Students with Disability

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (25 July 2019). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education): I am advised of the following:

All students with disability who have applied to the Inclusive Education Support Program statewide centralised panel for an automatic category 5 (Special Class) or category 8 (Special School/Disability Unit) in terms 1 and 2, 2019 have been allocated these amounts. No students have received reduced support or no support as a result of this application, assessment and moderation process.

From term 3, 2019 the department has changed the application requirements for this cohort of students, as the automatic allocation process was found to not always reflect the personalised teaching and learning needs of a student.