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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2023-06-27T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
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  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T09:07:17+09:30" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" referenceid="98bc9886f8ef4f70897848c1d1c59c00" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2023-06-27T01:30:00+09:30" qonNum="16">
            <name>Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten</name>
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        <text id="20230627a1baaf8dd7264946b0000879">
          <inserted>16 <by role="member" id="4343" referenceid="98bc9886f8ef4f70897848c1d1c59c00">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (7 February 2023).  Given the opposition has been advised of a reduction of funding to the Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten in the electorate of MacKillop, will the government maintain funding at the kindergarten so they do not lose any staff?</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. B.I. BOYER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Wright</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education, Training and Skills</name>
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          <question date="2023-06-27T01:30:00+09:30" qonNum="16">
            <name>Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5389" referenceid="258e99f5e8a5469db1af773d39ba5018">The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Preschool staffing is calculated using a formula based on confirmed enrolments from term 1 of the prior year. Michelle DeGaris Memorial Kindergarten maintained the same warranted staffing allocation in 2023 as they received in 2022.</inserted>
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          <inserted>Confirmed enrolments for term 1, 2023 did not require any subsequent adjustments to warranted staffing and therefore remained the same.</inserted>
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