Yvette D'Ath (Petrie, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

to move—

That the House:

(1)

congratulates the Rudd Government on the delivery of Round Two of the computers in schools program which will provide 141,600 new computers to 1,394 secondary schools across Australia, worth more than $141 million;

(2)

notes that the Rudd Government has already invested $116.82 million for computers in schools during Round One in 2008 and that this latest round will bring the ratio of computers to students to 1:2 for all students in years 9 to 12 in those secondary schools who applied for and were granted computers;

(3)

notes that the Petrie electorate will receive 1,267 new computers and $1.273 million in funding to the schools in the Petrie electorate in Round Two, in addition to the computers provided in Round One;

(4)

acknowledges the ongoing commitment of the Rudd Government to achieve a 1:1 computer to student ratio for all Year 9 to 12 students across the country by 2011;

(5)

recognises that:

(a)

the future of this country lies within our young people and that as a government, we must invest in our schools to invest in our future;

(b)

the commitment made by the Rudd Government through the COAG Agreement to deliver a further $807 million for legitimate costs to install and maintain the computers and costs associated with subsequent rounds; and

(6)

congratulates the Rudd Government for delivering on its Education Revolution and the commitment we made to the Australian people in 2007.

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