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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 322 asked in the Legislative Council on 22 June 2021 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 41 Session: 1

SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS

322. Hon DONNA FARAGHER to the Minister for Education and Training:

I refer to the answer to question without notice 1112 asked on 15 October 2020 which refers to the provision of Department of Education school psychology services to community kindergartens.

(1) Can the minister advise whether community kindergartens access these services via the linked school or directly from the department?

(2) What was the total amount of funding allocated to deliver these services in —

(a) 2017;

(b) 2018;

(c) 2019; and

(d) 2020?

(3) How many school psychologists, by FTE, were allocated to deliver these services to community kindergartens in the years referred to in (2)?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

I thank the honourable member for some notice of the question.

(1) Community kindergartens receive a nominal FTE allocation for support from school psychology services and have access to the school psychology services at their linked public school, as well as other services provided by the department's school psychology services.

(2) It is not possible to provide the total amount of funding allocated to community kindergartens for school psychology services. The school psychology service delivery model is primarily based on school psychologists attached administratively to one school and providing support across a number of schools, including community kindergartens and it is not possible to identify the funding associated with community kindergarten students.

(3) The dedicated FTE nominal allocations for community kindergartens are provided below.

I seek leave to have the response incorporated into Hansard.

[Leave granted for the following material to be incorporated.]

Year

Total FTE allocated for Community Kindergartens

2017

0.38

2018

0.44

2019

0.40

2020

0.40

 

Hon SUE ELLERY: The nominal allocation is not inclusive of service delivery shared between the linked primary school and the community kindergarten to provide a flexible and responsive service depending on need; additional system supports, including child and parent centres, access to the Triple P program, and critical incident consultancy support; and the supply of lead school psychologists on the most complex cases.