Legislative Council
13870 LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL Thursday 16 August 2012 __________ The President (The Hon. Donald Thomas Harwin) took the chair at 9.30 a.m. The President read the Prayers. Pursuant to sessional orders Formal Business Notices of Motions proceeded with. STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES FUNDING Motion by the Hon. MARIE FICARRA agreed to: 1. That this House notes that: (a) over 100,000 New South Wales school students with disabilities will now have greater access to classroom support and equipment due to a $63 million investment from the Commonwealth Government, (b) this funding, secured by the Hon. Adrian Piccoli, MP, in his capacity as Minister for Education, will assist students in public, Catholic, and independent schools finish their education and secure employment over the next two years, (c) without this additional support, students with disabilities are less likely to finish their twelfth year, increasing the likelihood of unemployment and social exclusion, (d) $47.9 million will be invested in New South Wales government schools to assist over 90,000 students with disabilities, learning difficulties, or additional behaviour needs from over 2,200 schools, (e) $11.3 million will be set aside for Catholic schools and $3.8 million towards mainstream and special independent schools, (f) this investment has the support of both the Association of Independent Schools of New South Wales and the Catholic Education Commission of New South Wales, and (g) this investment will also: (i) provide the appropriate technologies to support students needs to work
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