CORONAVIRUS —
MANDATORY VACCINATIONS — TEACHERS
1044. Hon COLIN de GRUSSA to the Minister for Education and
Training:
I refer to staff in schools and
their vaccination status, and the survey mentioned in the minister's
response to question without notice 946.
(1) Will the minister please table a
copy of the survey questions sent to staff in schools?
(2) Is it correct
that staff who are on the deferred salary scheme are being asked by the
department to remain teaching if they were
due for a year of paid leave; and, if no, does the minister condemn or endorse
this strategy?
(3) Has the department or a representative sent any
correspondence or requests to teachers across the education system
relating to staffing issues due to mandatory vaccination concerns in the past
fortnight; and, if yes, can the minister please table those documents?
(4) Can the
minister now confirm that students will have a teacher in front of every
classroom when school resumes in 2022?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
(1) I seek leave to have the
response incorporated into Hansard.
[Leave granted for the following
material to be incorporated.]
The
workforce census questions are as follows:
(1) Are you working in or required to enter a remote
Aboriginal community as part of your work? Yes/No.
(2) Do you work at a school site for all or any part of
your role? (This includes schools and residential facilities/boarding schools.)
Yes/No.
(3) Are you already
fully vaccinated for COVID-19 with two doses? Yes/No. Only complete if you have
answered ''No'' to Q3.
(4) Are you
intending to meet the mandated requirement of being fully vaccinated for your
place of work? Yes/No. Only complete if you have answered ''No''
to Q4.
(5) Do
you intend to apply for a medical exemption? Yes/No.
(2) No; and, not applicable.
(3) No
system-wide emails have been sent to teachers regarding staffing issues due to
mandatory vaccination concerns. The Department of Education sends regular
correspondence to staff regarding COVID-19 preparedness and the vaccine
mandate.
(4) The Department of Education employs a range of
strategies at the local level to ensure that there is a teacher in front
of every class.