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  <date date="2021-02-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Non-Government School Loans Scheme</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Non-Government School Loans Scheme</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5389" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr BOYER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Wright</electorate>
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          <question date="2021-02-04">
            <name>Non-Government School Loans Scheme</name>
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        <text id="20210204b90a9d71387e4c0880001240">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5389">Mr BOYER (Wright)</by> (23 November 2020).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education</name>
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          <question date="2021-02-04">
            <name>Non-Government School Loans Scheme</name>
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        <text id="20210204b90a9d71387e4c0880001241">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education):</by>  I am advised of the following:</inserted>
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          <inserted>During the 2019-20 financial year 14 schools lodged applications for loans from the Non-Government School Loans Scheme. </inserted>
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          <inserted>Of these 14 applications:</inserted>
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            <inserted>one approved application was withdrawn by the respective school</inserted>
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        <text id="20210204b90a9d71387e4c0880001245">
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            <inserted>one application was not supported as it was not compliant with the scheme's guidelines</inserted>
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        <text id="20210204b90a9d71387e4c0880001246">
          <item>
            <inserted>one application was not supported as it did not demonstrate a clear need for the loan consistent with the scheme's guidelines or its objective; and</inserted>
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            <inserted>the remaining 11 applications were approved and executed loan agreements.</inserted>
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