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1998-1999-2000
The Parliament
of the
Commonwealth of
Australia
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first
time
States Grants
(Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Bill
2000
No. ,
2000
(Education, Training and Youth
Affairs)
A Bill for an Act to grant
financial assistance to the States for 2001 to 2004 for primary and secondary
education, and for related purposes
ISBN: 0642
439508
Contents
A Bill for an Act to grant financial assistance to the
States for 2001 to 2004 for primary and secondary education, and for related
purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Primary and Secondary
Education Assistance) Act 2000.
This Act commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 1 January
2001.
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Act.
(2) Financial assistance may be paid to the States for both government and
non-government schools in the States for:
(a) the 2001 to 2004 calendar years (for grants for general recurrent
expenditure and expenditure for specific purposes); and
(b) the 2001 to 2007 calendar years (for grants for capital
expenditure).
(3) Payments may be authorised only for the purposes in Parts 5 to
14.
(4) Financial assistance to a State for government schools must not be
paid unless there is an agreement with the State. The agreement must set out the
conditions on financial assistance, including conditions that this Act requires
the agreement to include.
(5) Financial assistance to a State for a non-government school or system
of schools must not be paid unless:
(a) there is an agreement with the relevant authority of the school or
system that sets out the requirements that this Act requires the agreement to
include; and
(b) the list of non-government schools includes the school or the schools
in the system.
(6) If there is a breach of a condition, the Minister may require an
amount to be repaid to the Commonwealth. Alternatively, the Minister may reduce
or delay the amount of other payments under this Act.
(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
adjusted primary distance education amount has the meaning
given by subsection 62(2).
adjusted secondary distance education amount has the meaning
given by subsection 63(2).
adjusted SES primary amount has the meaning given by
subsection 59(2).
adjusted SES secondary amount has the meaning given by
subsection 60(2).
adjusted year 2000 primary amount, for a school for a program
year, means:
(a) if the school has a year 2000 funding level—the amount in the
table in Part 3 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the
school’s year 2000 funding level; or
(b) if the school is a special school—the amount in the table in
Part 3 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the highest percentage
of AGSRC in the table.
adjusted year 2000 secondary amount, for a school for a
program year, means:
(a) if the school has a year 2000 funding level—the amount in the
table in Part 4 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the
school’s year 2000 funding level; or
(b) if the school is a special school—the amount in the table in
Part 4 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the highest percentage
of AGSRC in the table.
AGSRC, for primary education for a program year,
means:
(a) the Average Government School Recurrent Costs in Schedule 1 for
primary education for the program year; or
(b) if regulations are made for the purposes of subsection 102(1) for
primary education for the program year—the amount in the regulations for
that year.
AGSRC, for secondary education for a program year,
means:
(a) the Average Government School Recurrent Costs in Schedule 1 for
secondary education for the program year; or
(b) if regulations are made for the purposes of subsection 102(1) for
secondary education for the program year—the amount in the regulations for
that year.
approved authority means a body determined under
section 9 to be an approved authority.
approved Catholic school system means a school
system:
(a) that is included in the list of approved school systems kept under
section 34; and
(b) for which the relevant authority is a Catholic education
authority.
approved school system means a school system that is included
in the list of approved school systems kept under section 34.
authorised person has the meaning given by subsection
14(4).
block grant authority means a body corporate that the
Minister determined to be a block grant authority for the purposes of
Division 3 of Part 6 in connection with non-government schools or
non-government rural student hostels.
body means any organisation or body, whether incorporated or
not, or an individual.
capital expenditure includes expenditure relating to any one
or more of the following:
(a) investigating the need for:
(i) schools, government rural student hostels or non-government rural
student hostels in particular areas; or
(ii) schools, government rural student hostels or non-government rural
student hostels of particular kinds in particular areas; or
(iii) buildings, parts of buildings, other facilities or
equipment;
(b) purchasing land, with or without buildings or parts of
buildings;
(c) planning for the erection, alteration, extension, demolition or
refurbishment of a building, part of a building or other facility;
(d) developing or preparing land for building or other purposes;
(e) erecting, altering, extending, demolishing or refurbishing a building,
part of a building or other facility;
(f) installing or upgrading water, electricity or any other
services;
(g) providing equipment, including information technology
equipment;
(h) providing furniture;
(i) providing library materials or obtaining services and goods for
cataloguing a library;
(j) payment to a block grant authority for its administrative
expenses.
child with disabilities means a child for whom a disability
assessment has been made and to whom one of the following paragraphs
applies:
(a) if the child is of school age:
(i) his or her attendance at a school, a government centre or a
non-government centre is not appropriate because of his or her disabilities;
or
(ii) although attending a school, a government centre or a non-government
centre, the child is unable (because of his or her disabilities) to receive a
substantial part of the benefits ordinarily available to children enrolled
there;
(b) if the child has not reached school age, it is likely that, on
reaching that age:
(i) his or her attendance at a school, a government centre or a
non-government centre would not be appropriate because of his or her
disabilities; or
(ii) if he or she attended a school, a government centre or a
non-government centre, the child would be unable (because of his or her
disabilities) to receive a substantial part of the benefits ordinarily available
to children enrolled there.
disability assessment, for a child or a student, means an
assessment, by a person with relevant qualifications, that the child or student
has an intellectual impairment, a sensory impairment, a physical impairment, a
social impairment, an emotional impairment or more than one of those impairments
to a degree that:
(a) for a child of school age or a student—satisfies the criteria
for enrolment in special education services, or special education programs,
provided by the Government of the State in which the child or student resides;
or
(b) for a child who is not of school age—would satisfy those
criteria if the child had reached that age.
education in English as a second language for eligible new
arrivals has the meaning given by subsection 99(3).
eligible new arrival has the meaning given by subsection
99(3).
ESL course has the meaning given by subsection
99(3).
ESL new arrivals amount, for a program year, means the amount
in Part 3 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
former Act means the States Grants (Primary and Secondary
Education Assistance) Act 1996.
funding level has the meaning given by
section 5.
government centre has the meaning given by subsection
77(3).
government educational institution has the meaning given by
subsection 90(3).
government rural student hostel means a hostel in a State
whose primary purpose is to provide accommodation for students from rural areas
who are undertaking education at government schools in the State (whether or not
it also provides accommodation for other students), but does not include a
hostel that is conducted for profit.
government school, in relation to a State, means a school in
the State that is conducted by or on behalf of the Government of the
State.
level of education means a thing determined under
section 6.
list of approved school systems means the list of approved
school systems kept under section 34.
list of non-government schools means the list of
non-government schools kept under section 33.
location proposal has the meaning given by subsection
45(2).
new school proposal has the meaning given by subsection
45(4).
nominated authority means a body nominated under
section 10.
non-government body means a body that is not managed or
controlled by or on behalf of the Government of a State and:
(a) includes an approved school system, a systemic school, a non-systemic
school, a non-government centre and a non-government rural student hostel;
and
(b) for the purposes of grants under section 73 for projects in
connection with non-government rural student hostels—includes a local
government body.
non-government centre has the meaning given by subsection
87(2).
non-government rural student hostel means a hostel:
(a) that is in a State; and
(b) that is conducted by a non-government body; and
(c) whose primary purpose is to provide accommodation for students from
rural areas who are undertaking education at schools in the State (whether or
not it also provides accommodation for other students);
but does not include a government rural student hostel or a hostel that is
conducted for profit.
non-government school means a school in a State that is not
conducted by or on behalf of the Government of a State, but does not include a
school conducted for profit.
non-systemic school means a non-government school
that:
(a) is not included in an approved school system; and
(b) is in the list of non-government schools as not being included in an
approved school system.
number of primary distance education students, for a
non-government school in a State for a program year, means the number of
students (including the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving
primary distance education at the school on the schools census day for the
school for the program year.
number of primary students, for a non-government school in a
State for a program year, means the number of students (including the full-time
equivalent of part-time students) receiving primary education at the school on
the schools census day for the school for the program year, except students
receiving primary distance education.
number of primary students in 2000, for a school, means the
number of primary students (within the meaning of section 47 of the former
Act) for the 2000 program year (within the meaning of that Act).
number of secondary distance education students, for a
non-government school in a State for a program year, means the number of
students (including the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving
secondary distance education at the school on the schools census day for the
school for the program year.
number of secondary students, for a non-government school in
a State for a program year, means the number of students (including the
full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving secondary education at the
school on the schools census day for the school for the program year, except
students receiving secondary distance education.
number of secondary students in 2000, for a school, means the
number of secondary students (within the meaning of section 47 of the
former Act) for the 2000 program year (within the meaning of that
Act).
overseas student has the meaning given by subsection
52(2).
program year means:
(a) the 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004 calendar year; or
(b) in relation to capital grants—the 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
2006 or 2007 calendar year.
program year percentage means:
(a) for the 2001 program year—25%; and
(b) for the 2002 program year—50%; and
(c) for the 2003 program year—75%; and
(d) for the 2004 program year—100%.
public service employee has the meaning given by subsection
110(4).
qualified accountant has the meaning given by subsection
22(2).
recurrent expenditure means expenditure relating to the
ongoing operating costs of schools.
relevant authority, for a non-government body,
means:
(a) the approved authority or nominated authority for the body;
or
(b) in respect of a payment for a project administered by a block grant
authority—the block grant authority.
relevant Minister, in relation to a provision of the former
Act, means (except in a reference to a State Minister) the Minister who
administered that provision.
school includes a proposed school, but does not include a
school at which education is provided at a standard (however described) that is
pre-school standard only.
schools census day, for a State for a program year, means the
day in that year (being a day as close as possible to 1 August in that
year) that the State Minister notifies the Minister is the schools census day
for the State for that year.
schools census day means:
(a) for a non-systemic school, or an approved school system, in a State
for a program year—the schools census day for the State for that year;
or
(b) for a non-systemic school, or an approved school system, for a program
year and in relation to which the Minister has, because of special
circumstances, declared a particular day in that year to be the schools census
day for the school or system for that year—the day so declared;
or
(c) for a non-systemic school, or an approved school system, in a State,
for a program year if:
(i) paragraphs (a) and (b) do not apply; and
(ii) the State Minister and the Minister have agreed that a particular day
in that year is to be the schools census day for the school or system for that
year;
the day so agreed.
secondary education means junior secondary education or
senior secondary education.
section 18 agreement means an agreement made as
mentioned in section 18.
SES funding level, for a school, means the percentage of
AGSRC in column 2 of the table in each of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4
that applies to the school because of a determination under this Act or because
of the school’s SES score (as appropriate).
SES primary amount means:
(a) for a school (other than a special school)—the amount as at
1 January 2001 in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the
school for the 2001 program year and the school’s SES score; or
(b) for a special school—the amount as at 1 January 2001 in the
table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the school for the 2001 program year
and the SES funding level of 70.0% of AGSRC.
SES score has the meaning given by section 7.
SES secondary amount means:
(a) for a school (other than a special school)—the amount as at
1 January 2001 in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the 2001
program year and the school’s SES score; or
(b) for a special school—the amount as at 1 January 2001 in the
table in Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the 2001 program year and the SES
funding level of 70.0% of AGSRC.
special education means education under special programs, or
special activities, designed specifically for children with disabilities and/or
students with disabilities.
special school means a school in a State that:
(a) has been, or is likely to be, recognised by the State Minister as a
special school; and
(b) provides special education.
State includes the Australian Capital Territory and the
Northern Territory.
State Minister, for a State, means the Minister of the State
who is responsible, or primarily responsible, for the administration of matters
relating to school education in the State.
student with disabilities means a student:
(a) who attends a government school, a government centre, a non-government
school (whether or not as a distance education student) or a non-government
centre; and
(b) in respect of whom a disability assessment has been made.
systemic school means a non-government school that:
(a) is included in an approved school system; and
(b) is in the list of non-government schools as being included in an
approved school system.
total SES funding amount, for a school, means the amount
worked out using the formula:
total year 2000 funding amount, for a school, means the
amount worked out using the formula:
year 2000 funding level has the meaning given by
section 8.
year 2000 primary amount means:
(a) for a non-systemic school (other than a special school)—the
Part 1 amount (within the meaning of subsection 47(2) of the former Act)
for the school immediately before 1 January 2001; or
(b) for a school (other than a special school) that was in an approved
school system (within the meaning of that Act) immediately before 1 January
2001—the Part 1 amount (within the meaning of subsection 47(2) of
that Act) for the system then; or
(c) for a school that was a special school immediately before
1 January 2001—the amount in the table in Part 3 of
Schedule 4 on 1 January 2001 for the 2001 program year and the highest
percentage of AGSRC in the table.
Note: The Part 1 amount may have been affected by
subsection 101(3) of the former Act.
year 2000 secondary amount means:
(a) for a non-systemic school (other than a special school)—the
Part 2 amount (within the meaning of subsection 47(2) of the former Act)
for the school immediately before 1 January 2001; or
(b) for a school (other than a special school) that was in an approved
school system (within the meaning of that Act) immediately before 1 January
2001—the Part 2 amount (within the meaning of subsection 47(2) of
that Act) for the system then; or
(c) for a school that was a special school immediately before
1 January 2001—the amount in the table in Part 4 of
Schedule 4 on 1 January 2001 for the 2001 program year and the highest
percentage of AGSRC in the table.
Note: The Part 2 amount may have been affected by
subsection 101(4) of the former Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a student is taken not to be receiving
primary education or not to be receiving secondary education (as appropriate) at
a non-government school unless:
(a) the student attends, on a daily basis, the school at a location in the
list of non-government schools in respect of the school; or
(b) the Minister has determined that the student is to be treated (because
of special circumstances) as so attending the school.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, a student is taken not to be receiving
primary distance education or not to be receiving secondary distance education
(as appropriate) at a non-government school in a State if:
(a) the student does not reside in the State; or
(b) the school is not approved in accordance with the law of the State in
which the school is located to provide distance education; or
(c) the student is approved as a home education student (however
described) in accordance with the law of the State in which the student
resides.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, funding level, for a
school, means the school’s SES funding level or year 2000 funding level
(as appropriate).
(2) For the purposes of this Act, funding level, for an
approved Catholic school system, means the percentage of AGSRC specified in
section 127 for the system.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the Minister may make a determination
declaring what is a level of primary education or a level of secondary education
for a State. The determination may relate to:
(a) education provided at schools generally; or
(b) education provided at schools included in a particular class of
schools.
(2) In making a determination under subsection (1), the Minister must
have regard to the arrangements made for providing education at government
schools in the State. This does not limit the matters to which the Minister may
have regard.
(3) The Minister must cause a copy of each determination under
subsection (1) to be published in the Gazette as soon as practicable
after the determination is made.
(4) A reference in this Act to a level of education at a school in a State
includes a reference to a year in a course of primary education or secondary
education provided at the school at a level determined by the Minister that
applies to the school.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, an SES score means a whole
number determined by the Minister for a school in accordance with guidelines
approved by the Minister.
(2) Guidelines approved by the Minister for the purposes of
subsection (1) are disallowable instruments for the purposes of
section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, the year 2000 funding
level of a non-government school (whether in an approved school system
or not) is the percentage:
(a) worked out using the formula in subsection (2) and/or the formula
in subsection (3); and
(b) rounded, if necessary, to one decimal place (rounding up if the second
decimal place is 5 or more).
(2) One formula is:
(3) The other formula is:
The Minister may determine that a body is the approved
authority of:
(a) an approved school system; or
(b) a non-systemic school; or
(c) a non-government school; or
(d) a non-government rural student hostel; or
(e) another non-government body;
for the purposes of the provision of this Act in which the expression
appears.
A group of non-government schools may make a written nomination to the
Secretary of the Department of a body to be the nominated
authority of the group for the purposes of this Act or of a particular
provision or particular provisions of this Act.
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Part.
(2) Financial assistance to a State for government schools must not be
paid unless there is an agreement between the Commonwealth and the
State.
(3) The agreement must set out the conditions on financial assistance
required by Division 2. The agreement may also set out other
conditions.
(4) If there is a breach of a condition, the Minister may require an
amount to be repaid to the Commonwealth. Alternatively, the Minister may reduce
or delay the amount of other payments under this Act.
(5) Financial assistance to a State for a non-government school or system
must not be paid unless there is an agreement between the Commonwealth and the
relevant authority of the school or system that sets out the requirements
mentioned in Division 3. The agreement may also set out other
requirements.
(6) If there is a breach of a requirement, the Minister may require an
amount to be repaid to the Commonwealth. Alternatively, the Minister may reduce
or delay the amount of other payments for the non-government school under this
Act.
(7) The grant to a State of financial assistance for a non-government
school for a program year is subject to conditions.
(1) The Minister must not authorise a payment to a State under a provision
of this Act for government schools for a program year unless the State has made
with the Commonwealth an agreement that sets out:
(a) a commitment by the State to the National Goals for Schooling prepared
by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs;
and
(b) a commitment by the State to achieve the performance measures
(including the performance targets) set out in the regulations as in force from
time to time; and
(c) the conditions mentioned in subsection (3); and
(d) the conditions mentioned in sections 14, 15, 16 and 17.
(2) The agreement mentioned in subsection (1) may have been made
before the commencement of this Act.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(c), the conditions must include
the following:
(a) a condition that the amount of the payment is to be spent for the
purposes determined by the Minister and set out in the condition;
(b) a condition that the State will provide to the Minister reports about
the expenditure of the financial assistance that contain information of a kind
that the Minister thinks appropriate relating to that assistance to the
State;
(c) a condition that the State will provide the reports mentioned in
paragraph (b) to the Minister at the times, and in the manner, that the
Minister thinks appropriate.
Note: The purposes that may be set out in the condition and
determined by the Minister are those in Parts 5 to 14.
(4) The agreement with the State may also include other conditions that
the Minister thinks appropriate in relation to financial assistance to the
State.
The grant to a State under this Act of financial assistance for
government schools for a program year is subject to the conditions set out in
the agreement made between the State and the Commonwealth as mentioned in
section 12 in respect of the financial assistance.
(1) One condition is that the State will:
(a) give the Secretary of the Department a certificate by the State
Minister (or by an authorised person) stating whether the amount or the sum of
the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under a provision of this
Act for the program year has been spent (or committed to be spent) for that year
for the purpose for which the assistance was granted; and
(b) give the certificate to the Secretary of the Department on or before
30 June next following the program year concerned or such other date as the
Minister determines.
(2) A further condition is that, if not all the amount or amounts of the
assistance were spent (or committed to be spent) by the State for the program
year concerned for the purpose for which the assistance was granted, the State
will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the Commonwealth the amount stated
in the determination within a period determined by the Minister.
(3) The amount stated in the determination must not be more
than:
(a) the unspent or uncommitted amount; or
(b) the sum of the unspent or uncommitted amounts.
(4) In this Act:
authorised person, for a State, means:
(a) the Auditor-General of the State; or
(b) another person acting with the authority of the State Minister of the
State.
A further condition is that the State will do each of the following not
later than a date or dates determined by the Minister for the purposes of each
paragraph:
(a) participate in preparing a national report on the outcomes of
schooling;
(b) provide to the Minister for inclusion in the report mentioned in
paragraph (a) a report or reports, of a kind or kinds required by the
Minister, addressing the requirements for performance information that are set
out in the regulations as in force from time to time;
(c) provide to the Minister a report or reports, of a kind or kinds
required by the Minister, in relation to financial assistance provided to the
State under this Act;
(d) participate in evaluating the outcomes of programs of financial
assistance provided under this Act;
(e) if the Minister considers that the State has not achieved the
performance measures (including the performance targets) set out in the
regulations as in force from time to time and the Minister has directed the
State to take the action specified in the direction—provide to the
Minister a report on the action taken in response to the direction.
(1) A further condition is that if the State does not fulfil a condition
mentioned in paragraph 12(1)(c) within the period stated in the agreement or
does not fulfil a condition mentioned in section 14 or 15 by the date
specified in the section or the date determined by the Minister for the purposes
of the section:
(a) the State will, if the Minister so determines, repay to the
Commonwealth the amount stated in the determination; and
(b) if the State does not do so, the Minister may make a determination
reducing any other amount or amounts of financial assistance for the State under
this Act for government schools by an amount or amounts totalling not more than
the amount stated in the determination under paragraph (a); and
(c) the Minister may delay the making of any further payment to the State
under this Act for government schools until the State fulfils this
condition.
Note: A determination mentioned in paragraph (1)(b) is
made under section 28.
(2) The amount stated in the determination under paragraph (1)(a)
must not be more than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the
State under the provision for the program year concerned.
A further condition is that if the amount of financial assistance paid to
the State under a provision of this Act for government schools exceeds the
amount that was properly payable:
(a) the State will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the Commonwealth
the amount (not more than the excess) stated in the determination; and
(b) if the State does not do so, the Minister may make a determination
reducing any other amount or amounts of financial assistance for the State under
this Act for government schools by an amount or amounts not more than the amount
stated in the determination under paragraph (a).
Note: A determination mentioned in paragraph (b) is
made under section 28.
(1) The Minister must not authorise a payment to a State under this Act
for a non-government body unless the relevant authority of the non-government
body has made with the Commonwealth an agreement that complies with
section 19 for the program year for which the payment is to be
made.
(2) The agreement mentioned in subsection (1) may have been made
before the commencement of this Act.
(3) The Minister may refuse to authorise a payment to a State under this
Act for a non-government school, or for a non-government school for a particular
level of education, during any period when the State Minister does not
recognise:
(a) the school; or
(b) the school for that level of education.
(4) The Minister may refuse to authorise, or may delay, a payment to a
State under this Act for a non-government body if the relevant authority of the
non-government body is a body corporate:
(a) that is being wound up; or
(b) in respect of whose property a receiver has been appointed;
or
(c) whose affairs are under the control of a manager.
(5) The Minister may refuse to authorise, or may delay, a payment to a
State under this Act for a non-government body if:
(a) the relevant authority of the non-government body is not a body
corporate; and
(b) the Minister considers that:
(i) the liabilities of the relevant authority are substantially greater
than its assets; or
(ii) the relevant authority is (and is likely to continue for a
substantial period to be) unable to pay its debts as and when they fall due for
payment.
A section 18 agreement must include the following:
(a) a commitment by the relevant authority to the National Goals for
Schooling prepared by the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training
and Youth Affairs;
(b) a commitment by the relevant authority to achieve the performance
measures (including the performance targets) set out in the regulations as in
force from time to time;
(c) the matters required by sections 21, 22, 23, 24 and 25;
(d) any provision required by paragraph 41(2)(d);
(e) any provision required by paragraph 43(4)(b);
(f) any provision required by paragraph 44(4)(e).
A section 18 agreement may also include any other provisions that
the Minister thinks appropriate in relation to the relevant authority.
(1) A section 18 agreement must require amounts received by the
authority from the State as a result of the payment to the State for the
non-government body to be spent for purposes determined by the Minister and set
out in the agreement (which may include the purpose of paying administrative
expenses incurred by the authority).
Note: The purposes that may be determined by the Minister
and set out in the agreement are those in Parts 5 to 14.
(2) The agreement must require the relevant authority to allow a person
authorised in writing by the Minister for the purpose, with such help as the
person requires:
(a) to have full and free access, at all reasonable times after giving
reasonable notice to the relevant authority, to accounts, records and documents
of the relevant authority relating to information that the relevant authority is
required under the agreement to give to the Minister; and
(b) to take extracts from, or make copies of, any such accounts, records
and documents.
(1) A section 18 agreement must require the relevant
authority:
(a) to give the Secretary of the Department a certificate by a qualified
accountant stating whether an amount equal to the sum of the amounts mentioned
in subsection 21(1) has been spent (or committed to be spent) for the program
year for the purposes mentioned in that subsection; and
(b) to give the Secretary of the Department the certificate on or before
30 June next following the program year concerned or such other date as the
Minister determines.
(2) In this Act:
qualified accountant means a person who:
(a) is registered, or is taken to be registered, as a company auditor
under Part 9.2 of the Corporations Law; or
(b) is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia,
the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants or any other body
prescribed for the purposes of subparagraph 1280(2)(a)(i) of the Corporations
Law; or
(c) is approved by the Minister as a qualified accountant for the purposes
of this Act.
A section 18 agreement must require the relevant authority to do
each of the following not later than a date or dates determined by the Minister
for the purposes of each paragraph:
(a) participate in preparing a national report on the outcomes of
schooling;
(b) provide to the Minister for inclusion in the report mentioned in
paragraph (a) a report or reports, of a kind or kinds required by the
Minister, addressing the requirements for performance information that are set
out in the regulations as in force from time to time;
(c) provide to the Minister a report or reports, of a kind or kinds
required by the Minister, in relation to programs of financial assistance
provided under this Act so far as they relate to the authority;
(d) participate in evaluating the outcomes of those programs;
(e) if the Minister considers that the relevant authority has not achieved
the performance measures (including the performance targets) set out in the
regulations as in force from time to time and the Minister has directed the
relevant authority to take the action specified in the direction—provide
to the Minister a report on the action taken in response to the
direction.
A section 18 agreement must contain a provision that, if the
relevant authority does not comply with a requirement set out in the agreement
within the period required by or under the agreement or within such further
period as the Minister allows:
(a) the relevant authority will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the
Commonwealth an amount (not more than the sum of the amounts mentioned in
subsection 21(1)) stated in the determination; and
(b) if the relevant authority does not do so, the Minister may make a
determination reducing any other amount or amounts of financial assistance for
the State under this Act for the non-government body by an amount or amounts
totalling not more than the amount stated in the determination under
paragraph (a); and
(c) the Minister may delay the making of any further payment to the State
under this Act for the non-government body until the relevant authority complies
with the requirement.
Note: A determination mentioned in paragraph (b) is
made under section 30.
A section 18 agreement must contain a provision that, if the sum of
the amounts mentioned in subsection 21(1) exceeds the total amount that was
properly authorised to be paid to the State for the non-government
body:
(a) the relevant authority will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the
Commonwealth an amount equal to the excess; and
(b) if the authority does not do so, the Minister may make a determination
reducing any other amount or amounts of financial assistance for the State under
this Act for the non-government body by an amount or amounts not more than the
excess.
Note: A determination mentioned in paragraph (b) is
made under section 30.
The grant to a State because of a provision of this Act of financial
assistance for a non-government body for a program year is subject to the
following conditions:
(a) a condition that the State will:
(i) as soon as practicable, pay to the relevant authority of the
non-government body each amount paid to the State for the body because of the
provision; and
(ii) when making such a payment, describe the amount paid to the relevant
authority as a payment made out of money paid to the State by the Commonwealth
because of the provision;
(b) the condition in section 27.
(1) The grant is subject to the condition that, if the State does not
fulfil the condition mentioned in paragraph 26(a) in relation to the grant at
the time stated in that paragraph or within such further period as the Minister
allows:
(a) the State will, if the Minister so determines, repay to the
Commonwealth the amount stated in the determination; and
(b) the Minister may delay making any future payment to the State under
this Act for government schools if the State fails to comply with the condition
mentioned in paragraph 26(a) because it delays paying an amount to the relevant
authority of the non-government body.
(2) The amount stated in the determination under paragraph (1)(a)
must not be more than the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the
State under the provision for the non-government body for the program year
concerned.
(1) This section applies if:
(a) financial assistance:
(i) is granted to a State under a provision of this Act; or
(ii) was granted to a State under a provision of the former Act that
corresponds to a provision of this Act; and
(b) under a condition of the grant the Minister or the relevant Minister
(as appropriate) has determined that the State is to repay an amount to the
Commonwealth; and
(c) an amount (the amount repayable) that is all or a part
of the amount mentioned in paragraph (b) remains unpaid.
(2) The Minister may make a determination reducing an amount that is
authorised to be paid to the State under any provision of this Act in a program
year by an amount not more than the amount repayable.
(3) The Minister may make a determination under a provision of this Act
increasing the maximum amount that may be paid to the States for any purpose
under that provision in any program year by an amount or amounts totalling not
more than the amount of any reduction under subsection (2).
(4) It does not matter whether the reduction was made in relation to the
same provision as the provision mentioned in subsection (3), or a different
provision.
An amount payable by a State to the Commonwealth under this Act is a debt
due by the State to the Commonwealth.
(1) This section applies if:
(a) under a provision of an agreement made as mentioned in Division 3
(or a provision of the former Act that corresponds to that Division) between the
Commonwealth and the relevant authority of a non-government body, the Minister
or the relevant Minister (as appropriate) has determined that the authority is
to pay an amount to the Commonwealth; and
(b) an amount (the amount repayable) that is all or a part
of the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) remains unpaid.
(2) The Minister may make a determination reducing an amount that is
authorised to be paid to a State for the non-government body under any provision
of this Act in any program year by an amount not more than the amount
repayable.
(3) The Minister may make a determination under a provision of this Act
increasing the maximum amount that may be paid to the States for any purpose
under that provision in any program year by an amount or amounts totalling not
more than the amount of any reduction under subsection (2).
(4) It does not matter whether the reduction was made in relation to the
same provision as the provision mentioned in subsection (3), or a different
provision
If the Minister is considering whether to make:
(a) a determination under subsection 14(2) or paragraph 16(1)(a), 17(a) or
27(1)(a) that a State is to repay an amount to the Commonwealth; or
(b) a determination under a provision of an agreement mentioned in
paragraph 24(a) or 25(a) that the relevant authority of a non-government body is
to pay an amount to the Commonwealth;
the Minister must take into account all relevant matters, including whether
the State or relevant authority gave all relevant information to the
Commonwealth before the grant of financial assistance was made.
Financial assistance under this Act is not to be provided to a State for
education at a particular level at a particular location at a non-government
school unless the school is included in the list of non-government schools for
the level and location.
(1) The Minister must keep a list of non-government schools for which
financial assistance may be provided under this Act.
(2) The list may be kept in any manner that the Minister determines, which
may be wholly or partly by means of a computer or any other electronic or other
device.
(3) The list is to contain the following details for each school included
in the list:
(a) the name of the school;
(b) whether or not the school is included in an approved school
system;
(c) if the school is included in an approved school system—the name
of the system and the name of each approved authority of the system for the
purposes of each relevant provision of this Act;
(d) if the school is not included in an approved school system—the
name of each approved authority of the school for the purposes of each relevant
provision of this Act;
(e) the address of each location at which the school provides education
for which financial assistance may be provided under this Act;
(f) a description of:
(i) each level of education that is provided at the school and for which
financial assistance may be provided under this Act; and
(ii) if more than one location is listed under paragraph (e) for the
school—each level of education that is provided at each of those locations
and for which financial assistance may be provided under this Act;
(g) whether or not the school is approved in accordance with the law of
the State in which the school is located to provide distance education for a
level of education at a location;
(h) if the school is not included in an approved Catholic school
system—the funding level of the school;
(i) if the school is not a special school or is not included in an
approved Catholic school system—the school’s SES score.
(4) As soon as practicable after 1 July in each program year, the
Minister must arrange for:
(a) the name of each school in the list; and
(b) the funding level of each school (except a school in an approved
Catholic school system);
to be published in the Gazette.
(1) The Minister must keep a list of approved school systems.
(2) The list may be kept in any manner that the Minister determines, which
may be wholly or partly by means of a computer or any other electronic or other
device.
(3) The list is to contain:
(a) the name of each approved school system; and
(b) the funding level of each approved Catholic school system.
(4) As soon as practicable after 1 July in each program year, the
Minister must arrange for the following to be published in the
Gazette:
(a) the name of each approved school system included in the
list;
(b) the name of each systemic school in each approved school system
included in the list;
(c) the funding level of each approved Catholic school system included in
the list.
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Part.
(2) The list of non-government schools and the list of approved school
systems may be varied only for a reason specified in this Act. The reasons
include the following:
(a) to change funding levels;
(b) to change approved authorities;
(c) to change systemic status;
(d) to include a new level of education;
(e) to include a new location;
(f) to include distance education;
(g) to include a new school;
(h) to correct clerical errors.
(3) A variation is to be made by determination by the
Minister.
(1) Any variation of the list of non-government schools is to be made by
determination by the Minister.
Note: For the circumstances in which a variation of the list
of non-government schools may be made, see subsections (2), (3), (4) and
(5) and sections 38, 42, 43, 44, 46, 49 and 110.
(2) If a school in a State that is included in the list ceases to be
recognised by the State for a particular level of education, the Minister may
vary the list to remove the reference to that level of education for the
school.
(3) If a school in a State that is included in the list ceases to be
approved in accordance with the law of the State to provide distance education
for a particular level of education at a particular location, the Minister may
vary the list to remove the reference to distance education for that level of
education at that location.
(4) If a school in a State that is included in the list:
(a) ceases to be recognised by the State Minister; or
(b) starts to be conducted for profit;
the Minister may vary the list to remove the name of the school from the
list.
(5) The Minister may vary the list:
(a) under another provision of this Act; or
(b) to correct clerical errors or to make alterations of a formal kind,
including to remove from the list:
(i) the name of a school that has ceased to exist; or
(ii) the address of a location at which a school has ceased to provide
education; or
(iii) a reference to a level of education at a school that has ceased to
provide education at that level.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
(1) Any variation of the list of approved school systems is to be made by
determination by the Minister.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
(2) The Minister may vary the list to correct clerical errors or to make
alterations of a formal kind, including the removal from the list of the name of
a school system that has ceased to exist.
(1) The approved authority of a school that is included in the list of
non-government schools with an SES funding level or a year 2000 funding level
may apply to the Minister to vary the list to change that level if the approved
authority considers that the school’s SES score:
(a) has not been determined correctly; or
(b) is no longer accurate because of a significant change in the
school’s circumstances.
(2) An application under this section must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) set out the name and address of the school and of the approved
authority of the school; and
(c) if the school is a systemic school—set out the name of the
approved school system; and
(d) set out the reasons why the approved authority considers the funding
level should be changed.
(3) If the Minister is satisfied that the school’s SES score has not
been determined correctly or is no longer accurate because of a significant
change in the school’s circumstances, the Minister must:
(a) if the school has an SES funding level—determine a different SES
funding level of the school; and
(b) if the school has a year 2000 funding level—determine an SES
funding level of the school; and
(c) make appropriate variations of the list of non-government
schools.
(4) The Minister must refuse the application if the Minister is not
satisfied of either of the matters in subsection (3).
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
(5) A variation under this section must not take effect for a program year
before the program year in which the application is made.
(1) This Division applies in relation to:
(a) a proposal for a new body to be approved as the approved authority of
a non-systemic school; or
(b) a proposal for a new body to be approved as the approved authority of
an approved school system.
(2) However, this Division does not apply to a proposal that is
consequential on a proposal to which Division 5 or 6 applies.
(1) The approved authority (the existing authority) of a
non-systemic school or of an approved school system may apply in writing to the
Minister for approval of a proposal.
(2) The application must:
(a) set out details of the school or of the school system (as appropriate)
and of the new body; and
(b) state whether the new body agrees to fulfil obligations (if any) of
the existing authority under this Act or the former Act in relation to the
school or the school system that have not been fulfilled; and
(c) request the Minister to approve the new body as the approved authority
of the school or of the school system.
(1) The Minister may:
(a) approve the proposal; or
(b) refuse the application.
(2) The Minister must not approve the proposal unless:
(a) the new body is recognised by the State Minister under the law of the
State in which the non-systemic school or the schools in the approved school
system are situated (if that law requires the new body to be recognised);
and
(b) the school, or the schools in the system, are not conducted for
profit; and
(c) if the application relates to a non-systemic school—the new body
is a body corporate; and
(d) the agreement made by the new body with the Commonwealth as mentioned
in subsection 18(1) provides that the new body agrees to fulfil the obligations
(if any) of the existing authority under this Act or the former Act that have
not been fulfilled in respect of the school or of the schools in the
system.
If the Minister approves the proposal, the Minister must:
(a) determine that the new body is the approved authority of the
non-systemic school or of the approved school system (as appropriate);
and
(b) make the appropriate variations of the list of non-government
schools.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
(1) The approved authority of a non-systemic school may apply in writing
to the Minister for approval of a proposal for the school to become a member of
an approved school system.
(2) The application must:
(a) set out the name and address of the school and of the approved school
system; and
(b) be accompanied by evidence that the approved authority of the approved
school system agrees to the school becoming a member of the system;
and
(c) state the earliest program year to which the proposal relates;
and
(d) state whether the approved authority of the approved school system
agrees to fulfil the obligations (if any) of the approved authority of the
school under this Act or the former Act that have not been fulfilled;
and
(e) request the Minister to approve the proposal.
(3) The Minister may:
(a) approve the proposal; or
(b) refuse the application.
(4) The Minister must not approve the proposal unless:
(a) the agreement made by the approved authority of the school system with
the Commonwealth as mentioned in subsection 18(1) (or the agreement as varied)
applies to the school for the earliest program year to which the proposal
relates, and all later program years; and
(b) the agreement has been varied to provide that the approved authority
of the approved school system has agreed to fulfil the obligations (if any) of
the approved authority of the school under this Act or the former Act that have
not been fulfilled.
(5) If the Minister approves the proposal, the Minister must make the
appropriate variations to the list of non-government schools.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
(1) Either of the following may apply in writing to the Minister to
approve a proposal for a school that is a member of an approved school system to
cease to be a member of the system:
(a) the body (the responsible body) that is to be
principally responsible for the school under the proposal; or
(b) the approved authority of the approved school system.
(2) The application must:
(a) set out the name and address of the school and of the responsible
body; and
(b) state the earliest program year to which the proposal relates;
and
(c) state whether the responsible body agrees to fulfil the obligations
(if any) of the approved authority of the approved school system under this Act
or the former Act in relation to the school that have not been fulfilled;
and
(d) request the Minister to approve the proposal.
(3) The Minister may:
(a) approve the proposal; or
(b) refuse the application.
(4) The Minister must not approve the proposal unless:
(a) if the application is made by the responsible body:
(i) the application is accompanied by evidence that the approved authority
of the approved school system agrees to the school ceasing to be a member of the
school system; or
(ii) the Minister has given notice to the approved authority of the
approved school system in relation to the proposal; and
(b) the school is not conducted for profit; and
(c) the responsible body is a body corporate; and
(d) the responsible body has made an agreement with the Commonwealth as
mentioned in subsection 18(1) for the earliest program year to which the
proposal relates, and all later program years; and
(e) the agreement provides that the responsible body agrees to fulfil the
obligations (if any) of the approved authority of the approved school system
under this Act or the former Act in relation to the school that have not been
fulfilled.
(5) If the Minister approves the proposal, the Minister must:
(a) make the appropriate variations to the list of non-government schools;
and
(b) determine that the responsible body is the approved authority of the
school.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
Location proposal
(1) The approved authority of a school may apply to the Minister to have
the list of non-government schools varied to take account of a location
proposal.
(2) In this Act:
location proposal means a proposal to vary the list of
non-government schools to take account of a change as a result of which a
systemic school or a non-systemic school will provide:
(a) a new level of education at a location for which the school is already
included in the list for the provision of another level of education;
or
(b) education, or a level or education, at another location; or
(c) distance education for a level of education and at a location for
which the school is already included in the list.
New school proposal
(3) An application to the Minister to have the list of non-government
schools varied to take account of a new school proposal in respect of a school
may be made by:
(a) if the school is to be included in an approved school system—the
approved authority of the system; or
(b) otherwise—the body principally responsible for the
school.
(4) In this Act:
new school proposal means a proposal to include in the list
of non-government schools:
(a) a school formed as a result of the amalgamation of a systemic or
non-systemic school with another school, whether or not the other school is
included in the list; or
(b) a school formed as a result of the separation of a systemic school or
a non-systemic school into 2 or more schools; or
(c) a new school; or
(d) an existing school that is not already included in the list.
Application to vary list
(5) An application under this section must:
(a) be in writing; and
(b) set out details of the proposal; and
(c) subject to subsection (6), state the earliest program year to
which the variation is to apply; and
(d) if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances
that justify the variation applying to the program year immediately preceding
the program year in which the application is made—set out those
circumstances; and
(e) request the Minister to vary the list to take account of the
proposal.
(6) The earliest program year to be stated in an application for the
purposes of paragraph (5)(c) is to be:
(a) the program year in which the application is made; or
(b) the program year immediately following the program year in which the
application is made.
(c) if the applicant considers that there are exceptional circumstances
that justify the variation applying to the program year immediately preceding
the program year in which the application is made—that preceding program
year.
(1) The Minister may:
(a) make a determination varying the list of non-government schools to
take account of the proposal; or
(b) refuse the application.
The Minister’s power under paragraph (a) is subject to the
requirements in sections 47 and 48.
Note: Section 49 requires the Minister to also vary the
list to include a funding level of a school that is covered by a new school
proposal.
(2) If the variation is to take account of a new school proposal under
which the school concerned is not included in an approved school system, the
Minister must determine the body that is to be the approved authority of the
school.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
(1) The Minister must not make a determination varying the list of
non-government schools to take account of the proposal unless the applicable
requirements of this section have been satisfied.
(2) The requirements for a location proposal are:
(a) education has begun to be provided by the school at the location
concerned in accordance with the relevant paragraph of the definition of
location proposal; and
(b) provision of education by the school at the location concerned in
accordance with the relevant paragraph of the definition of location
proposal has been recognised by the State Minister of the State in which
the school is situated; and
(c) if the proposal relates to distance education—the school is
approved in accordance with the law of the State in which it is located to
provide distance education; and
(d) the requirements under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) are satisfied
before the schools census day for the school in the earliest program year to
which the variation is to apply.
(3) The requirements for a new school proposal are:
(a) education has begun to be provided at the school; and
(b) education at the school has been recognised by the State Minister of
the State in which the school is situated; and
(c) the school is not conducted for profit; and
(d) if the school is not included in an approved school system—the
applicant for the proposal is a body corporate; and
(e) the requirements under paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) are
satisfied before the schools census day for the school in the earliest program
year to which the variation is to apply.
The Minister may not vary the list of non-government schools with effect
from a date in the program year preceding the program year in which the
application is made unless the Minister is satisfied that there are exceptional
circumstances that justify the variation taking effect in that preceding program
year.
(1) If the Minister varies the list of non-government schools under this
Part in relation to a school in any of the circumstances set out in
subsection (2), he or she must:
(a) determine the school’s SES funding level; and
(b) vary the list to include that funding level.
(2) The circumstances are the inclusion in the list of:
(a) a school formed as a result of the amalgamation of a non-systemic
school or a systemic school (except a systemic school in an approved Catholic
school system) with another school that is not included in an approved Catholic
school system, whether or not the other school is included in the list;
or
(b) a school formed as a result of the separation of a non-systemic school
or a systemic school (except a systemic school in an approved Catholic school
system) into 2 or more schools; or
(c) a new school (except a school which is to become a member of an
approved Catholic school system); or
(d) an existing school (except a school which is to become a member of an
approved Catholic school system) that was not included in the list immediately
before the variation of the list; or
(e) a school that has ceased to be a member of an approved Catholic school
system.
Note: The circumstances do not include the formation of a
school as a result of:
(a) the amalgamation of a systemic school that is a member
of an approved Catholic school system with a non-systemic school or with another
systemic school (whether or not that other school is a member of an approved
Catholic system); or
(b) the separation of a systemic school in an approved
Catholic school system into 2 or more schools;
because the school formed as a result of the amalgamation,
or the schools resulting from the separation, would ordinarily be included in
the relevant approved Catholic school system.
(3) A variation under subsection (1) may take effect from a day
before the day on which the determination mentioned in that subsection is made
but not before the first day of the program year in which the determination is
made.
Note: Section 50 requires the Minister to give notice
of the determination to the approved authority.
If the Minister makes a determination under this Part, the Minister must
give written notice of the determination to the approved authority concerned (if
any).
Subject to subsection 38(5) and section 48, a determination under
this Part may take effect from a day before the day on which the determination
was made, but not before 1 January 2001.
(1) Overseas students are to be disregarded for the purposes of this
Part.
(2) In this Act:
overseas student means:
(a) a person who:
(i) has a visa; or
(ii) is included in a visa;
in force under the Migration Act 1958 that permits the person to
travel to Australia for the purpose of undertaking a course provided by a body;
or
(b) a person, or a person included in a class of persons, prescribed by
the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph;
but does not include a person, or a person included in a class of persons,
determined by the Minister not to be a person or class of persons to whom this
definition applies.
(3) A determination for the purposes of the definition of overseas
student in subsection (2) is a disallowable instrument for the
purposes of section 46A of the Acts Interpretation Act
1901.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure of government schools in the
State for a program year of an amount that is not more than the amount worked
out using the formula:
where:
number of government school primary students means the number
of students (including the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving
primary education at government schools in the State on the schools census day
for the State for the program year.
number of government school secondary students means the
number of students (including the full-time equivalent of part-time students)
receiving secondary education at government schools in the State on the schools
census day for the State for the program year.
primary education amount means the amount for primary
education in the table in Schedule 2 for the program year.
secondary education amount means the amount for secondary
education in the table in Schedule 2 for the program year.
Note: The operation of sections 102, 103 and
104 may affect the amounts in Schedule 2.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to the States, for capital expenditure for a program year in
connection with government schools or government rural school hostels (or both)
in the States, of amounts totalling not more than the amount in the table in
Schedule 3 for the program year.
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Part.
(2) This Part allows the Minister to make determinations authorising the
payment of financial assistance to the States for:
(a) recurrent expenditure of non-government schools; and
(b) recurrent expenditure of approved Catholic school systems;
and
(c) capital expenditure of non-government schools; and
(d) transitional emergency assistance for non-government schools;
and
(e) establishment assistance.
(3) It also set limits for financial assistance for those
purposes.
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Subdivision.
(2) Funding for general recurrent expenditure of non-government schools
with SES funding levels is worked out on a school by school basis (whether the
school is in an approved school system or not).
Note: Subdivision C deals with approved Catholic school
systems.
(3) The ceiling on funding is worked out using a series of per student
amounts for different kinds of students at the school.
(4) If the SES per student amount (as at 1 January 2001) is more than
the year 2000 per student amount (as at that date), the higher funding is phased
in over the 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 program years.
(5) The phase-in amount is worked out first in each of the method
statements, then added to the basic year 2000 per student amount.
(6) If the SES per student amount (as at 1 January 2001) is less than
the year 2000 per student amount (as at that date), then the school is not
disadvantaged and is funded at year 2000 per student levels (even though it has
an SES funding level).
(7) The ceiling for schools is set on full SES funding per student basis
if any of the following applies to the school:
(a) the school is new;
(b) the school’s funding level is reduced;
(c) the school is providing a different level of education (primary or
secondary) that was not provided at 1 January 2001;
(d) the school ceased to be a member of an approved Catholic school
system.
(8) The distance education students’ contribution to the ceiling is
worked out on an SES funding basis.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State, for recurrent expenditure for a program year of an amount
for each non-systemic school in the State with an SES funding level, not more
than the amount worked out for the school by adding up:
(a) the amounts listed in subsection (2); or
(b) the amounts listed in subsection (3) if:
(i) on the schools census day for the 2000 program year (within the
meaning of the former Act), there were students receiving primary education and
students receiving secondary education at the school; and
(ii) the school has a year 2000 primary amount and a year 2000 secondary
amount.
(2) The amounts for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) are:
(a) the amount worked out under section 59 for the school’s
primary students (if any) for the program year for which financial assistance is
being authorised; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 60 for the school’s
secondary students (if any) for that program year; and
(c) the amount worked out under section 62 for the school’s
primary distance education students (if any) for that program year;
and
(d) the amount worked out under section 63 for the school’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for that program year.
(3) The amounts for the purposes of paragraph (1)(b) are:
(a) the amount worked out under section 61 for the school for the
program year for which financial assistance is being authorised; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 62 for the school’s
primary distance education students (if any) for that program year;
and
(c) the amount worked out under section 63 for the school’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for that program year.
(1) This section applies to each approved school system in a State (except
an approved Catholic school system) that includes a school that is in the list
of non-government schools with an SES funding level.
Note: If the approved school system also includes one or
more schools with year 2000 funding levels, Subdivision B will also be
relevant.
(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to the State for recurrent expenditure of the approved school system
for a program year of an amount for each such school not more than the amount
worked out for the school by adding up:
(a) the amounts listed in subsection (3); or
(b) the amounts listed in subsection (4) if:
(i) on the schools census day for the 2000 program year (within the
meaning of the former Act), there were students receiving primary education and
students receiving secondary education at the school; and
(ii) the school has a year 2000 primary amount and a year 2000 secondary
amount.
(3) The amounts for the purposes of paragraph (2)(a) are:
(a) the amount worked out under section 59 for the school’s
primary students (if any) for the program year for which financial assistance is
being authorised; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 60 for the school’s
secondary students (if any) for that program year; and
(c) the amount worked out under section 62 for the school’s
primary distance education students (if any) for that program year;
and
(d) the amount worked out under section 63 for the school’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for that program year.
(4) The amounts for the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) are:
(a) the amount worked out under section 61 for the school for the
program year for which financial assistance is being authorised; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 62 for the school’s
primary distance education students (if any) for that program year;
and
(c) the amount worked out under section 63 for the school’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for that program year.
General rule
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(2)(a) and 58(3)(a), work out the
amount for the school’s primary students using the following method
statement.
Method statement
Step 1. Subtract the school’s year 2000 primary amount from
the school’s SES primary amount.
Note: If the school does not have a year 2000 primary
amount, go to subsection (5).
Step 2. If the result of step 1 is a positive amount, work out the
amount equal to the program year percentage of the result.
Note: If the result of step 1 is a negative amount, or
zero, go to subsection (4).
Step 3. Add up:
(a) the proportional change in AGSRC for primary education worked out
under subsection (2); and
(b) 1.
Step 4. Multiply the result of step 2 by the result of step 3, and
round the product to the next higher dollar if it is not already a whole number
of dollars.
Step 5. Add the result of step 4 to the school’s adjusted year
2000 primary amount for the program year.
Step 6. Multiply the result of step 5 by the number of primary
students for the school for the program year.
(2) Work out the proportional change in AGSRC for primary education (which
may be negative) using the formula:
The result is to be rounded, if necessary, to 4 decimal places (rounding up
if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more).
(3) For the purposes of calculating an amount for a school for the 2001
program year, work out the proportional change in AGSRC for primary education as
if the AGSRC for primary education for the immediately preceding program year
were $4,674.
(4) If the result of step 1 of the method statement in subsection (1)
is a negative amount, or zero, work out the amount for the school’s
primary students using the formula:
Exceptions to general rule
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(2)(a) and 58(3)(a), work out the
amount for the school’s primary students using the formula:
if any of the following circumstances apply to the school:
(a) the school is covered by a new school proposal approved under this
Act;
(b) the Minister varies the list of non-government schools in relation to
the school to include a level of primary education for the school and no level
of primary education was included in the list for the school immediately before
the variation;
(c) the Minister varies the list of non-government schools under
section 38 to include a funding level of the school that is lower than the
school’s funding level immediately before the variation;
(d) the school is a non-systemic school and was covered by an application
for a new school proposal (within the meaning of the former Act):
(i) that was made after 11 May 1999 under that Act; and
(ii) in relation to which the Minister varied the list (within the meaning
of that Act) with effect from a day in the 1999 or 2000 program year (within the
meaning of that Act);
(e) the school ceased to be a member of an approved Catholic school system
with effect on or after 1 January 2001.
(6) Subsection (5) has effect despite subsections (1) and
(4).
(7) In this Act:
adjusted SES primary amount, for a school for a program year,
means:
(a) the amount in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the
program year and the school’s SES funding level; or
(b) if the school is a special school—the amount in the table in
Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the SES funding level of
70.0% of AGSRC.
General rule
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(2)(b) and 58(3)(b), work out the
amount for a school’s secondary students using the following method
statement.
Method statement
Step 1. Subtract the school’s year 2000 secondary amount from
the school’s SES secondary amount.
Note: If the school does not have a year 2000 secondary
amount, go to subsection (5).
Step 2. If the result of step 1 is a positive amount, work out the
amount equal to the program year percentage of the result.
Note: If the result of step 1 is a negative amount, or
zero, go to subsection (4).
Step 3. Add up:
(a) the proportional change in AGSRC for secondary education worked out
under subsection (2); and
(b) 1.
Step 4. Multiply the result of step 2 by the result of step 3, and
round the product to the next higher dollar if it is not already a whole number
of dollars.
Step 5. Add the result of step 4 to the school’s adjusted year
2000 secondary amount for the program year.
Step 6. Multiply the result of step 5 by the number of secondary
students for the school for the program year.
(2) Work out the proportional change in AGSRC for secondary education
(which may be negative) using the formula:
The result is to be rounded, if necessary, to 4 decimal places (rounding up
if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more).
(3) For the purposes of calculating an amount for a school for the 2001
program year, work out the proportional change in AGSRC for secondary education
as if the AGSRC for secondary education for the immediately preceding program
year were $6,294.
(4) If the result of step 1 of the method statement in subsection (1)
is a negative amount, or zero, work out the amount for the school’s
secondary students using the formula:
Exceptions to general rule
(5) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(2)(b) and 58(3)(b), work out the
amount for the school’s secondary students using the formula:
if any of the following circumstances apply to the school:
(a) the school is covered by a new school proposal approved under this
Act;
(b) the Minister varies the list of non-government schools in relation to
the school to include a level of secondary education for the school and no level
of secondary education was included in the list for the school immediately
before the variation;
(c) the Minister varies the list of non-government schools under
section 38 to include a funding level of the school that is lower than the
school’s funding level immediately before the variation;
(d) the school is a non-systemic school and was covered by an application
for a new school proposal (within the meaning of the former Act):
(i) that was made after 11 May 1999 under that Act; and
(ii) in relation to which the Minister varied the list (within the meaning
of that Act) with effect from a day in the 1999 or 2000 program year (within the
meaning of that Act);
(e) the school ceased to be a member of an approved Catholic school system
with effect on or after 1 January 2001.
(6) Subsection (5) has effect despite subsections (1) and
(4).
(7) In this Act:
adjusted SES secondary amount, for a school for a program
year, means:
(a) the amount in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the
program year and the school’s SES funding level; or
(b) if the school is a special school—the amount in the table in
Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the SES funding level of
70.0% of AGSRC.
General rule
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(3)(a) and 58(4)(a), work out the
amount for the school using the following method statement.
Method statement
Step 1. Subtract the school’s total year 2000 funding amount
from the school’s total SES funding amount.
Step 2. Add up:
(a) the number of primary students in 2000 for the school; and
(b) the number of secondary students in 2000 for the school.
Step 3. Divide the result of step 1 by the result of step
2.
Step 4. Work out the amount equal to the program year percentage of
the result of step 3.
Step 5. Average:
(a) the proportional change in AGSRC for primary education worked out
under section 59; and
(b) the proportional change in AGSRC for secondary education worked out
under section 60.
Step 6. Add up:
(a) the result of step 5 (which may be negative); and
(b) 1.
Step 7. Multiply the result of step 4 by the result of step 6, and
round the product to the next higher dollar if it is not already a whole number
of dollars.
Step 8. Add up:
(a) the number of primary students (if any) for the school for the program
year; and
(b) the number of secondary students (if any) for the school for the
program year.
Step 9. Multiply the result of step 7 by the result of step
8.
Step 10. Multiply the number of primary students (if any) for the
school for the program year by the school’s adjusted year 2000 primary
amount for the program year.
Step 11. Multiply the number of secondary students (if any) for the
school for the program year by the school’s adjusted year 2000 secondary
amount for the program year.
Step 12. Add up the results of steps 9, 10 and 11.
Results of steps 3, 4 and 5
(2) The results of steps 3, 4 and 5 of the method statement in
subsection (1) are to be rounded, if necessary, to 4 decimal places
(rounding up if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more).
Exceptions to general rule
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(3)(a) and 58(4)(a), work out the
amount for the school by adding up the following amounts if either of the
circumstances mentioned in subsection (4) applies to the school:
(a) the amount for primary students (if any) worked out under
subsection (5);
(b) the amount for secondary students (if any) worked out under
subsection (6).
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the circumstances
are:
(a) the Minister varies the list of non-government schools under
section 38 to include a funding level of the school that is lower than the
school’s funding level immediately before the variation; and
(b) the school is a non-systemic school and was covered by an application
for a new school proposal (within the meaning of the former Act):
(i) that was made after 11 May 1999 under that Act; and
(ii) in relation to which the Minister varied the list (within the meaning
of that Act) with effect from a day in the 1999 or 2000 program year (within the
meaning of that Act).
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(a), work out the amount using
the formula:
(6) For the purposes of paragraph (3)(b), work out the amount using
the formula:
(7) Subsection (3) has effect despite subsection (1).
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(2)(c) and (3)(b) and paragraphs
58(3)(c) and (4)(b), work out the amount for the school’s primary distance
education students for the program year using the formula:
(2) In this Act:
adjusted primary distance education amount, for a school for
a program year, means the amount in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 4
for the program year and the funding level of 13.7% of AGSRC.
(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 57(2)(d) and (3)(c) and paragraphs
58(3)(d) and (4)(c), work out the amount for the school’s secondary
distance education students for the program year using the formula:
(2) In this Act:
adjusted secondary distance education amount, for a school
for a program year, means the amount in the table in Part 2 of
Schedule 4 for the program year and the funding level of 13.7% of
AGSRC.
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Subdivision.
(2) Funding for general recurrent expenditure of non-government schools
with year 2000 funding levels is worked out on a school by school basis (whether
the school is in an approved school system or not).
Note: Subdivision C deals with approved Catholic school
systems.
(3) The ceiling on funding is worked out using a series of per student
amounts for different kinds of students at the school.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure for a program year of an amount
for each non-systemic school in the State with a year 2000 funding level not
more than the amount worked out for the school by adding up:
(a) the amount worked out under section 67 for the school’s
primary students (if any) for the program year; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 68 for the school’s
secondary students (if any) for the program year; and
(c) the amount worked out under section 69 for the school’s
primary distance education students (if any) for the program year; and
(d) the amount worked out under section 70 for the school’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for the program year.
(1) This section applies to each approved school system in a State (except
an approved Catholic school system) that includes a school with a year 2000
funding level.
Note: If the approved school system also includes one or
more schools with SES funding levels, Subdivision A will also be
relevant.
(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to the State for recurrent expenditure of the approved school system
for a program year of an amount for each such school not more than the amount
worked out for the school by adding up:
(a) the amount worked out under section 67 for the school’s
primary students (if any) for the program year; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 68 for the school’s
secondary students (if any) for the program year; and
(c) the amount worked out under section 69 for the school’s
primary distance education students (if any) for the program year; and
(d) the amount worked out under section 70 for the school’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for the program year.
For the purposes of paragraphs 65(a) and 66(2)(a), work out the amount
for a school’s primary students for the program year using the
formula:
For the purposes of paragraphs 65(b) and 66(2)(b), work out the amount
for a school’s secondary students for the program year using the
formula:
For the purposes of paragraphs 65(c) and 66(2)(c), work out the amount
for a school’s primary distance education students for the program year
using the formula:
For the purposes of paragraphs 65(d) and 66(2)(d), work out the amount
for a school’s secondary distance education students for the program year
using the formula:
(1) This section is a simplified outline of this Subdivision.
(2) Funding for general recurrent expenditure of approved Catholic school
systems is worked out on a system by system basis.
(3) The ceiling on funding is worked out using a series of per student
amounts for different kinds of students at schools in the system.
Application of section
(1) This section applies to the approved Catholic school system in each
State.
Determination authorising payment
(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to the State for recurrent expenditure of the system for a program
year of an amount not more than the amount worked out for the system by adding
up:
(a) the amount worked out under subsection (3) for the system’s
primary students (if any) for the program year; and
(b) the amount worked out under subsection (4) for the system’s
secondary students (if any) for the program year; and
(c) the amount worked out under subsection (5) for the system’s
primary distance education students (if any) for the program year; and
(d) the amount worked out under subsection (6) for the system’s
secondary distance education students (if any) for the program year.
Primary student amount
(3) Work out the amount for the system’s primary students for the
program year using the formula:
where:
number of primary students, for an approved Catholic school
system in a State for a program year, means the number of students (including
the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving primary education at
schools in the system on the schools census day for the system for the program
year, except students receiving primary distance education.
primary system amount means:
(a) for the approved Catholic school system in the Australian Capital
Territory for a program year—the amount in the table in Part 1 of
Schedule 4 for the program year and the funding level of 51.2% of AGSRC;
and
(b) for an approved Catholic school system in another State for a program
year—the amount in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the
program year and the funding level of 56.2% of AGSRC.
Secondary student amount
(4) Work out the amount for the system’s secondary students for the
program year using the formula:
where:
number of secondary students, for an approved Catholic school
system in a State for a program year, means the number of students (including
the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving secondary education at
schools in the system on the schools census day for the system for the program
year, except students receiving secondary distance education.
secondary system amount means:
(a) for the approved Catholic school system in the Australian Capital
Territory for a program year—the amount in the table in Part 2 of
Schedule 4 for the program year and the funding level of 51.2% of AGSRC;
and
(b) for an approved Catholic school system in another State for a program
year—the amount in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the
program year and the funding level of 56.2% of AGSRC.
Primary distance education student amount
(5) Work out the amount for the system’s primary distance education
students for the program year using the formula:
where:
adjusted primary distance education amount, for an approved
Catholic school system for a program year, means the amount in the table in
Part 1 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the funding level of
13.7% of AGSRC.
number of primary distance education students, for an
approved Catholic school system in a State for a program year, means the number
of students (including the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving
primary distance education at schools in the system on the schools census day
for the system for the program year.
Secondary distance education student amount
(6) Work out the amount for the system’s secondary distance
education students for the program year using the formula:
where:
adjusted secondary distance education amount, for an approved
Catholic school system for a program year, means the amount in the table in
Part 2 of Schedule 4 for the program year and the funding level of
13.7% of AGSRC.
number of secondary distance education students, for an
approved Catholic school system in a State for a program year, means the number
of students (including the full-time equivalent of part-time students) receiving
secondary distance education at schools in the system on the schools census day
for the system for the program year.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to the States for:
(a) capital expenditure for a program year in connection with:
(i) non-government schools or non-government rural student hostels in the
State; or
(ii) groups of non-government schools or non-government rural student
hostels (or both) in the States; or
(b) capital expenditure for a program year in connection with block grants
authorities and non-government schools or non-government rural student hostels
in the States.
(2) The sum of the amounts determined under subsection (1) for a
program year must not be more than the amount in the table in Schedule 5
for the program year.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State to provide transitional emergency assistance for a
non-government school in the State for one or more program years if the Minister
is satisfied that, because of any unexpected circumstance, the school:
(a) is in severe financial difficulty; and
(b) has a special need of that assistance in the program year or
years.
(2) However, the sum of the amounts paid to the States under
subsection (1) for a program year must not be more than the amount in the
table in Schedule 6 for the program year.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State to provide establishment assistance for a non-government
school in the State for one or more program years if either of the circumstances
in subsection (2) or (3) applies to the school.
(2) One circumstance is that the Minister varies the list of
non-government schools in relation to the school because the school is covered
by paragraph (c) of the definition of new school
proposal.
(3) The other circumstance is that the Minister varied the list (within
the meaning of the former Act) with effect from a day in 1999 or 2000 in
relation to the school because:
(a) the school was covered by paragraph (c) of the definition of
new school proposal in section 36 of that Act; and
(b) the application for that proposal was made after 11 May
1999.
(4) The total amount authorised to be paid to the States under
subsection (1) for a program year must not be more than the amount in the
table in Schedule 7 for the program year.
(1) The object of this Part is to help schools and school communities to
improve the learning outcomes of students who are educationally disadvantaged
(including because they are students with disabilities, Indigenous, of a low
socio-economic background, of a language background other than English or
geographically isolated).
(2) In this Act:
Indigenous means:
(a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
(b) a descendant of the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait
Islands.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year connected
with:
(a) government schools (including schools providing special education) or
government centres in the State; or
(b) non-government schools (including schools providing special education)
in the State;
to improve the learning outcomes of students who are educationally
disadvantaged.
(2) The total amount authorised to be paid to the States under this
section for a program year must not be more than the amount in column 2 of the
table in Part 1 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
Note: Certain amounts paid to a State under section 101
are taken to be paid under this section.
(3) In this Act:
government centre means a place conducted by or on behalf of
the Government of a State at which special education is provided.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year connected with
government schools (including schools providing special education) in the State
to improve the learning outcomes of students who are educationally
disadvantaged.
Note: Certain amounts paid to a State under section 101
are taken to be paid under this section.
(2) The total amount authorised to be paid to a State under this section
for a program year must not be more than the amount worked out using the
formula:
where:
number of students with disabilities means the number of
students with disabilities (including the full-time equivalent of part-time
students with disabilities) receiving primary education or secondary education
at government schools in the State on the schools census day for the State for
the program year.
strategic assistance amount means the amount in column 2 of
the table in Part 2 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year connected with
non-government schools (including schools providing special education) in the
State to improve the learning outcomes of students who are educationally
disadvantaged.
Note: Certain amounts paid to a State under section 101
are taken to be paid under this section.
(2) The total amount authorised to be paid to a State under this section
for a program year must not be more than the amount worked out using the
formula:
where:
number of students with disabilities means the number of
students with disabilities (including the full-time equivalent of part-time
students with disabilities) receiving primary education, secondary education or
distance education at non-government schools in the State on the schools census
day for the State for the program year.
strategic assistance amount means the amount in column 3 of
the table in Part 2 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
The object of this Part is to help schools and school communities to
improve the educational outcomes and opportunities of students who are
educationally disadvantaged because of their geographical isolation.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure, or for capital expenditure
approved by the Minister, for a program year connected with the education of
students at government schools in country areas of the State.
Note: Certain amounts paid to a State under section 101
are taken to be paid under this section.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure, or for capital expenditure
approved by the Minister, for a program year connected with the education of
students at non-government schools in country areas of the State.
Note: Certain amounts paid to a State under section 101
are taken to be paid under this section.
(1) The sum of the amounts paid to the States under this Part for a
program year must not be more than the amount in column 3 of the table in
Part 1 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
(2) This section has effect despite sections 81 and 82.
The object of this Part is to help with the acquisition of appropriate
literacy or numeracy skills by students who are likely to be at risk of being
ill-equipped, when leaving school, to receive further education and training or
to engage in sustainable employment.
(1) The Minister may approve a project for the purposes of this section
if:
(a) the sole or principal object of the project is to assist the
development of literacy or numeracy skills; and
(b) the project is to be carried out in Australia.
(2) A project approved under subsection (1) may be a project relating
to expenditure mentioned in Part 7. This does not limit
subsection (1).
(3) It does not matter whether:
(a) the project is conducted by the State or by a non-government body
established in the State; or
(b) the project is conducted within, or outside, or within and outside,
the State.
(4) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for a program year for:
(a) expenditure on a project approved under subsection (1);
and
(b) expenditure to publicise a project approved under that subsection by
disseminating information about the project, conducting seminars in connection
with the project or carrying out other related activities in connection with the
project.
(5) The sum of the amounts authorised to be paid to the States under this
section for a program year must not be more than the amount in column 4 of the
table in Part 1 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
The object of this Part is to provide financial assistance to the States
to help non-government centres provide education, therapeutic and other
essential services and capital facilities to improve:
(a) the participation level by young people with disabilities in
education; and
(b) the learning outcomes of those young people.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for a program year for expenditure connected with special
education provided at or in connection with non-government centres in the
State.
Note: Certain amounts paid to a State under section 101
are taken to be paid under this section.
(2) In this Act:
non-government centre means a place in a State at which
special education is provided by a non-government body (except a non-government
body that is conducted for profit) and that is not a school.
(1) The sum of the amounts paid to the States under this Part for a
program year must not be more than the amount in column 5 of the table in
Part 1 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
(2) This section has effect despite section 87.
The object of this Part is to help schools and school communities to
improve the learning outcomes of students who are learning languages other than
English.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year connected with
government schools, government educational institutions or any other body
(except the relevant authority of a school mentioned in section 91) in the
State to improve the learning outcomes of students learning languages other than
English.
Note 1: Certain amounts paid to a State under
section 101 are taken to be paid under this section.
Note 2: Section 92 sets a ceiling on grants to the
States under this Part for a program year.
(2) In this Act:
government educational institution means an educational
institution in a State:
(a) that is not a government school; and
(b) that is conducted by or on behalf of the Government of the
State.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year connected with
non-government schools in the State to improve the learning outcomes of students
who are learning languages other than English.
Note 1: Certain amounts paid to a State under
section 101 are taken to be paid under this section.
Note 2: Section 92 sets a ceiling on grants to the
States under this Part for a program year.
(1) The sum of the amounts authorised to be paid to the States under this
Part for a program year must not be more than the amount in column 6 of the
table in Part 1 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
(2) This section has effect despite sections 90 and 91.
The object of this Part is to foster the learning of Asian languages and
studies of Asia.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year in connection with
government schools in the State with the objective of fostering the learning of
Asian languages or studies of Asia.
The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for expenditure for a program year in connection with
non-government schools in the State with the objective of fostering the learning
of Asian languages or studies of Asia.
(1) The Minister may approve a project for the purposes of this section if
the sole or principal object of the project is to foster the learning of Asian
languages or studies of Asia.
(2) A project approved under subsection (1) may be a project relating
to expenditure mentioned in section 94 or 95. This does not limit
subsection (1).
(3) The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a
State for a program year of an amount of financial assistance for:
(a) expenditure on a project approved under subsection (1);
and
(b) expenditure to publicise a project approved under subsection (1)
by disseminating information about the project, conducting seminars in
connection with the project or carrying out other related activities in
connection with the project.
(4) It does not matter whether:
(a) the project is conducted by the State or not; or
(b) the project is conducted within, or outside, or within and outside,
the State.
(1) The sum of the amounts paid to the States under this Part for a
program year must not be more than the amount in column 7 of the table in
Part 1 of Schedule 8 for the program year.
(2) This section has effect despite sections 94, 95 and
96.
The object of this Part is to help with the provision of intensive
teaching of the English language to certain students who recently arrived in
Australia.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure for a program year connected
with providing education in English as a second language for eligible new
arrivals enrolled in ESL courses:
(a) beginning or continuing in the program year; and
(b) provided at or in connection with government schools in the
State.
(2) However, the total amount authorised to be paid to a State under
subsection (1) for a program year must not be more than the amount worked
out using the formula:
where:
number of eligible new arrivals in government schools means
the number of eligible new arrivals enrolled in ESL courses in the State
described in subsection (1).
(3) In this Act:
education in English as a second language for eligible new
arrivals means education that is provided for the purpose of teaching
the English language to eligible new arrivals by means of intensive
instruction.
eligible new arrival means a person:
(a) whose first language is not English; and
(b) who satisfies criteria determined by the Minister for the purposes of
this paragraph for being a person newly arrived in Australia; and
(c) to whom one or more of the following subparagraphs applies:
(i) the person is an Australian citizen;
(ii) the person holds a visa (other than a temporary visa) in force under
the Migration Act 1958;
(iii) the person is included in a visa (other than a temporary visa) in
force under that Act;
(iv) the person is not an Australian citizen but has his or her permanent
home in the Territory of Christmas Island or in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling)
Islands;
(v) the person satisfies criteria determined by the Minister for the
purposes of this subparagraph.
ESL course means a course designed to teach English as a
second language.
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure for a program year connected
with providing education in English as a second language for eligible new
arrivals enrolled in ESL courses:
(a) beginning or continuing in the program year; and
(b) provided at or in connection with non-government schools in the
State.
(2) However, the total amount paid to a State under subsection (1)
for a program year must not be more than the amount worked out using the
formula:
where:
number of eligible new arrivals in non-government schools
means the number of eligible new arrivals enrolled in ESL courses in the State
described in subsection (1).
(1) The Minister may approve, for the purposes of this section, a project
that is to be carried out in Australia if the sole or principal object of the
project is to provide support for a purpose for which financial assistance is
authorised under any of the following:
(a) section 77, 78 or 79 (about grants for strategic
assistance);
(b) section 81 or 82 (about grants for schools in country
areas);
(c) section 87 (about grants for special education at non-government
centres);
(d) sections 90 and 91 (about grants for languages other than
English).
(2) It does not matter whether:
(a) the project is conducted by the State or not; or
(b) the project is conducted within, or outside, or within and outside,
the State.
(3) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial
assistance to a State for a program year of an amount for expenditure on a
project approved under subsection (1). This subsection is subject to
subsection (5).
(4) Any amount authorised to be paid to a State under this section for a
program year for a project whose sole or principal object is to provide support
for a purpose for which financial assistance is authorised under a section
mentioned in subsection (1) is taken to be an amount authorised to be paid
to the State for the program year under that section.
(5) The sum of amounts authorised to be paid under this section for a
program year in connection with a purpose for which financial assistance may be
authorised under a section mentioned in subsection (1) must not exceed 10%
of the amount available for the program year under the Part concerned (apart
from this section).
(1) The regulations may provide that an amount specified in the
regulations for a program year replaces an amount in Schedule 1 for the
program year.
(2) The regulations have effect according to their terms.
(3) Before the Governor-General makes regulations for the purposes of
subsection (1), the Minister must consider changes in the relevant figures
known as Average Government School Costs published from time to time
by:
(a) the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth
Affairs; or
(b) a prescribed body that has a corresponding function.
(1) This section applies if an amount in Schedule 1 for primary
education is replaced for a program year by an amount (the primary AGSRC
amount) under regulations made for the purposes of subsection
102(1).
(2) The amount in Schedule 2 for primary education for the program
year is replaced by the amount worked out using the formula:
where:
% of AGSRC means the percentage of AGSRC in column 2 of
Schedule 2 for primary education.
(3) Each amount opposite a percentage of AGSRC in Parts 1 and 3 of
Schedule 4 for the program year is replaced by the amount worked out using
the formula:
(4) If an amount worked out under subsection (2) or (3) is an amount
of dollars and cents, the amount is to be rounded to the next higher
dollar.
(1) This section applies if an amount in Schedule 1 for secondary
education is replaced for a program year by an amount (the secondary AGSRC
amount) under regulations made for the purposes of subsection
102(1).
(2) The amount in Schedule 2 for secondary education for the program
year is replaced by the amount worked out using the formula:
where:
% of AGSRC means the percentage of AGSRC in column 2 of
Schedule 2 for secondary education.
(3) Each amount opposite a percentage of AGSRC in Parts 2 and 4 of
Schedule 4 for the program year is replaced by the amount worked out using
the formula:
(4) If an amount worked out under subsection (2) or (3) is an amount
of dollars and cents, the amount is to be rounded to the next higher
dollar.
(1) Each of the following amounts (the recurrent
amount):
(a) an amount in the table in Schedule 6 for a program
year;
(b) an amount in the table in Schedule 7 for a program
year;
(c) an amount in the table in Part 1 of Schedule 8 for a program
year;
(d) an amount in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 8 for a program
year;
(e) the amount in the table in Part 3 of Schedule 8 for a
program year;
is replaced for the program year by the amount worked out using the
formula:
where:
recurrent number for the program year means:
(a) 1; or
(b) if the regulations set out another number for the program
year—that other number.
(2) If an amount worked out under paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c) is not
a multiple of $1,000, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest $1,000
(rounding $500 upwards).
(3) If an amount worked out under paragraph (1)(d) or (e) is an
amount of dollars and cents, the amount is to be rounded to the next higher
dollar.
(4) Before the Governor-General makes regulations for the purposes of
subsection (1), the Minister must consider changes in the relevant figures
known as Average Government School Costs published from time to time
by:
(a) the Ministerial Council on Education, Employment, Training and Youth
Affairs; or
(b) a prescribed body that has a corresponding function.
(1) Each amount (the capital amount) in Schedule 3 or 5
for a program year is replaced by the amount worked out using the
formula:
where:
capital number for the program year means:
(a) 1; or
(b) if the regulations set out another number for the program
year—that number.
(2) If an amount worked out under subsection (1) is not a multiple of
$1,000, the amount is to be rounded to the nearest $1,000 (rounding $500
upwards).
(3) Before the Governor-General makes regulations for the purposes of
subsection (1), the Minister must consider changes in an index of building
prices, and an index of wage costs, published from time to time by the
Australian Statistician.
(1) Financial assistance authorised to be paid to a State or States under
this Act is to be paid in such amounts, and at such times, as the Minister
determines.
(2) A determination under subsection (1) may apply generally to all
financial assistance payable under this Act or may be limited to particular
financial assistance, including the following:
(a) financial assistance payable to a particular State or
States;
(b) financial assistance payable under a particular provision or
provisions of this Act;
(c) financial assistance payable for a particular program year or program
years;
(d) a combination of any of the above.
(1) The Minister may make an advance to a State on account of an amount
that is expected to become payable under this Act to the State.
(2) The conditions that would apply to the payment apply to the
advance.
Whenever this Act provides that the Minister may make a determination
authorising the making of payments to a State, the determination may
either:
(a) set out the amounts authorised to be paid; or
(b) authorise the Minister (or another person named in the determination)
to decide those amounts.
(1) If:
(a) a person made a statement for the purposes of:
(i) an Education Assistance Act; or
(ii) an agreement made as mentioned in such an Act;
relating to the grant of financial assistance for schools, hostels or
other bodies involved in primary education or secondary education; and
(b) the statement was made to:
(i) the Minister administering that Act; or
(ii) the Secretary of the Department administering that Act; or
(iii) a public service employee in the Department administering that Act;
or
(iv) a block grant authority for the purposes of that Act; or
(v) a person employed by or acting on behalf of such an authority;
and
(c) the statement was false or misleading in a material particular;
and
(d) relying on the statement, a payment has been made under this Act to a
State for the State or for a non-government body (including a block grant
authority and a nominated authority) of an amount that, in the Minister’s
opinion, exceeds the amount that would have been authorised to be paid if the
statement had not been false or misleading in a material particular;
the Minister may make a determination reducing any amount payable to the
State under this Act for the State or the non-government body (as appropriate),
in one or more program years, by the amount of the excess.
(2) If:
(a) the approved authority of a non-systemic school, or of an approved
school system, made a statement for the purposes of:
(i) an Education Assistance Act; or
(ii) the making of an agreement as mentioned in such an Act;
relating to the grant of financial assistance for schools or other bodies
involved in primary education or secondary education; and
(b) the statement was made to:
(i) the Minister administering that Act; or
(ii) the Secretary of the Department administering that Act; or
(iii) a public service employee in the Department administering that Act;
and
(c) the statement was false or misleading in a material particular;
and
(d) as a result of the statement:
(i) the school; or
(ii) a school in the approved school system;
obtains a higher funding level for the purposes of meeting recurrent
expenditure than, in the Minister’s opinion, the school may have obtained
if the statement had not been made;
the Minister may make a determination varying the list of non-government
schools by setting out a different funding level of the school.
Note: The Minister may determine an SES funding level or a
year 2000 funding level.
(3) A determination under this section may take effect from a day before
the day on which the determination was made.
(4) In this Act:
Education Assistance Act means this Act, the former Act or
the 1992 Act.
public service employee means:
(a) an APS employee; and
(b) a person appointed or employed under the Public Service Act
1922.
Note: APS employee is defined in the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
the 1992 Act means the States Grants (Schools Assistance)
Act 1992.
The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated as necessary for the
purposes of this Act.
The Treasurer may, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions
of the Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Act 1911, or in accordance with the
provisions of an Act authorising the issue of Treasury Bills, borrow amounts
totalling not more than the sum of the amounts that may become payable to the
States under sections 54 and 73 and subsection 87(1) of this
Act.
(1) A determination or approval by the Minister under this Act must be in
writing.
(2) A determination or approval takes effect on:
(a) the day stated for the purpose in the determination or approval;
or
(b) if no day is stated—the day on which the determination is made
or approval is given.
(3) The provision of this Act under which, or for the purposes of which, a
determination is made or an approval is given may permit the day of effect of
the determination or approval to be a day before the day on which the
determination is made, or the approval is given.
(4) If:
(a) a provision of this Act refers to a determination made, approval given
or other act or thing done by the Minister; and
(b) no other provision of this Act expressly authorises the Minister to
make such a determination, give such an approval or do such an act or
thing;
this subsection authorises the Minister to make such a determination, give
such an approval or do such an act or thing.
(5) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a
determination or approval by the Minister is a reference to such a determination
or approval that is in force.
(1) The power of the Minister under this Act to make a determination or
give an approval includes the power, by writing, to revoke or vary a previous
determination made, or previous approval given, in the exercise of the
power.
(2) An instrument that is expressed to revoke a determination as
previously varied or to revoke an approval as previously varied has effect as
the revocation of the determination or approval and of every later instrument so
far as that later instrument varied the determination or approval or varied the
determination or approval as previously varied.
(3) An instrument that is expressed to vary a determination as previously
varied or to vary an approval as previously varied has effect according to its
terms even though it does not specifically refer to the previous instruments of
variation.
(4) The one instrument may contain one or more revocations or one or more
variations, or both.
(5) An instrument of revocation or variation takes effect on:
(a) the day stated for the purpose in the instrument; or
(b) if no day is stated—the day on which the instrument is
made.
(6) The day of effect of an instrument revoking or varying a determination
or approval may be a day before the day of the making of the instrument only if
the provision under or for the purposes of which the determination or approval
was made or given permits the determination or approval to take effect on a day
before it was made or given.
(7) Subsection (6) has effect despite subsection (5).
The Minister may, by written instrument, delegate all or any of the
Minister’s powers and functions under this Act or under an agreement
mentioned in this Act to:
(a) the Secretary of the Department; or
(b) an SES employee in the Department.
Note: SES employee is defined in the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901.
(1) This section applies to each of the years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
2005, 2006 and 2007.
(2) As soon as practicable after 30 June next following the year, the
Minister must cause a report dealing with the following to be laid before each
House of the Parliament:
(a) financial assistance (if any) granted in the year under this Act for
recurrent expenditure;
(b) the application of the financial assistance granted in the year under
this Act (including financial assistance by way of capital
grants).
Financial assistance under this Act is not to be provided to a State for
overseas students.
(1) The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing all
matters:
(a) required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or
(b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving
effect to this Act.
(2) Despite section 48 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901,
regulations made for the purposes of section 12, 15, 19 or 23 of this Act
take effect not earlier than on the first day on which they are no longer liable
to be disallowed, or to have been taken to have been disallowed, under
section 48 of that Act.
(1) This Part has effect despite any other provision of this
Act.
(2) If, under this Part, a determination, approval, declaration, list or
other instrument made, given or kept under the former Act is taken to be made,
given or kept under this Act, subsection (1) does not prevent the
application of this Act other than this Part in relation to that determination,
approval, declaration, list or other instrument as it has effect because of this
Part.
A determination in force immediately before 1 January 2001 for the
purposes of any of the following provisions of the former Act:
(a) paragraph 31(a);
(b) paragraph 35(a);
(c) subsection 38(2);
(d) paragraph (a) of the definition of approved
authority in Schedule 9;
is taken to be a determination made by the Minister for the purposes of
section 9 of this Act.
A determination made by the relevant Minister under section 4 of the
former Act and in force immediately before 1 January 2001 is taken to be a
determination made by the Minister under section 6 of this Act.
(1) The list that was kept by the relevant Minister immediately before
1 January 2001 under subsection 24(1) of the former Act (apart from any
matters included in that list because of paragraph 24(3)(f)) is taken to be the
list of non-government schools kept by the Minister under subsection 33(1) of
this Act.
(2) A determination made by the Minister for the purposes of subsection
24(2) of the former Act and in force immediately before 1 January 2001 is
taken to be a determination made by the Minister for the purposes of subsection
33(2) of this Act.
(3) An approved authority that is taken (because of section 120) to
have been determined by the Minister under section 9 of this Act as the
approved authority of an approved school system, or of a non-systemic school, is
taken to be included in the list of non-government schools as a matter mentioned
in paragraph 33(3)(c) or (d) for the appropriate system or school.
(1) The list that was kept by the relevant Minister immediately before
1 January 2001 under subsection 26(1) of the former Act (apart from the
funding level within the meaning of the former Act) is taken to be the list of
approved school systems kept by the Minister under subsection 34(1) of this
Act.
(2) A determination made by the Minister for the purposes of subsection
26(2) of the former Act and in force immediately before 1 January 2001 is
taken to be a determination made by the Minister for the purposes of subsection
34(2) of this Act.
A determination made by the relevant Minister for the purposes of the
definition of overseas student in Schedule 9 to the former
Act and in force immediately before 1 January 2001 is taken to be a
determination made by the Minister for the purposes of the definition of
overseas student in subsection 52(2) of this Act.
(1) This section applies to a non-systemic school included in the list of
non-government schools because of subsection 122(1) if the Minister has
determined an SES score for the school. However, this section does not apply to
a school that is covered by section 128 or 129.
Note: Section 128 deals with special schools (except
schools in approved Catholic systems). Section 129 deals with certain new
schools.
(2) The Minister must vary the list by setting out the school’s SES
funding level for the school’s SES score as the funding level of the
school if:
(a) the school’s SES primary amount (if any) is more than the
school’s year 2000 primary amount (if any); and
(b) the school’s SES secondary amount (if any) is more than the
school’s year 2000 secondary amount (if any).
(3) The Minister must vary the list by setting out the school’s year
2000 funding level as the funding level of the school if:
(a) the school’s year 2000 primary amount (if any) is more than the
school’s SES primary amount (if any); and
(b) the school’s year 2000 secondary amount (if any) is more than
the school’s SES secondary amount (if any).
(4) If neither of subsections (2) and (3) applies, the Minister must
vary the list by setting out the school’s year 2000 funding level as the
funding level of the school if the school’s total year 2000 funding amount
is more than, or equal to, the school’s total SES funding
amount.
(5) If none of subsections (2), (3) and (4) applies, the Minister
must vary the list by setting out the school’s SES funding level for the
school’s SES score as the funding level of the school if the
school’s total SES funding amount is more than the school’s total
year 2000 funding amount.
(6) A variation under this section takes effect on 1 January
2001.
(1) This section applies to each systemic school in an approved school
system that is included in the list of approved school systems because of
subsection 123(1) if the Minister has determined an SES score for the school.
However, this section does not apply to:
(a) a school in an approved Catholic school system; or
(b) a school that is covered by section 128.
Note: Section 128 deals with special schools (except
schools in approved Catholic systems).
(2) The Minister must vary the list by setting out the school’s SES
funding level for the school’s SES score as the funding level of the
school if:
(a) the school’s SES primary amount (if any) is more than the
school’s year 2000 primary amount (if any); and
(b) the school’s SES secondary amount (if any) is more than the year
2000 secondary amount (if any) that applied to the system.
(3) The Minister must vary the list by setting out the year 2000 funding
level that applied to the system as the funding level of the school
if:
(a) the school’s year 2000 primary amount (if any) is more than the
school’s SES primary amount; and
(b) the school’s year 2000 secondary amount (if any) is more than
the school’s SES secondary amount.
(4) If neither of subsections (2) and (3) applies, the Minister must
vary the list by setting out the school’s year 2000 funding level as the
funding level of the school if the school’s total year 2000 funding amount
is more than, or equal to, the school’s total SES funding
amount.
(5) If none of subsections (2), (3) and (4) applies, the Minister
must vary the list by setting out the school’s SES funding level for the
school’s SES score as the funding level of the school if the
school’s total SES funding amount is more than the school’s total
year 2000 funding amount.
(6) A variation under this section takes effect on 1 January
2001.
(1) This section applies to each approved Catholic school system that is
included in the list of approved school systems because of subsection
123(1).
(2) The Minister must vary the list to set out the following as the
funding level of the system:
(a) 56.2% of AGSRC in the table in each of Parts 1 and 2 of
Schedule 4 that applies to the system;
(b) if the system is in the Australian Capital Territory—51.2% of
AGSRC in the table in each of Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 that applies
to the system.
(3) A variation under this section takes effect on 1 January
2001.
(1) This section applies to each special school that is a non-systemic
school and that is included in the list of non-government schools because of
subsection 122(1).
(2) This section also applies to each special school that is a systemic
school in an approved school system (except an approved Catholic school system)
that is included in the list of approved school systems because of subsection
123(1).
(3) The Minister must vary the list to set out as the school’s
funding level an SES funding level of 70.0% of AGSRC.
(4) A variation under this section takes effect on 1 January
2001.
(1) This section applies to each non-systemic school (other than a special
school):
(a) that is included in the list of non-government schools because of
subsection 122(1); and
(b) that was covered by an application for a new school proposal (within
the meaning of the former Act):
(i) that was made after 11 May 1999 under that Act; and
(ii) in relation to which the Minister varied the list (within the meaning
of that Act) with effect from a day in the 1999 or 2000 program year (within the
meaning of that Act); and
(c) for which the Minister has determined an SES score.
(2) The Minister must vary the list to set out the SES funding level for
the school’s SES score as the funding level of the school.
(3) A variation under this section takes effect on 1 January
2001.
(1) Sections 125, 126, 127, 128 and 129 require the Minister to vary
a list kept under this Act only once in relation to each school or approved
school system.
(2) Sections 125, 126 and 129 operate in relation to the SES score
first determined by the Minister for the school.
(3) This section does not prevent the Minister varying the list of
non-government schools for the purposes of section 110.
Note: See the definitions of AGSRC in
subsection 4(1).
|
AGSRC amounts |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Column 1 Type of education |
Column 2 2001 program year ($) |
Column 3 2002 program year ($) |
Column 4 2003 program year ($) |
Column 5 2004 program year ($) |
|
Primary |
4,674 |
4,674 |
4,674 |
4,674 |
|
Secondary |
6,294 |
6,294 |
6,294 |
6,294 |
Note: The operation of section 102 may affect the
amounts in this Schedule.
Note: See section 53.
|
Primary education amount and secondary education amount |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Column 1 Level of education |
Column 2 Funding entitlement (% of AGSRC) |
Column 3 2001 program year ($) |
Column 4 2002 program year ($) |
Column 5 2003 program year ($) |
Column 6 2004 program year ($) |
|
Primary education |
9.0 |
419 |
419 |
419 |
419 |
|
Secondary education |
9.8 |
618 |
618 |
618 |
618 |
Note: The operation of sections 102, 103 and
104 may affect the amounts in columns 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Note: See section 54.
|
Capital grants for government schools |
|
|---|---|
|
Column 1 Program year |
Column 2 Amount of grants ($’000) |
|
2001 |
219,901 |
|
2002 |
219,901 |
|
2003 |
219,901 |
|
2004 |
219,901 |
|
2005 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2007 |
|
Note 1: Amounts for 2005, 2006 and 2007 will be inserted by
an amending Act.
Note 2: The operation of section 106 may affect
the amount of the grants.
Note: See subsection 4(1) and sections 59, 60, 61, 62,
63, 72, 125, 126, 127, 128 and 129.
|
SES funding for primary education |
|---|
|
Column 1 SES score |
Column 2 SES funding level (% of AGSRC) |
Column 3 Amount for 2001 program year ($) |
Column 4 Amount for 2002 program year ($) |
Column 5 Amount for 2003 program year ($) |
Column 6 Amount for 2004 program year ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
130 or greater |
13.7 |
641 |
641 |
641 |
641 |
|
129 |
15.0 |
702 |
702 |
702 |
702 |
|
128 |
16.2 |
758 |
758 |
758 |
758 |
|
127 |
17.5 |
818 |
818 |
818 |
818 |
|
126 |
18.7 |
874 |
874 |
874 |
874 |
|
125 |
20.0 |
935 |
935 |
935 |
935 |
|
124 |
21.2 |
991 |
991 |
991 |
991 |
|
123 |
22.5 |
1,052 |
1,052 |
1,052 |
1,052 |
|
122 |
23.7 |
1,108 |
1,108 |
1,108 |
1,108 |
|
121 |
25.0 |
1,169 |
1,169 |
1,169 |
1,169 |
|
120 |
26.2 |
1,225 |
1,225 |
1,225 |
1,225 |
|
119 |
27.5 |
1,286 |
1,286 |
1,286 |
1,286 |
|
118 |
28.7 |
1,342 |
1,342 |
1,342 |
1,342 |
|
117 |
30.0 |
1,403 |
1,403 |
1,403 |
1,403 |
|
116 |
31.2 |
1,459 |
1,459 |
1,459 |
1,459 |
|
115 |
32.5 |
1,520 |
1,520 |
1,520 |
1,520 |
|
114 |
33.7 |
1,576 |
1,576 |
1,576 |
1,576 |
|
113 |
35.0 |
1,636 |
1,636 |
1,636 |
1,636 |
|
112 |
36.2 |
1,692 |
1,692 |
1,692 |
1,692 |
|
111 |
37.5 |
1,753 |
1,753 |
1,753 |
1,753 |
|
110 |
38.7 |
1,809 |
1,809 |
1,809 |
1,809 |
|
109 |
40.0 |
1,870 |
1,870 |
1,870 |
1,870 |
|
108 |
41.2 |
1,926 |
1,926 |
1,926 |
1,926 |
|
107 |
42.5 |
1,987 |
1,987 |
1,987 |
1,987 |
|
106 |
43.7 |
2,043 |
2,043 |
2,043 |
2,043 |
|
105 |
45.0 |
2,104 |
2,104 |
2,104 |
2,104 |
|
104 |
46.2 |
2,160 |
2,160 |
2,160 |
2,160 |
|
103 |
47.5 |
2,221 |
2,221 |
2,221 |
2,221 |
|
102 |
48.7 |
2,277 |
2,277 |
2,277 |
2,277 |
|
101 |
50.0 |
2,337 |
2,337 |
2,337 |
2,337 |
|
100 |
51.2 |
2,394 |
2,394 |
2,394 |
2,394 |
|
99 |
52.5 |
2,454 |
2,454 |
2,454 |
2,454 |
|
98 |
53.7 |
2,510 |
2,510 |
2,510 |
2,510 |
|
97 |
55.0 |
2,571 |
2,571 |
2,571 |
2,571 |
|
96 |
56.2 |
2,627 |
2,627 |
2,627 |
2,627 |
|
95 |
57.5 |
2,688 |
2,688 |
2,688 |
2,688 |
|
94 |
58.7 |
2,744 |
2,744 |
2,744 |
2,744 |
|
93 |
60.0 |
2,805 |
2,805 |
2,805 |
2,805 |
|
92 |
61.2 |
2,861 |
2,861 |
2,861 |
2,861 |
|
91 |
62.5 |
2,922 |
2,922 |
2,922 |
2,922 |
|
90 |
63.7 |
2,978 |
2,978 |
2,978 |
2,978 |
|
89 |
65.0 |
3,039 |
3,039 |
3,039 |
3,039 |
|
88 |
66.2 |
3,095 |
3,095 |
3,095 |
3,095 |
|
87 |
67.5 |
3,155 |
3,155 |
3,155 |
3,155 |
|
86 |
68.7 |
3,211 |
3,211 |
3,211 |
3,211 |
|
85 or less |
70.0 |
3,272 |
3,272 |
3,272 |
3,272 |
Note: The operation of sections 102 and 103 may
affect the amounts in columns 3, 4, 5 and 6.
|
SES funding for secondary education |
|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Column 1 SES score |
Column 2 SES funding level (% of AGSRC) |
Column 3 Amount for 2001 program year ($) |
Column 4 Amount for 2002 program year ($) |
Column 5 Amount for 2003 program year ($) |
Column 6 Amount for 2004 program year ($) |
|
130 or greater |
13.7 |
863 |
863 |
863 |
863 |
|
129 |
15.0 |
945 |
945 |
945 |
945 |
|
128 |
16.2 |
1,020 |
1,020 |
1,020 |
1,020 |
|
127 |
17.5 |
1,102 |
1,102 |
1,102 |
1,102 |
|
126 |
18.7 |
1,177 |
1,177 |
1,177 |
1,177 |
|
125 |
20.0 |
1,259 |
1,259 |
1,259 |
1,259 |
|
124 |
21.2 |
1,335 |
1,335 |
1,335 |
1,335 |
|
123 |
22.5 |
1,417 |
1,417 |
1,417 |
1,417 |
|
122 |
23.7 |
1,492 |
1,492 |
1,492 |
1,492 |
|
121 |
25.0 |
1,574 |
1,574 |
1,574 |
1,574 |
|
120 |
26.2 |
1,649 |
1,649 |
1,649 |
1,649 |
|
119 |
27.5 |
1,731 |
1,731 |
1,731 |
1,731 |
|
118 |
28.7 |
1,807 |
1,807 |
1,807 |
1,807 |
|
117 |
30.0 |
1,889 |
1,889 |
1,889 |
1,889 |
|
116 |
31.2 |
1,964 |
1,964 |
1,964 |
1,964 |
|
115 |
32.5 |
2,046 |
2,046 |
2,046 |
2,046 |
|
114 |
33.7 |
2,122 |
2,122 |
2,122 |
2,122 |
|
113 |
35.0 |
2,203 |
2,203 |
2,203 |
2,203 |
|
112 |
36.2 |
2,279 |
2,279 |
2,279 |
2,279 |
|
111 |
37.5 |
2,361 |
2,361 |
2,361 |
2,361 |
|
110 |
38.7 |
2,436 |
2,436 |
2,436 |
2,436 |
|
109 |
40.0 |
2,518 |
2,518 |
2,518 |
2,518 |
|
108 |
41.2 |
2,594 |
2,594 |
2,594 |
2,594 |
|
107 |
42.5 |
2,675 |
2,675 |
2,675 |
2,675 |
|
106 |
43.7 |
2,751 |
2,751 |
2,751 |
2,751 |
|
105 |
45.0 |
2,833 |
2,833 |
2,833 |
2,833 |
|
104 |
46.2 |
2,908 |
2,908 |
2,908 |
2,908 |
|
103 |
47.5 |
2,990 |
2,990 |
2,990 |
2,990 |
|
102 |
48.7 |
3,066 |
3,066 |
3,066 |
3,066 |
|
101 |
50.0 |
3,147 |
3,147 |
3,147 |
3,147 |
|
100 |
51.2 |
3,223 |
3,223 |
3,223 |
3,223 |
|
99 |
52.5 |
3,305 |
3,305 |
3,305 |
3,305 |
|
98 |
53.7 |
3,380 |
3,380 |
3,380 |
3,380 |
|
97 |
55.0 |
3,462 |
3,462 |
3,462 |
3,462 |
|
96 |
56.2 |
3,538 |
3,538 |
3,538 |
3,538 |
|
95 |
57.5 |
3,620 |
3,620 |
3,620 |
3,620 |
|
94 |
58.7 |
3,695 |
3,695 |
3,695 |
3,695 |
|
93 |
60.0 |
3,777 |
3,777 |
3,777 |
3,777 |
|
92 |
61.2 |
3,852 |
3,852 |
3,852 |
3,852 |
|
91 |
62.5 |
3,934 |
3,934 |
3,934 |
3,934 |
|
90 |
63.7 |
4,010 |
4,010 |
4,010 |
4,010 |
|
89 |
65.0 |
4,092 |
4,092 |
4,092 |
4,092 |
|
88 |
66.2 |
4,167 |
4,167 |
4,167 |
4,167 |
|
87 |
67.5 |
4,249 |
4,249 |
4,249 |
4,249 |
|
86 |
68.7 |
4,324 |
4,324 |
4,324 |
4,324 |
|
85 or less |
70.0 |
4,406 |
4,406 |
4,406 |
4,406 |
Note: The operation of sections 102 and 104 may
affect the amounts in columns 3, 4, 5 and 6.
|
Year 2000 funding for primary education |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Column 1 Year 2000 funding level (% of AGSRC) |
Column 2 Amount for 2001 program year ($) |
Column 3 Amount for 2002 program year ($) |
Column 4 Amount for 2003 program year ($) |
Column 5 Amount for 2004 program year ($) |
|
11.9 |
554 |
554 |
554 |
554 |
|
12.1 |
565 |
565 |
565 |
565 |
|
15.1 |
707 |
707 |
707 |
707 |
|
15.8 |
739 |
739 |
739 |
739 |
|
19.8 |
924 |
924 |
924 |
924 |
|
21.3 |
997 |
997 |
997 |
997 |
|
24.0 |
1,124 |
1,124 |
1,124 |
1,124 |
|
26.0 |
1,216 |
1,216 |
1,216 |
1,216 |
|
29.0 |
1,355 |
1,355 |
1,355 |
1,355 |
|
32.0 |
1,498 |
1,498 |
1,498 |
1,498 |
|
35.1 |
1,642 |
1,642 |
1,642 |
1,642 |
|
37.6 |
1,756 |
1,756 |
1,756 |
1,756 |
|
38.7 |
1,809 |
1,809 |
1,809 |
1,809 |
|
43.4 |
2,030 |
2,030 |
2,030 |
2,030 |
|
47.0 |
2,197 |
2,197 |
2,197 |
2,197 |
|
50.9 |
2,380 |
2,380 |
2,380 |
2,380 |
|
55.0 |
2,572 |
2,572 |
2,572 |
2,572 |
Note: The operation of sections 102 and 103 may
affect the amounts in columns 2, 3, 4 and 5.
|
Year 2000 funding for secondary education |
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Column 1 Year 2000 funding level (% of AGSRC) |
Column 2 Amount for 2001 program year ($) |
Column 3 Amount for 2002 program year ($) |
Column 4 Amount for 2003 program year ($) |
Column 5 Amount for 2004 program year ($) |
|
13.9 |
878 |
878 |
878 |
878 |
|
14.2 |
892 |
892 |
892 |
892 |
|
16.4 |
1,034 |
1,034 |
1,034 |
1,034 |
|
18.5 |
1,164 |
1,164 |
1,164 |
1,164 |
|
21.4 |
1,350 |
1,350 |
1,350 |
1,350 |
|
21.5 |
1,356 |
1,356 |
1,356 |
1,356 |
|
23.1 |
1,452 |
1,452 |
1,452 |
1,452 |
|
28.1 |
1,770 |
1,770 |
1,770 |
1,770 |
|
28.2 |
1,775 |
1,775 |
1,775 |
1,775 |
|
31.4 |
1,974 |
1,974 |
1,974 |
1,974 |
|
34.7 |
2,185 |
2,185 |
2,185 |
2,185 |
|
38.0 |
2,394 |
2,394 |
2,394 |
2,394 |
|
40.8 |
2,567 |
2,567 |
2,567 |
2,567 |
|
42.0 |
2,646 |
2,646 |
2,646 |
2,646 |
|
47.2 |
2,971 |
2,971 |
2,971 |
2,971 |
|
51.0 |
3,208 |
3,208 |
3,208 |
3,208 |
|
55.1 |
3,469 |
3,469 |
3,469 |
3,469 |
|
59.7 |
3,756 |
3,756 |
3,756 |
3,756 |
Note: The operation of sections 102 and 104 may
affect the amounts in columns 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Note: See section 73.
|
Capital grants for non-government schools |
|
|---|---|
|
Column 1 Program year |
Column 2 Amount of grants ($’000) |
|
2001 |
86,450 |
|
2002 |
86,450 |
|
2003 |
86,449 |
|
2004 |
76,103 |
|
2005 |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2007 |
|
Note 1: Amounts for 2005, 2006 and 2007 will be inserted by
an amending Act.
Note 2: The operation of section 106 may affect
the amount of the grants.
Note: See section 74.
|
Grants of transitional emergency assistance |
|
|---|---|
|
Column 1 Program year |
Column 2 Amount of grants ($’000) |
|
2001 |
2,049 |
|
2002 |
1,984 |
|
2003 |
648 |
|
2004 |
648 |
Note: The operation of section 105 may affect the
amount of the grants.
Note: See section 75.
|
Grants for establishment assistance |
|
|---|---|
|
Column 1 Program year |
Column 2 Amount of grants ($’000) |
|
2001 |
800 |
|
2002 |
1,200 |
|
2003 |
1,200 |
|
2004 |
1,200 |
Note: The operation of section 105 may affect the
amount of the grants.
Note: See sections 76 to 100.
|
Grants for targeted
assistance |
||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Column
1 |
Column 2 Grants for strategic
assistance ($’000) |
Column 3 Grants for education in country
areas ($’000) |
Column 4 Grants to foster literacy and numeracy
($’000) |
Column 5 Grants for special education at
non-gov’t centres ($’000) |
Column 6 Grants to foster learning of languages
other than English ($’000) |
Column 7 Grants to foster the learning of Asian
languages and studies of Asia ($’000) |
|
2001 |
267,311 |
18,707 |
8,004 |
23,372 |
18,260 |
26,634 |
|
2002 |
266,278 |
18,707 |
1,116 |
23,372 |
18,260 |
25,666 |
|
2003 |
246,126 |
18,707 |
1,091 |
23,372 |
18,260 |
Nil |
|
2004 |
236,935 |
18,707 |
Nil |
23,372 |
18,260 |
Nil |
Note: The operation of section 105 may affect the
amount of the grants.
|
Strategic assistance amounts |
||
|---|---|---|
|
Column 1 Program year |
Column 2 Government schools ($) |
Column 3 Non-government schools ($) |
|
2001 |
102 |
522 |
|
2002 |
102 |
522 |
|
2003 |
102 |
522 |
|
2004 |
102 |
522 |
Note: The operation of section 105 may affect the
amount of the grants.
|
ESL new arrivals amount |
|
|---|---|
|
Column 1 Program year |
Column 2 Amount ($) |
|
2001 |
3,547 |
|
2002 |
3,547 |
|
2003 |
3,547 |
|
2004 |
|
Note: The operation of
section 105 may affect the amount of the grants.