❓ A WA parliamentary question sought information on federally funded truancy officers in WA schools, including the number of schools, officer commencement dates, attendance rates, and expulsion numbers. The Minister responded that no schools are directly funded for truancy officers, but a federal program funds third-party providers for attendance strategies in some schools.
AnsweredQoN 3144Legislative Council
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(1) How
many Western Australian schools currently have federally funded truancy officers? (2) Will the Minister table a list of these schools, and when their truancy officers commenced? (3) Will the Minister provide the Parliament with the attendance rates for each school allocated with a federally funded truancy officer for the following periods: (a) term 1 of 2013; (b) term 2 of 2013; (c) term 3 of 2013; (d) term 4 of 2013; (e) term 1 of 2014; (f) term 2 of 2014; (g) term 3 of 2014; and (h) term 4 of 2014? (4) Will the Minister provide the Parliament with the number of expulsions at each school allocated with a federally funded truancy officer for the following periods: (a) term 1 of 2013; (b) term 2 of 2013; (c) term 3 of 2013; (d) term 4 of 2013; (e) term 1 of 2014; (f) term 2 of 2014; (g) term 3 of 2014; and (h) term 4 of 2014?
many Western Australian schools currently have federally funded truancy officers? (2) Will the Minister table a list of these schools, and when their truancy officers commenced? (3) Will the Minister provide the Parliament with the attendance rates for each school allocated with a federally funded truancy officer for the following periods: (a) term 1 of 2013; (b) term 2 of 2013; (c) term 3 of 2013; (d) term 4 of 2013; (e) term 1 of 2014; (f) term 2 of 2014; (g) term 3 of 2014; and (h) term 4 of 2014? (4) Will the Minister provide the Parliament with the number of expulsions at each school allocated with a federally funded truancy officer for the following periods: (a) term 1 of 2013; (b) term 2 of 2013; (c) term 3 of 2013; (d) term 4 of 2013; (e) term 1 of 2014; (f) term 2 of 2014; (g) term 3 of 2014; and (h) term 4 of 2014?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
18 June 2015
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
42 days
1. Nil. The Commonwealth Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet funds third party service providers to deliver the Remote School Attendance Strategy at one Catholic, one independent and ten public schools in Western Australia. It does not provide funding directly to schools.
2. Not applicable
3. Not applicable
4. Not applicable
2. Not applicable
3. Not applicable
4. Not applicable
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