Wednesday, 4 March 2020

 Mr ROWSWELL (Sandringham) (11:38): (1972) My question is for the Minister for Education, and I ask: will the minister guarantee that the upcoming Victorian state budget will provide Beaumaris Secondary College with the funding that is required to complete stage 2 of the college’s school development process? As the minister would be aware, stage 1 of the development process allowed for the accommodation of 650 students. Total enrolments already sit at 539 students, and I am advised by Mr Steve Pearce, the president of the school council, that the school will be over capacity in term 1 of 2021, next year, with 738 students expected to be enrolled at that time. I therefore seek an urgent assurance from the minister that the Andrews Labor government will commit to funding the stage 2 development works at Beaumaris Secondary College.