❓ Mr. Staltari inquires about student participation in the Department of Education's Alternative Learning Settings (ALS) program across all school terms in 2024, broken down by year group. The response provides a table detailing the number of students in each year group participating in the ALS program for each term of 2024.
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(1) How many WA public school students participated in the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning Settings (ALS) Program in Term 1, 2024? (2) What is the breakdown of the answer to (1) of students participating by each year of schooling? (3) Please provide the equivalent answer to (1) and (2), for the following school terms in 2024: (a) Term 2; (b) Term 3; and (c) Term 4?
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Answered
11 November 2025
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
12 days
(1)–(3)
Where students commence the program in one term and exit in a subsequent term, they are included in the count of each term in which they participate in the program.
2024 Alternative Learning Settings – number of students
Year group
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Total
Term 1
0
1
7
25
33
36
16
4
122
Term 2
0
6
20
45
46
38
11
3
169
Term 3
0
3
18
36
29
17
5
3
111
Term 4
0
3
21
39
28
16
4
2
113
Where students commence the program in one term and exit in a subsequent term, they are included in the count of each term in which they participate in the program.
2024 Alternative Learning Settings – number of students
Year group
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Total
Term 1
0
1
7
25
33
36
16
4
122
Term 2
0
6
20
45
46
38
11
3
169
Term 3
0
3
18
36
29
17
5
3
111
Term 4
0
3
21
39
28
16
4
2
113
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