EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

This statement outlines the reasons for the amendment of performance criteria under section 19D of the Financial Management Act 1996.

Output Class 1: Public School Education

Senior secondary education accountability indicator b ‘percentage of year 12 students who receive a Year 12 Certificate’ is discontinued as an accountability indicator and is included as a strategic indicator in the 2010-11 Budget Paper. The change in the type of the indicator is in line with the ACT Government’s commitment to increase year 12 or equivalent completion rate to 95 percent by 2013.