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1560 - Education - TAMWORTH HIGH SCHOOL MAINTENANCE BACKLOG

Mookhey, Daniel to the Minister for Early Childhood Education, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Assistant Minister for Education representing the Minister for Education
  1. Was Tamworth High School considered by the Department of Education for additional funding to fill growing maintenance backlogs in New South Wales schools, announced by you on 2 May 2017?
  2. Why did Tamworth High School miss out on the additional schools maintenance funding announced by you on 2 May 2017?
  3. How many times have you met with Kevin Anderson MP to discuss school maintenance backlog funding in the Tamworth Electorate prior to 2 May 2017?
Answer -
  1. Yes.
  2. I'm advised that Tamworth High School will benefit from the extra $390 million planned maintenance funding program which was announced by the local Member on 17 May 2017.
    I'm further advised this funding will continue to address the $1 billion education maintenance backlog left by Labor when we came to government.
    The Department of Education works directly with principals to develop a program of maintenance works for every school. The backlog maintenance at each school reflects the estimated cost of current and future repair work required to ensure buildings continue to perform at an acceptable level.
    At any time, the maintenance liability will be a mixture of work that needs to be done immediately and forecast work that may need to be done in the future, depending on how the facility is performing. So, only a portion of the maintenance liability at any one time is work that is currently required.
    Any maintenance issue that poses a safety risk to students or staff is addressed immediately. Any broken items in classrooms that impact on teaching and learning are addressed as a matter of priority by the school or the department.
  3. I regularly meet with my fellow members of parliament to discuss education matters.

Question asked on 11 May 2017 (session 56-1) and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 107
Answer received on 14 June 2017 and published in Questions & Answers Paper No. 114

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