Hon Sue Ellery requests data on cleaning and gardening staff hours allocated to each WA public school for 2016. The Minister's response indicates a shift to student-centred funding, granting schools autonomy in budget allocation for these services.

AnsweredQoN 4407Legislative Council
Asked
20 September 2016
Portfolio
Education

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For each Western Australian public school, for 2016 (to date), I ask: (a) how many hours of cleaning staff time was allocated; and (b) how many hours of gardening staff time was allocated?

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Answered
9 November 2016
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
50 days
Schools are no longer allocated FTE.
From 2015, funding is delivered through the student-centred funding model providing principals with the flexibility to determine how they use their budgets to deliver the support their schools need, including the amount of cleaning and gardening staff time.

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