House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)
2008-07-03 Daily Xml

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SUPER SCHOOLS

222 Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (23 October 2007). Will the Government's proposed six Super Schools require fewer teachers and school services officers under the existing staffing formula and if so, what financial savings will be generated?

The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Treasurer, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Federal/State Relations): The Minister for Education and Children's Services has provided the following information:

The six new schools to be built as part of the government's $216 million Education Works initiative will be staffed under the industrially agreed staffing formula, which is driven by enrolments.