical and Mental Health: (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) $728,817.00 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
Reserves
Suspense
A/C - Tax
Bank A/C
SSEN: MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH (6019)
142,201.20
421,945.68
220,652.35
343,494.53
387,293.47
-1,971.00
728,817.00
1 General Fund Balance = Opening Balance + Revenues - Expenses
2 Bank A/C = General Fund Balance + Reserves + Suspense A/C-Tax
(c) $387,293.47
(i) what assets are to be replaced?
(ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset? ($)
Replacement of 2 x colour photocopiers and
1 x colour photocopier
20,088.79
Updates to School Database Platform
95,892.85
Allocations for move to Fiona Stanley Hospital and New Children's Hospital in 2014-15
- Administration and Curriculum Server replacement and licenses
10,253.84
- Computer equipment: desktops, laptops, printers, interactive whiteboards, projectors
158,225.13
- Furniture: school rooms, administration area, library
102,832.86
Total
387,293.47
(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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