psychologists, social workers and counsellors, working across 38
schools in the region, with more to
come later this year. More
good news.
My
My question is to the Minister of
decisions he has made on the future of partnership schools and will
he guarantee that the schools have had
a fair and robust
process with good
Yes
Yes and yes. Supplementary question. How can he say that it is a
fair process when the schools themselves
are quoted as saying the Government
and Minister Hipkins have
put their foot on our throats and
I don't accept that criticism. The Government has implemented
the policy that all three parties in
the government campaigned on. We're very
transparent about that, not only
before the election but,
in fact, when the charter school model was
introduced by the previous
Government That's right! In light
of the decision to cut the role
of Tauranga
the decision to cut the role of
the school role, what does he say to the school leadership who
has said,
the decision about the current maximum role for that school based
on the current capacity
of their facilities. I was not willing
to approve an increase in
the role above that. They have capacity
on the advice I've received for
75 students, with some improvement
those facilities might be
increased to 85. But any increase above that,
in their maximum role, would mean
they were well
outside the guidelines for
guidelines for school operating environments, classroom space,
that the Ministry of Education sets for
all schools. It is one of the
criticisms that this side of
the House had of the charter school
model, that they were operating in
facilities that were substandard and
would not be accepted
in public schools. That's right! Supplementary
question. Will he promise to
investigate claims by Alwyn Poole
of a flawed process due to missing
and inaccurate information around
their application and on
what date will these schools and children know
their
these schools and children know
part of the question, no. Because I have received all of the
information that the Villa Education Trust
supplied
supplied to the Ministry of Education in association with their
application, and I worked my way
through that in making the
decision that I did about their
application, which was
which was to request more information. I've made an
undertaking that that school will
have a final decision by September,
once that information's
supplied. Of course, if that information is
available to me earlier
than that, I may be in a position to
make a decision earlier than that. I would
note that by giving them a decision
by September that still gives them
four months to work their
way through the transition
process. And I note that when
the school was established in the first place
they had less than four months to
establish themselves. Supplementary
question. In light of the
flawed process which has seen the
Villa Education Trust Schools still in a
straight of limbo, bullying
claims against hill and the ministry,
iwi leaders lodging Waitangi Tribunal
claims against the Government,
when will he stop being so vindictive
and shafting the school
leaders... Order! That question is ruled out.
Does the member have a
further
10. Well... Point of order. Can I answer the first part of the
order. It is... I have ruled the question out. A fresh point of order
F a member makes an assertion in
a
rule the question out. Yes. Either the member should have
to withdraw and apologise for it or
the minister should be allowed to reply to it.
Otherwise it remains on record
of the House and
Otherwise it remains on record of
the opportunity to respond. There were probably about three
reasons for me ruling that question
out, including the very initial phrase in
it. The question was totally
out of order. And has been ruled
out as a result. We're forgot going to
go back
result. We're forgot going to go
answering half a question. Question No. 10.
My
My question is to the Minister for
still the case that the eligibility and assessment criteria
of the Provincial Growth Fund, as laid
out by Cabinet in
December 2017, includes the
includes the criterion that
Yes.