SCHOOL SWIMMING POOLS

497 Mrs PENFOLD (Flinders) (21 July 2009). Is it Departmental policy for the closure of swimming pools in regional and small country schools in South Australia and what assurances are there that they will be maintained and remain open?

The Hon. J.D. LOMAX-SMITH (Adelaide—Minister for Education, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the City of Adelaide): The Department of Education and Children's Services has advised that the decommissioning/disposal of a school pool will only occur when the school, with the support of the Governing Council, decides to cease operation of the pool.