Under the McGowan Government:

Round 1: September, 2017

• Minimum $10.5m – maximum $26.5million IPS – between $20,000 - $50,000 per school per year (525 schools)
• $1145 cut per secondary school student for each student above 1200 enrolments in secondary schools.

Round 2: December 1, 2017

• 188 positions cut from central and regional office including 23 positions in Aboriginal Education – coordinators, consultants, liaison officers, participation officers (to go to State-wide Services and schools), data analysts and principal advisors.

Round 3: December 13, 2017 – Effective 2019

• Schools of the Air to close - REVERSED
• Camp schools to close, Bridgetown, Dampier, Geraldton, Goldfields, Kalgoorlie, Pemberton and Pointt Peron, Rockingham; Broome to stay open.
• Moora & Northam residential accommodation to close – NORTHAM SAVED
• Change eligibility for Local Access Funding - Year 11 & 12 DHS students enrolled with SIDE
• Gifted and Talented programs (GATE) – cut by 25% REVERSED
• Curtin Theatre funding cut by 20%
• Reduced funding for Specially Organised Classes (Gifted and Talented) by 50% in 2019 and cease funding in 2020
• Canning College – to be for overseas fee-paying students only
• Tuart College to close
• Landsdale Farm School/Dianella SC (private provider being sought
• Level 3 Classroom Teacher intake on hold for 3 years - REVERSED
• Agricultural Awareness Programs – 1 FTE each cut Kiara College and Kelmscott SHS
• Agricultural College Boarding fee increases
• Introduce dividend to the Agricultural Education Provisions Trust
• Teacher Development Schools – reduced
• Yule Brook College – distinctive school funding cut
• Raise enrolment threshold from 10 to 16 children in community kindergartens
• Increase fees for VacSwim
• Some grants previously provided to external organisations will be reduced or cease
• Cease Best and Brightest Awards, cash prizes for General Exhibition winners
• The impact of these cuts have already started to be felt, especially the 188 job cuts to regional and central offices.