❓ Question regarding inequities in VET funding allocation to South West public high schools and student enrolment numbers in VET studies. The answer details a transition to a more equitable per-student funding model.
AnsweredQoN 4228Legislative Council
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I refer to the Minister's answer to question on notice No. 4009, and I ask: (a) in view of the vastly different amounts of vocational education and training (VET) targeted initiative funding allocated to each South West public high school, will the Minister detail how the funding amount allocated to each public High School was determined; and (b) for each of 2015 and 2016, how many students in each year 11 and year 12, at each public High School in the South West region, were enrolled in VET studies?
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Answered
14 September 2016
Responded by
Minister for Education
Response time
29 days
a. Vocational Education and Training (VET) funding is in transition from a model that was compartmentalised and centrally controlled to one that is equitable, transparent and based on a per-student price. This transition commenced in 2015 and will be completed in 2017.
Prior to and during 2014, VET funding to schools was from multiple sources that used varying processes for distributing funds. The result was that for schools, funding was convoluted, inequitable and unpredictable.
By 2017, all VET funding for schools from the Department will be distributed using a per-student price. This will ensure schools with similar student cohorts in similar contexts will receive similar funding.
There is a transition process in place to move from the 2014 VET funding model to the 2017 model. This transition is to ensure that funding for any given school does not change too much in either direction, enabling them to plan future VET pathways with confidence.
The 2017 per-student funding is based on total projected enrolments of Year 11 and 12 students in each school at or below the 70th percentile in NAPLAN when they were in Year 9. A school will receive funding for each eligible student (determined through NAPLAN results), with that funding reducing as the number of funded students in the school increases and crosses certain thresholds.
b. Refer to Tabled Paper.
Prior to and during 2014, VET funding to schools was from multiple sources that used varying processes for distributing funds. The result was that for schools, funding was convoluted, inequitable and unpredictable.
By 2017, all VET funding for schools from the Department will be distributed using a per-student price. This will ensure schools with similar student cohorts in similar contexts will receive similar funding.
There is a transition process in place to move from the 2014 VET funding model to the 2017 model. This transition is to ensure that funding for any given school does not change too much in either direction, enabling them to plan future VET pathways with confidence.
The 2017 per-student funding is based on total projected enrolments of Year 11 and 12 students in each school at or below the 70th percentile in NAPLAN when they were in Year 9. A school will receive funding for each eligible student (determined through NAPLAN results), with that funding reducing as the number of funded students in the school increases and crosses certain thresholds.
b. Refer to Tabled Paper.
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