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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 733 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 August 2018 by Hon Donna Faragher

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

COMMUNITY KINDERGARTENS — ENROLMENT THRESHOLD

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

I refer to the 2019 enrolments for community kindergartens.

(1) For each community kindergarten, will the minister list how many enrolments have been received as at 10 August 2018; and, if not, why not?

(2) Has any community kindergarten requested a six-week extension to allow for further enrolments and/or an exemption from the new enrolment threshold requirements?

(3) If yes to (2), will the minister advise which community kindergartens have made this request?

(4) What is the date upon which community kindergartens will be informed whether an extension and/or exemption has been granted?

Hon SUE ELLERY replied:

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

(1) Yes. I table the attached information.

[See paper 1698.]

(2) Yes.

(3) An exemption for enrolment has been granted to Glen Forrest Community Kindergarten, Mount Helena Community Kindergarten and Bullsbrook Community Kindergarten. An exemption for threshold has been granted to Byford Community Kindergarten and Mount Helena Community Kindergarten.

(4) The parent management committees of community kindergartens with enrolments below 16 were advised on 17 August 2018 that they have until the end of term 3, 2018—that is, 21 September 2018—to attract the required number of enrolments. As I have stated previously, case-by-case consideration will be given to community kindergartens in which enrolment numbers are close to the required threshold and the community kindergarten parent management committee can demonstrate that other enrolments are likely.