❓ Mr Masters raises concerns about potential funding disadvantages for the chaplaincy program in Busselton schools due to changes in funding guidelines. Mr Carpenter responds by highlighting increased funding to the Churches Commission and attributing the issue to the success of the school-based community liaison officer program.
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The minister will be aware that the H-index scores for all government schools in Busselton indicate that the catchment population is significantly disadvantaged, but he may not know that a very successful chaplaincy program has been operating in several government schools, in part supported by school-based community liaison officer funding. (1) Is the minister aware that recent changes to the funding guidelines will significantly disadvantage the chaplaincy program in Busselton as a result of new projects being funded in preference to existing projects, no matter how successful the existing ones have been? (2) In low H-index areas such as Busselton, what funds are available from the Government to allow community-determined priorities such as the employment of part-time chaplains in government primary and secondary schools to continue? Mr A.J. CARPENTER
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I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
(1) Is the minister aware that recent changes to the funding guidelines will significantly disadvantage the chaplaincy program in Busselton as a result of new projects being funded in preference to existing projects, no matter how successful the existing ones have been? (2) In low H-index areas such as Busselton, what funds are available from the Government to allow community-determined priorities such as the employment of part-time chaplains in government primary and secondary schools to continue? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
(2) In low H-index areas such as Busselton, what funds are available from the Government to allow community-determined priorities such as the employment of part-time chaplains in government primary and secondary schools to continue? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
(1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
(1) Is the minister aware that recent changes to the funding guidelines will significantly disadvantage the chaplaincy program in Busselton as a result of new projects being funded in preference to existing projects, no matter how successful the existing ones have been? (2) In low H-index areas such as Busselton, what funds are available from the Government to allow community-determined priorities such as the employment of part-time chaplains in government primary and secondary schools to continue? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
(2) In low H-index areas such as Busselton, what funds are available from the Government to allow community-determined priorities such as the employment of part-time chaplains in government primary and secondary schools to continue? Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
Mr A.J. CARPENTER replied: I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
I thank the member for Vasse for the question and for his ongoing interest in and advocacy for educational issues in his electorate. I also thank him for some notice of the question. I have been provided with information by the department in response to the question. (1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
(1)-(2) The guidelines for the school-based community liaison officer program have not changed, but that does not mean to say that there is not an issue. The school chaplaincy program is a distinct program from the school-based community liaison officer program, which was initiated by the Government as part of our family link strategy when we came to office. According to the department, the school chaplaincy program receives $350 000 per annum, which goes to the Churches Commission on Education to support the administration of the program in schools. When we came to government, the commission was receiving $200 000 from the Government for its program. We increased that amount initially, as we said we would, by 50 per cent to $300 000. I am pleased to inform the member that that amount is now $350 000. The Churches Commission gets separate funding from the funding for the other program. Schools are allocated funding through the school grant to be expended at the schools’ discretion. There has been a 75 per cent increase in the funds to support the chaplaincy program through the Churches Commission. I doubt whether any Government has ever increased any program by 75 per cent in three years. It is an amazing contribution from the Government. However, the reason that an issue has arisen is that the school-based community liaison officer program is so successful that it has generated great demand in the member’s area, and other schools want to be able to access some of the money that goes into that program, as distinct from the chaplaincy program. We have excited a great deal of demand because the program is so successful. In the end it will be a decision for the schools as to what funds they want to allocate.
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