A WA parliamentary question seeks detailed financial information regarding Safety Bay Senior High School's reserve funds, including breakdowns, asset replacement allocations, and sources of funding. The answer provides a detailed breakdown of the school's finances.

AnsweredQoN 1162Legislative Assembly
Asked
10 September 2013
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Education

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I refer to the list of Western Australia’s Richest 100 Public Schools that was printed in the West Australian on 30 August 2013 and sourced to the Department of Education and I ask in respect to the amount of $1,169,632.61 for Safety Bay Senior High School: (a) at what date was this amount standing in the school’s reserve fund; (b) what is the break-down of the components that make up this figure; (c) how much of this amount is allocated to the replacement of assets: (i) what assets are to be replaced; and (ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset; (d) of the amount in the reserve fund, how much are parent contributions for school fee; and (e) of the amount in the reserve fund, how much is unallocated for any "specific purpose"?

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Answered
16 October 2013
Responded by
Minister representing the Minister for Education
Response time
36 days
(a) $1,169,632.61 was the total amount held in the school's bank account/s as at 30 June 2013. Included in this figure is the school's reserve fund.
(b)
School Name
Opening
Balance
Revenues
Expenses
General Fund Bal
1
Reserves
Suspense A/C - Tax
Bank A/C
2
SAFETY BAY SHS (4128)
239,824.91
895,811.99
774,484.36
361,152.54
813,499.50
-5,019.43
1,169,632.61
1 General Fund Balance = Opening Balance + Revenues - Expenses
2 Bank A/C = General Fund Balance + Reserves + Suspense A/C-Tax
(c) $813,499.50
(i) what assets are to be replaced?
(ii) how much has been allocated to replace each asset? ($)
Furniture Reserve
14,000.00
Assets Reserve
(Plant and Equipment)
75,732.40
Air Conditioning Reserve
17,558.09
Bus Replacement Reserve
48,184.27
Building Fabric and Infra Theatre
(Plan-Seating)
69,922.83
Computer Equipment
(As per schedule $71 000 tagged for replacement has been spent. The works is scheduled for vacation, minimal disruption on student learning.)
111,472.66
Furniture
33,733.40
Gardening Resources
266.74
Cleaning Resources
(vacation cycle- cleaning gum and
equipment)
20,633.64
Soccer Reserve
(Soccer goals)
29,643.83
Health and Phys Ed Resources
6,199.79
MATHS Resources
3,557.00
SCIENCE Resources
5,759.88
SOSE Resources
7,084.46
ENGLISH Resources
4,566.57
Media Resources
3,694.36
TECHNOLOGIES Resources
14,029.46
Pathfinders Resources
1,002.00
Resource Resources
8,100.00
Administration Resources
3,104.92
Music Resources
551.67
Industry Links Resources
22,119.61
Student Services Resources
550.05
Cheer Dance Resources
1000.00
Arts Resources
8,617.77
Visual Art Resources
1,506.42
Photography Resources
2,906.22
Photocopier Replacement Reserve
49,787.27
Library Resources
384.04
Salary Reserve
(Plan to support small Yr 12 classes for half cohort in
2014)
247,830.15
Total
813,499.50
(d) Not applicable. Parent contributions are not applied to reserve funds.
(e) Not Applicable. All funding in reserves is allocated - refer to Question (c).

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