Page 2595 - Week 08 - Thursday, 24 August 2006
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Thursday, 24 August 2006
MR SPEAKER (Mr Berry) took the chair at 10.30 am and asked members to stand in silence and pray or reflect on their responsibilities to the people of the Australian Capital Territory.
Petitions
The following petitions were lodged for presentation:
Schools—closures
By Dr Foskey, from 45 residents:
To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory.
This petition of certain residents of the Australian Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that there is considerable disquiet with the ACT Government’s proposal to close 39 schools and preschools, particularly as some are marked for closure at the end of this year.
School communities want the opportunity to explore other options.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to pass ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey’s “Education (School Closures Moratorium) Amendment Bill 2006” in order to ensure that no schools are involuntarily closed until 2008, and that no school closures take effect from that date unless supported by a specific vote of the ACT Legislative Assembly.
Schools—closures
By Dr Foskey, from 110 residents:
To the Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory
This petition of certain residents of the Australia Capital Territory draws to the attention of the Assembly that local Government schools are vital to the economic and social wellbeing of many communities in the Australian Capital Territory.
Your petitioners therefore request the Assembly to ensure that:
• No Government school is closed nor amalgamated with any other school or schools before 1 January 2008.
• A comprehensive review of all local Government schools is undertaken.
• The residents of the Australian Capital Territory are to be fully included in this review.
• The review is not to be constrained to financial considerations only.
• The review is to identify the flow-on value of local Government schools to other local businesses.
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