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1 Section 4
Omit:
A special transitional rule also applies for special schools and special assistance schools for 2014.
substitute:
A special transitional rule also applies for special schools and special assistance schools.
2 Section 6
Insert:
"new approved authority" has the meaning given by paragraph 63A(1)(b).
"new Commonwealth per student amount" has the meaning given by subsection 58(6).
3 Section 6 (definition of old Commonwealth per student amount )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"old Commonwealth per student amount" : an approved authority's old Commonwealth per student amount is:
(a) if section 59 applies in relation to the approved authority:
(i) for 2014--the amount determined by the Minister under paragraph 58(1)(b) for the authority; and
(ii) for any other year--the authority's old Commonwealth per student amount for the year, as indexed under subsection 60(2); and
(b) if section 61 applies in relation to the approved authority:
(i) for 2013--the amount determined by the Minister under paragraph 58(1)(c) for the authority; and
(ii) for any other year--the authority's old Commonwealth per student amount for the year, as indexed under subsection 61(3); and
(c) if section 62 applies in relation to the approved authority:
(i) for 2013--the amount determined by the Minister under paragraph 58(1)(c) for the authority; and
(ii) for any other year--the authority's old Commonwealth per student amount for the year, as indexed under subsection 62(2A).
4 Section 6 (definition of old per student amount )
Repeal the definition, substitute:
"old per student amount" : an approved authority's old per student amount for 2013 or 2014 is the amount determined by the Minister under paragraph 58(1)(a) for the authority for that year.
5 Section 6
Insert:
"transition school" has the meaning given by paragraph 63A(1)(a).
6 At the end of subsection 12(1)
Add:
Note: In some circumstances, section 27 may affect a participating school's total entitlement.
7 At the end of subsection 12(2)
Add:
Note: In some circumstances, section 27 may affect an approved authority's total entitlement.
8 Subsection 13(1) (table items 1 and 2)
Repeal the items, substitute:
|
1 |
a major city school |
1, or less than 1. |
|
2 |
an inner regional school |
more than 1, and less than 2.4. |
9 Subsection 27(1)
Omit all the words from and including "An amount" to and including "for a year if", substitute "The total entitlement for a participating school, or an approved authority for a participating school, for a year is to be determined under section 26 in accordance with the regulations if".
10 Section 31
Omit:
Approved authorities whose old per student amount for 2014 is less than their new per student amount for 2014 will move to the new per student amount over a period of time. Approved authorities whose old per student amount for 2013, increased by 3%, is more than their new per student amount for 2014 will continue to receive the old per student amount, plus indexation, until their new per student amount catches up.
substitute:
Approved authorities whose old per student amount for 2014 is less than their new per student amount for 2014 will move to the amount worked out using the formula over a period of time. Approved authorities whose old per student amount for 2013, increased by 3%, is more than their new per student amount for 2014 will continue to receive the Commonwealth's share of the old per student amount, plus indexation, until the amount worked out using the formula catches up.
11 Section 31
Omit:
A special transitional rule applies for special schools and special assistance schools for 2014 to ensure that the approved authority for those schools is paid at least the old per student amount for those students.
substitute:
A special transitional rule applies for special schools and special assistance schools to ensure that the approved authority for those schools is paid at least the Commonwealth's share of the old per student amount for those students.
12 Before section 57
Insert:
Subdivision A -- Funding for approved authorities that were approved authorities on 1 January 2014
13 Section 57 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
57 Application of this Subdivision
14 Subsection 57(1)
Omit "Division", substitute "Subdivision".
15 At the end of subsection 57(1)
Add:
Note: Section 63B affects the application of this Subdivision in relation to certain approved authorities.
16 Subsection 57(2)
Omit "Division", substitute "Subdivision".
17 At the end of subsection 58(1)
Add:
; and (c) if section 61 or 62 applies in relation to the approved authority--an old Commonwealth per student amount for 2013.
18 Subsection 58(5)
Omit "In working out", substitute "For the purposes of subsection (4), in working out".
19 At the end of section 58
Add:
(6) The new Commonwealth per student amount , for a year, for an approved authority in relation to which section 61 or 62 applies is worked out using the following formula:
Note: To work out the number of students at a school for a year, see sections 16 and 17.
20 Subsections 59(2) and (3)
Omit "Division", substitute "Subdivision".
21 Subsection 61(2) (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Old Commonwealth per student amount payable
22 Subsection 61(2)
Omit "Division", substitute "Subdivision".
23 Subsection 61(2) (formula)
Repeal the formula (not including the note), substitute :
24 Subsection 61(3)
After "The old", insert "Commonwealth".
25 Subsection 61(3)
Omit "after 2014", substitute "(from and including 2014)".
26 Subsection 61(3) (formula)
Repeal the formula, substitute:
27 Subsection 61(4)
Before "per student" (wherever occurring), insert "Commonwealth".
28 Section 62 (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
62 Transitional recurrent funding for special schools and special assistance schools
29 Subsections 62(2) (heading)
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Old Commonwealth per student amount payable
30 Subsection 62(2)
Omit "Division", substitute "Subdivision".
31 Subsection 62(2)
Omit "for 2014", substitute "for a year (subject to subsection (2C))".
32 Subsection 62(2) (formula)
Repeal the formula, substitute:
Note: To work out the number of students at a school for a year, see sections 16 and 17.
33 After subsection 62(2)
Insert:
(2A) The old Commonwealth per student amount for a year (from and including 2014) is indexed as follows:
(2B) The indexation percentage is:
(a) 103%; or
(b) if the regulations prescribe a higher percentage for the purposes of this paragraph--that higher percentage.
(2C) Subsection (2) ceases to apply to the approved authority for a year once the approved authority's new Commonwealth per student amount for the year is equal to or more than the approved authority's old Commonwealth per student amount for that year.
34 Subsection 62(3)
Omit "for 2015 and each later year", substitute "for the year referred to in subsection (2C) and each later year".
35 At the end of Division 5 of Part 3
Add:
(1) This section applies if:
(a) on 1 January 2014, a participating school (the transition school ) was specified in the approval of an approved authority (the old approved authority ); and
(b) after 1 January 2014, the transition school is specified in the approval of another approved authority (the new approved authority ); and
(c) before the transition school was so specified, Subdivision A of this Division applied in relation to the old approved authority in relation to the transition school.
Note: The new approved authority may be approved on or after 1 January 2014.
Ministerial determination of amount of financial assistance
(2) The Minister may determine, in writing, an amount of financial assistance that is payable under this section to a State or Territory for the new approved authority for the transition school for a year.
Note: The regulations may prescribe matters that the Minister may or must have regard to in making a decision under this subsection (see paragraph 130(2)(b)).
(3) A determination under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.
When amounts are worked out under section 32
(4) The amount of financial assistance that is payable under this Part to a State or Territory for the new approved authority's transition school is worked out under section 32 for a year if:
(a) no determination is in force under subsection (2) of this section in relation to the school for the year; and
(b) Subdivision A of this Division does not apply in relation to the new approved authority in relation to the school.
63B Application of Subdivision A of this Division to the new approved authority
(1) This section applies if:
(a) a determination under subsection 63A(2) is in force in relation to a new approved authority for a transition school for a year; and
(b) immediately before the new approved authority became the approved authority for the transition school, Subdivision A of this Division applied in relation to the authority for one or more other participating schools for a year.
(2) Despite anything else in this Act, the following continue to apply in relation to the new approved authority for those other participating schools for the year to which the determination relates as if the transition school were not specified in the authority's approval:
(a) Subdivision A of this Division;
(b) any other provisions that relate to that Subdivision.
