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THE MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NO. 512
Primary Schools - Student Costs
MS NOLAN - asked the Minister for Education and the Arts on notice on 7 August 1991.
What is the Government cost per student per year attending the following primary schools:
Ainslie; Aranda; Arawang; Calwell; Campbell; Chapman; Charnwood; Chisholm; Cook; Co-operative School; Curtin; Duffy; Evatt; Fadden; Farrer; Florey; Flynn; Forrest; Fraser; Garran; Gilmore; Giralang; Gowrie; Griffith; Hall; Hawker; Higgins; Holt: Hughes; Isabella Plains; Kaleen; Latham; Lyneham; Lyons; MacGregor; Macquarie; Majura; Maribyrnong; Mawson; Melba; Melrose; Miles; Monash; Mount Neighbour; Narrabundah; North Ainslie; Red Hill; Richardson; Rivett; Southern Cross; Spence; Taylor; Telopea; Tharwa; Torrens; Turner; Urambi; Uriarra; Village Creek; Wanniassa; Wanniassa Hills; Weetangera; Weston; Yarralumla.
MR WOOD - the answer to Ms Nolans question is:
The attached tables and explanatory notes provide the required information, with the exception of Telopea School. This school is a combined Primary and High School and costs are shared by both levels. Therefore, a comparable costing for the primary school is not available.
Table A represents Total Per Student Costs 1990-91, Table B represents Per Student Costs For Salary Expenditure 1990-91 and Table C represents Schools Non-Salary Recurrent Costs 1990-91.
It must be noted that these per student costs reflect only the gross cost of a child attending a particular site (school). The costs represent the expenditure incurred in keeping the site running and functional, as well as the on-site staff salary costs. The costs are not discounted for any revenue generated by the school. For example, funds generated through community use or leading of available space to tenants have not been taken into account. Two schools have had their costs reduced for the proportional share of costs incurred by the Regional Support Centres on their sites. These are marked by ** in Table C.
The costs do not represent the unit cost of educating a child in the ACT public school system, since the per student costs do not include Head Office, Regional Support Centre and other various
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