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MINISTER FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION ON NOTICE NO 292

School Enrolment Capacities

MR WOOD - asked the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts on notice on 20 November 1990:

(1) What standard is applied in determining the amount of space suitable per child in ACT Government schools.

(2) What is the minimum amount of space per child in ACT primary school classrooms.

(3) In determining enrolment capacities per classroom at Weetangera and Hawker Primary Schools, what principles were applied.

MR HUMPHRIES - the answer to Mr Woods question is:

(1) The standards used in determining the amount of space in ACT Government schools are guidelines issued by the Commonwealth titled Comparative Capital Costs of Government and NonGovernment Schools (the Cost and Space Guidelines). These guidelines provide a maximum per student floor area allowance for primary and secondary schools -

Primary: 6 m2 per student

Secondary: 9 - 9.25 m2 per student

(2) The application of these guidelines normally results in a primary school classroom area of approximately 50 m2. For a primary school a class normally consists of a maximum of 30 students, and 25 students in the case of kindergarten classes.

(3) In determining enrolment capacities for Weetangera and Hawker Primary Schools the Ministry has employed standard assessment procedures. The enrolment capacity of a school is determined by the number of usable classroom spaces. A school with design and building deficiencies can be granted space concessions; effectively reducing its number of usable classroom spaces, i.e. its enrolment capacity.

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