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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 2 Hansard (29 February) . . Page.. 581 ..
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
QUESTION NUMBER 147
Children with Disabilities - Statistics
(1) How many children with disabilities, who require extra attention and support, and are unable to attend a regular school, are there in the ACT.
(2) How many of those children have siblings.
(3) How many of those children live in one parent families.
MR STEFANIAK - the answer to Ms McRae's question is:
(1) The ACT Department of Education and Training provides a wide range of options for students with disabilities which encompass both regular and special settings. Currently, all students with disabilities in the ACT, wishing to attend a government school, are attending the educational setting selected by their parents in consultation with teachers and counsellors from the Department.
At the February census, 446 students were in special settings at Koomarri, Cranleigh, Malkara, Hartley St, the Woden School and Phillip and Dickson Colleges.
(2) and (3) The department does not keep these statistics.
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