The Minister for Education and Training assures that the government does not intend to change the existing arrangements for the Commonwealth Assistance for Isolated Children (AIC) boarding allowance, despite a review of educational provision in district high schools.

AnsweredQoN 829Legislative Council
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8 November 2005
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Education and Training

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(1) Will the minister define the circumstances in which year 11 students in 2006 and years 11 and 12 students in 2007, bypassing their local high schools, will be eligible to receive the commonwealth assistance for isolated children boarding allowance? (2) Will the minister define the circumstances in which those students would be ineligible to receive the commonwealth AIC boarding allowance? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH

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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) It is not the intention of the government to seek change to the options currently available. As part of the school leaving age strategy, the Department of Education and Training is conducting a review of educational provision in district high schools on a site-by-site basis. This may result in an alteration of programs offered by some district high schools. However, it is anticipated that this review will not affect the current bypass arrangements. Parents of students in locations currently able to access these allowances will continue to be able to do so in the future.
(2) Will the minister define the circumstances in which those students would be ineligible to receive the commonwealth AIC boarding allowance? Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) It is not the intention of the government to seek change to the options currently available. As part of the school leaving age strategy, the Department of Education and Training is conducting a review of educational provision in district high schools on a site-by-site basis. This may result in an alteration of programs offered by some district high schools. However, it is anticipated that this review will not affect the current bypass arrangements. Parents of students in locations currently able to access these allowances will continue to be able to do so in the future.
Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) It is not the intention of the government to seek change to the options currently available. As part of the school leaving age strategy, the Department of Education and Training is conducting a review of educational provision in district high schools on a site-by-site basis. This may result in an alteration of programs offered by some district high schools. However, it is anticipated that this review will not affect the current bypass arrangements. Parents of students in locations currently able to access these allowances will continue to be able to do so in the future.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) It is not the intention of the government to seek change to the options currently available. As part of the school leaving age strategy, the Department of Education and Training is conducting a review of educational provision in district high schools on a site-by-site basis. This may result in an alteration of programs offered by some district high schools. However, it is anticipated that this review will not affect the current bypass arrangements. Parents of students in locations currently able to access these allowances will continue to be able to do so in the future.
(1)-(2) It is not the intention of the government to seek change to the options currently available. As part of the school leaving age strategy, the Department of Education and Training is conducting a review of educational provision in district high schools on a site-by-site basis. This may result in an alteration of programs offered by some district high schools. However, it is anticipated that this review will not affect the current bypass arrangements. Parents of students in locations currently able to access these allowances will continue to be able to do so in the future.

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