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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (20 November) . . Page.. 3920 ..

School-Based Management

MS McRAE (4.59): Mr Speaker, I rise in the adjournment debate to read out a letter that not only I but quite a few other members in this place received. Ironically, it was received just after we had completed the debate on school-based management. I think it is important that I read it into the record just to reiterate the sorts of issues that we debated this morning. It reads:

Dear Ms McRae

The Arawang Primary School Parents and Citizens Association Incorporated (Arawang P&C) have a number of concerns relating to the implementation of School Based Management in 1997.

We invite you to attend our meeting to be held on Wednesday 11 December 1996 at 8.30 pm at the school.

These issues include:

. legal liability of board members

. evaluation - process; how often; and by whom

. additional administrative workload for the principal and teaching staff

. School Resource Agreement

. equity between schools

. reliance of community involvement

. need for triennial funding for budgeting/planning

. using one year's data (95/96) to determine some funding allocations for 1997

. consequences of good/bad financial management

. funding of professional development

. additional administrative staff/training

. definition of excess space

. CAMMS - procedures in drawing up priorities, specific contracts.

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