Queensland Consolidated Regulations

EDUCATION (CAPITAL ASSISTANCE) REGULATION 2015 - SCHEDULE 1

SCHEDULE 1 – Criteria for assessment of applications for capital assistance and review

Part 1 - Capital assistance scheme

1 Application—capital assistance scheme

(1) For an application about assistance under a scheme mentioned in a Ministerial guideline and known as the capital assistance scheme, the criteria are—

(a) the condition and extent of the school’s existing facilities; and

(b) the facilities that are, or are likely to be, needed to provide the school’s curriculum, or proposed curriculum; and

(c) how many students, other than overseas students, attend the school in the year of application; and

(d) how many students, other than overseas students, are expected to attend the school in the 2 years after the year of application; and

(e) the characteristics of the students who attend, or are expected to attend, the school, including, for example, the ages of the students, and whether they have particular needs because of disabilities or a requirement for special learning support; and

(f) the school’s financial position; and

(g) the school community’s capacity to obtain financial resources for capital projects, including, for example, by donations, fundraising, loans and payment of fees; and

(h) whether the school is in a remote area of the State; and

(i) whether the proposed capital project aligns with the school’s plans for development.

(2) In this section—

"overseas student" has the meaning given by the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cwlth) .

Part 2 - External infrastructure subsidy scheme

2 Application—external infrastructure subsidy scheme

(1) For an application about assistance under a scheme mentioned in a Ministerial guideline and known as the external infrastructure subsidy scheme, the criteria are whether—

(a) the assistance is for work or a payment required by a relevant entity as part of the entity’s or another relevant entity’s approval, conditions or requirements relating to the capital project at the school; and

(b) the work or payment meets the requirements in the guideline.

(2) In this section—

"relevant entity" means—

(a) a Minister; or

(b) a government entity under the Public Service Act 2008 , section 24 ; or

(c) the local government for the area in which the school is located.