Hon JAN TINETTI (Associate Minister of Education (School Operations)): Term 1 data for 2022 shows that, nationally, 46.1 percent of students met the criteria for regular attendance, which is attending school 90 percent of the time, or nine days out of a fortnight. This is a decrease from term 1 data from 2021, which showed 66.8 percent of students attending regularly, and it is reflective of the current COVID-19 outbreak that is affecting the country nationwide and of parents keeping their kids home from school. The Government has a razor-sharp focus on supporting schools and communities to work with their students to encourage regular attendance at school. The actions we have taken and continue to implement every day include rolling out the 13 actions in the Attendance and Engagement Strategy for tackling the decade-long decline in regular attendance and engagement in schools, supported by the $88 million of targeted funding on the ground. We are redesigning the Attendance Service to bring it closer to the schools and communities that it serves. These contracts are being developed as we speak and will be complete by December. 