Page 827 - Week 03 - Wednesday, 2 April 2008

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drug education, alcohol and tobacco use, domestic violence, sexuality and relationships with their peers;

(p) committed $1.6 million to support learning and retention of Indigenous students in government schools;

(q) provided $860,000 for Indigenous early childhood support to increase participation by Indigenous students;

(r) provided an additional $300,000 into Jumby Mulla, an Indigenous managed family support service in northern Canberra;

(s) expanded the Koori Preschool Program;

(t) funded a new mentoring and leadership program for Indigenous students in years 11 and 12;

(u) provided targeted assistance for year 4 Indigenous students to meet national benchmarks in literacy and numeracy;

(v) increased funding for students with disabilities by $4.4 million to ensure that the educational needs of students who have a disability are supported; and

(w) continued to open Learning Support Units and Autism Support Units to meet additional demand;

(3) that since 2004 the Stanhope Government has built on these achievements and:

(a) has increased funding to education by more than 30 per cent since being elected in 2001;

(b) is investing over $350 million in building new public schools where they are most needed and in upgrading every other ACT public school;

(c) is investing $20 million to ensure state of the art IT in classrooms;

(d) is investing $14.6 million to provide pastoral care support in every high school;

(e) is investing $3.3 million to improve Indigenous education outcomes;

(f) is investing more than $1.2 million to revitalise physical education;

(g) is increasing investment in languages and the arts;

(h) has increased pre-school hours to 12 hours per week;

(i) has amalgamated all ACT pre-schools and public schools to deliver on the Government’s commitment to early childhood education and giving young Canberrans the best start in life;

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