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3108 - REDUCTION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL REGIONS

Hornery, Sonia to the Minister for Education
  1. Why has the Minister reduced public school regions from 10 to five in NSW?
  2. How will this affect students in the Hunter?
  3. How many public school educators and office staff will lose their positions?
  4. How will the Minister ensure schools will receive the same level of support?
Answer -
  1. to (4) The process to develop a new model of support to schools to replace regions is currently underway. There are no regions in the new model. The model is a new way of working with and supporting schools. It is about local schools and local decisions, and about providing schools and school communities with the flexibility to make decisions that are in the best interest of their students. 

    The Department of Education and Communities will ensure that the support it continues to provide to schools is of the highest quality, relevant to the needs of schools and focussed on student outcomes.

Question asked on 13 November 2012 (session 55-1) and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 125
Answer received on 18 December 2012 and printed in Questions & Answers Paper No. 132

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