❓ Hon Alison Xamon requests a detailed breakdown of WA government funding allocated to non-government schools for 2018, including total funding per school and per-student funding rates. The answer provides a table of per-student funding rates based on school level and funding category, referencing a tabled paper for specific school allocations.
AnsweredQoN 1470Legislative Council
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I refer to per capita grants provided by the Western Australian
Government to non-government schools, and I ask: (a) for each non-government school, please list: (i) how much total funding has been allocated
for 2018; and (ii) the per student funding rate for 2018?
Government to non-government schools, and I ask: (a) for each non-government school, please list: (i) how much total funding has been allocated
for 2018; and (ii) the per student funding rate for 2018?
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Answered
11 September 2018
Responded by
Minister for Education and Training
Response time
9 days
(a)(i)-(ii) See Tabled Paper No.
Funding is determined and calculated bi-annually according to the February and August censuses. The table of grants in the tabled paper represents the grants paid in Semester 1, 2018. A similar quantum of payments will be paid in Semester 2, 2018, subject to the movements in enrolments at a particular school. Per-student funding rates vary depending on the level of schooling and the funding category of a particular school. Special education loadings of 110%, 210% and 360% are provided for eligible students with disabilities on top of the base rates given below. A high-support needs grant is provided for students with very severe disabilities. Special education and high-support need grants are included in the grant totals reported in the tabled paper, according to the categories in the following table:
Funding Category
Kindergarten
Primary
Middle School
Upper Secondary
(4 sessions)
(PP-Y6)
(Y7-Y10)
(Y11-Y12)
2018
2018
2018
2018
$
$
$
$
A
2 536
1 690
2 484
2 566
B
2 922
1 946
2 862
3 156
C
2 934
1 957
2 875
3 233
D
3 026
2 017
2 966
3 329
E
3 175
2 116
3 109
3 475
F
3 311
2 206
3 243
3 588
G
3 415
2 277
3 347
3 718
GA
5 088
3 393
4 987
5 534
H
4 987
5 534
I
6 769
4 514
6 635
7 312
J
0
9 810
14 421
15 888
HSN
(High Support Needs)
14 631
36 577
36 577
36 577
The funding categories can be generally described as follows:
A High-Fee Schools
B,C,D Mid to high-fee schools
E Mid-fee schools
F Low-fee schools
G Very low fee, predominantly rural schools
GA Very low fee, rural boarding schools, catering for Aboriginal students
H Curriculum and Re-Engagement Schools
I Remote, sole provider Aboriginal community schools
J Agricultural Schools
Six of the current State funding categories (A to G) are based on the original 12 Commonwealth Education Resources Index (ERI) funding categories. The ERI was a measure of revenue-raising ability. Additional high-needs categories also exist for students at non-mainstream non-government schools (GA to J).
Although the Commonwealth replaced the ERI with the socio-economic status and capacity to contribute models, reviews of the State’s funding methodology in 2002 and 2015 recommended that the existing ERI-based model be retained.
Retention of the model was supported by the non-government school sector in Western Australia.
Funding is determined and calculated bi-annually according to the February and August censuses. The table of grants in the tabled paper represents the grants paid in Semester 1, 2018. A similar quantum of payments will be paid in Semester 2, 2018, subject to the movements in enrolments at a particular school. Per-student funding rates vary depending on the level of schooling and the funding category of a particular school. Special education loadings of 110%, 210% and 360% are provided for eligible students with disabilities on top of the base rates given below. A high-support needs grant is provided for students with very severe disabilities. Special education and high-support need grants are included in the grant totals reported in the tabled paper, according to the categories in the following table:
Funding Category
Kindergarten
Primary
Middle School
Upper Secondary
(4 sessions)
(PP-Y6)
(Y7-Y10)
(Y11-Y12)
2018
2018
2018
2018
$
$
$
$
A
2 536
1 690
2 484
2 566
B
2 922
1 946
2 862
3 156
C
2 934
1 957
2 875
3 233
D
3 026
2 017
2 966
3 329
E
3 175
2 116
3 109
3 475
F
3 311
2 206
3 243
3 588
G
3 415
2 277
3 347
3 718
GA
5 088
3 393
4 987
5 534
H
4 987
5 534
I
6 769
4 514
6 635
7 312
J
0
9 810
14 421
15 888
HSN
(High Support Needs)
14 631
36 577
36 577
36 577
The funding categories can be generally described as follows:
A High-Fee Schools
B,C,D Mid to high-fee schools
E Mid-fee schools
F Low-fee schools
G Very low fee, predominantly rural schools
GA Very low fee, rural boarding schools, catering for Aboriginal students
H Curriculum and Re-Engagement Schools
I Remote, sole provider Aboriginal community schools
J Agricultural Schools
Six of the current State funding categories (A to G) are based on the original 12 Commonwealth Education Resources Index (ERI) funding categories. The ERI was a measure of revenue-raising ability. Additional high-needs categories also exist for students at non-mainstream non-government schools (GA to J).
Although the Commonwealth replaced the ERI with the socio-economic status and capacity to contribute models, reviews of the State’s funding methodology in 2002 and 2015 recommended that the existing ERI-based model be retained.
Retention of the model was supported by the non-government school sector in Western Australia.
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