South Australia

Education (Government Schools Assets Register) Amendment Bill 2005

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Education Act 1972.

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Education Act 1972

4 Amendment of section 5—Interpretation

5 Substitution of section14

13A Register of Government schools assets to be kept

13B Government schools status reports

13C Government schools building plans

14 Annual report

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Education (Government Schools Assets Register) Amendment Act 2005.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of Education Act 1972

4—Amendment of section 5—Interpretation

(1) Section 5(1)—after the definition of the Appeal Board insert:

capital assets of a Government school includes demountables and buildings that are not demountables;

(2) Section 5(1)—after the definition of Government school insert:

Government schools building plan—see section 13C;

Government schools status report—see section 13B;

5—Substitution of section14

Section 14—delete the section and substitute:

13A—Register of Government schools assets to be kept

(1) The Director-General must keep a register of—

(a) the Government schools status reports made under section 13B; and

(b) the Government schools building plans made under section 13C.

(2) The register must be kept in such form as the Director-General considers appropriate.

(3) The register is to be made available for public inspection, free of charge, on a website established by the Department.

13B—Government schools status reports

(1) The Director-General must prepare a report on the status of the assets of each Government school (a Government schools status report) within 4 months after the end of each financial year.

(2) The report must contain the following matters:

(a) particulars of the capital assets of each Government school and the state of repair of those assets as at the end of the financial year to which the report relates, together with a statement identifying how the existing state of repair of those capital assets was assessed;

(b) an assessment of works of a capital nature that have been identified by Government schools or by the Department or another public authority, during the financial year to which the report relates, as works that need to be carried out in Government schools;

(c) an assessment of the progress that has been made in carrying out those works of a capital nature that are identified in the relevant schools building plan as capital works to be carried out during the financial year to which the report relates, together with the amount expended in carrying out each of those works during that financial year;

(d) particulars of the amount expended on maintenance work for each Government school during the financial year to which the report relates;

(e) particulars of the amount of any additional funding requested by a Government school for urgent maintenance during the financial year to which the report relates and the amount of any additional funding granted for that purpose, together with a statement of reasons for refusal to grant any such additional funding.

13C—Government schools building plans

(1) The Director-General must prepare a plan (a Government schools building plan) within 4 months after the end of each financial year for building and maintenance work in Government schools for the next 3 financial years (inclusive of the financial year in which it is prepared).

(2) The plan must contain the following matters:

(a) particulars of works of a capital nature that are to be carried out in Government schools during the period to which the plan relates, the estimated time frame for completing the works and the estimated cost (at current values) of carrying out the works;

(b) the estimated cost of carrying out maintenance work for each Government school during the period to which the plan relates.

14—Annual report

(1) The Director-General must, in each year, submit to the Minister a report (an annual report) on the administration of the Department during the 12 months ending on the preceding 31 December.

(2) The report must include—

(a) a copy of the Government schools status report made for the financial year ending 30 June in the calendar year to which the annual report relates; and

(b) a copy of the Government schools building plan made during the financial year ending 30 June in the calendar year to which the annual report relates; and

(c) a report on the operation of section 106A during the calendar year to which the annual report relates.

(3) The Minister must, within 12 sitting days after receiving a report under this section, have copies of the annual report laid before both Houses of Parliament.