Wednesday, 19 November 2025

 Sarah CONNOLLY (Laverton) (14:46): My question is for the Deputy Premier and Minister for Education. The Glasses for Kids program is probably one of our government’s lesser known but incredibly popular student support programs. Under this program up to 108,000 students from prep to year 3 across 770 Victorian government schools will receive free vision screening at school followed by comprehensive eye testing and free glasses for those kids that need them. In fact I was recently at Ardeer South Primary with the cutest primary school students, who are receiving their glasses through this program – amazing. A big shout-out to you guys. I hope it is going well, and I hope you can see that blackboard in front of you. It also means parents can save on the cost of having to buy glasses for their kids, which I can tell you, as someone who has worn glasses since they were about 12 years old, can cost a lot of money. This program is not just great for kids, it is great for families too, and it is learning support and cost-of-living support rolled into one program. My question is this: how many students at schools in the Laverton electorate have benefited from receiving free glasses through this program?