❓ Hon Peter Foss asks about programs, funding, and details related to assisting Aboriginal persons within the Education and Training portfolio. The answer details the Aboriginal Education and Training Council (AETC) and financial assistance to non-government schools with Aboriginal students.
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(1) What programs are conducted in the Minister for Education and Training’s portfolio, and related agencies, to assist and advance the welfare of Aboriginal persons?
(2) What are the details of these programs?
(3) What funds are made available to these programs?
(4) What is the source of those funds?
(2) What are the details of these programs?
(3) What funds are made available to these programs?
(4) What is the source of those funds?
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Answered
15 May 2003
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary representing the Minister for Education and Training
Response time
36 days
(1) – (4) Please see Tabled Paper. Department of Education Services and Curriculum Council Aboriginal Education and Training Council (AETC) (1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Department of Education Services and Curriculum Council Aboriginal Education and Training Council (AETC) (1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Aboriginal Education and Training Council (AETC) (1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
(1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
(1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Department of Education Services and Curriculum Council Aboriginal Education and Training Council (AETC) (1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Aboriginal Education and Training Council (AETC) (1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
(1) This Department is responsible for the AETC (Chair: Mrs May O'Brien) which provides information and advice to the Minister for Education and Training on a range of Indigenous Education matters. (2) The AETC consults widely with representatives of Aboriginal people and others, conducts research and investigations on relevant topics of interest for the advancement of Aboriginal education and training, and offers advice to the Government through publications and briefings. (3)-(4) The AETC is Commonwealth funded. The estimated allocation in 2003 is $365,000. A condition of Commonwealth funding is provision of equivalent support by the State, which in Western Australia, is provided by in-kind support through hosting the operations of the AETC within a government agency, ie the Department of Education Services. Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Financial assistance to non-government schools (1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
(1)-(4) The Department of Education Services administers the Government's financial assistance program to non-government schools. The main area of assistance is payment of general recurrent per capita grants. Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
Non-government schools located throughout the State with Aboriginal students who are enrolled and regularly attending may claim per capita grants on their behalf. State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
State Government per capita rates vary according to the level of schooling and each school's funding classification. However, eighteen (18) non-government schools (including both Catholic and independent) that are sole providers of schooling located in remote areas of the State receive 50% higher per capita rates than would otherwise be the case in recognition of the higher costs faced by providers in delivering schooling to remote communities. These schools have an enrolment wholly or predominantly of Aboriginal students. The Opposition introduced this specific initiative in 1998/99 when it was in Government. The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
The current rates paid to remote schools are: $2,856 for kindergarten students; $1,904 for pre-primary and primary students; and $3,106 for secondary students.
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