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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND TRAINING

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION NO 6

Government Schools - Excess Places

MR CORNWELL - asked the Minister for Education and Training on notice on 7 April 1992:

as at 29 February 1992

(1) How many excess places existed in ACT Government Schools, by name, at primary, high and college levels.

(2) What is the resultant per capita funding for students at each of these schools, by name.

MR WOOD - the answer to Mr Cornwells Question is:

(1) The number of excess places existing in ACT Government

Schools, by name, is as per the attached table

Enrolment and Capacities, 1992.

(2) The Government does not allocate funds to schools on a

per capita basis, apart from a small amount of

discretionary funds for non-salary costs which are

detailed on the attached table.

There is currently no systematic collection of data by the Department on the exact per pupil cost for individual schools.

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