Wednesday, 22 June 2022

Eastern Victoria Region

Ms BATH (Eastern Victoria) (12:42): (1864) My constituent question is for the Minister for Education and relates to special needs students. Communication between school and parent is absolutely vital. I have heard some sensational experiences in terms of communication and communication books with the parent and their school, and I have actually heard some incredibly disappointing ones where parents struggle to get adequate information about their child’s daily activities and how best to support them in the school situation. We really need a positive two-way street, so the question I ask of the minister is: will he conduct an audit within Eastern Victoria Region of the policies that schools have for communications with students with disability so that we can actually get better outcomes for those student learnings, student preparedness and student pathways through school?