3.11 A final objective of the report was to establish whether better use of State-funded school buildings outside of regular school hours has been achieved.
3.12 Each Pilot PPP School has access to an Additional Bank of Hours allowance which provides access to FM resource outside of regular school hours. When not required by the school for educational purposes, these hours can be made available for TPU. For any TPU above this threshold, the TPI is shared between the DoE and the FM provider after costs paid to the FM Provider for making the facilities available to the Third-Party Users.
3.13 Data shows that TPU utilises a portion of the Bank of ours available; however, based on the discussions with the DoE and Principals, the amount of TPU under the Bank of Hours appears to be impacted by both school management decisions, e.g., when the school needs to be available for educational/school purposes and demand within the local areas. As the Conventional Schools only hold records of the community space charged for, and not for all out of hours community use, it is not possible to make a direct comparison.