A WA parliamentary question seeks data on educational assistant support for Year 8 students with special needs in government schools over five years, including student numbers and FTE allocation. The response provides student numbers but states FTE data is not centrally collected.

AnsweredQoN 1077Legislative Assembly
Asked
2 May 2006
Portfolio
Education and Training

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(1) How many Year 8 students with special needs attending government schools were provided with an educational assistant in each of the past five years?
(2) What was the FTEs for educational assistants employed to assist Year 8 students in government schools in -
(a) 2001-2002;
(b) 2002-2003;
(c) 2003-2004;
(d) 2004-2005; and
(e) 2005-2006?

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Answered
13 June 2006
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
42 days
(b) 2002-2003; (c) 2003-2004; (d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(c) 2003-2004; (d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(d) 2004-2005; and (e) 2005-2006?
(e) 2005-2006?
Eligible students are those with a diagnosis within one of the indicated groups: * Global Developmental Delay (under 6 years of age) * Intellectual Disability * Autism * Vision Impairment * Deaf and Hard of Hearing * Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Global Developmental Delay (under 6 years of age) * Intellectual Disability * Autism * Vision Impairment * Deaf and Hard of Hearing * Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Intellectual Disability * Autism * Vision Impairment * Deaf and Hard of Hearing * Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Autism * Vision Impairment * Deaf and Hard of Hearing * Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Vision Impairment * Deaf and Hard of Hearing * Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Deaf and Hard of Hearing * Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Severe Mental Health * Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Physical Disability * Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
* Severe Medical / Health Condition (1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
(1) 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 No of Students 123 138 177 87 275 262 *All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
*All figures for 2001 - 2005 are based on December 31 data. The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
The figure for 2006 is as of the 8 May. (2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.
(2) Schools are allocated an amount of FTE for education assistant time, as per the answer to question 1073 (2). The decision on how the FTE is deployed to support students across year cohorts is the responsibility of the school principal. Centralised figures about the allocation of education assistant time to particular year levels are not available.

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