Schools Assistance Act 2008 Determination of Levels of Education 2008 (Cth)

Commonwealth of Australia

Schools Assistance Act 2008

DETERMINATION OF LEVELS OF EDUCATION 2008

I, Deb Rollings, delegate of the Minister for Education for the purposes of subsection 7(1) of the Schools Assistance Act 2008, determine:

(i)            the level of primary education, junior secondary education or senior secondary education provided at a school (other than a special school) in a State or Territory specified in Column 2 of an item in Column 1 in Schedule 1, is declared to be as set out in Column 3, Column 4 and Column 5 respectively of that item; and

(ii)           the level of primary education or secondary education in a special school in a State or Territory specified in Column 1 in Schedule 2 is declared to be as set out in Column 2 and Column 3 respectively.

Deb Rollings

Branch Manager

Schools Policy, Grants and Reporting

Dated: 18 December 2008

1   CITATION

This determination may be cited as the Determination of Levels of Education 2008.

2   AUTHORITY

This determination is made under section 7 of the Schools Assistance Act 2008 for the purposes of the Act.

3   DATE OF EFFECT

This Determination takes effect on 1 January 2009.

Commonwealth of Australia

Schools Assistance Act 2008

DETERMINATION OF LEVELS OF EDUCATION 2008

SCHEDULE 1 (Levels of education at Schools other than Special Schools)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Item	State or Territory	Level of primary education	Level of junior secondary education	Level of senior secondary education
1.	New South Wales	Pre-year 1 to Year 6	Years 7 to 10	Years 11 to 12
2.	Victoria	Pre-year 1 to Year 6	Years 7 to 10	Years 11 to 12
3.	Queensland	Pre-year 1 to Year 7	Years 8 to 10	Years 11 to 12
4.	Western Australia	Pre-year 1 to Year 7	Years 8 to 10	Years 11 to 12
5.	South Australia	Pre-year 1 to Year 7	Years 8 to 10	Years 11 to 12
6.	Tasmania	Pre-year 1 to Year 6	Years 7 to 10	Years 11 to 12
7.	Northern Territory	Pre-year 1 to Year 6	Years 7 to 10	Years 11 to 12
8.	Australian Capital Territory	Pre-year 1 to Year 6	Years 7 to 10	Years 11 to 12

SCHEDULE 2 (Levels of Education at Special Schools)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State or Territory	Level of primary education	Level of secondary education
All States, Northern Territory, Australian Capital Territory.	Education provided to persons aged 4 to 11 years on 1 July of the particular program year for which financial assistance is to be provided under the Act.	Education provided to persons aged 12 to 21 years on 1 July of the particular program year for which financial assistance is to be provided under the Act.