States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) (SES Scores Guidelines) Approval 2000 (Cth)

States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) (SES Scores Guidelines) Approval 2000

I, DAVID KEMP, Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs, give this Approval under section 7 of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000.

Dated 21 December 2000

DAVID KEMP

Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs

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1          Name of Approval

This Approval is the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) (SES Scores Guidelines) Approval 2000.

2          Date of taking effect

This approval takes effect on 1 January 2001.

3          Approval of Guidelines

The Guidelines set out in the Schedule are approved.

SCHEDULE   Guidelines for determining the SES score of a school

1          Application of Guidelines

These Guidelines apply to any determination of an SES score for a school for the purposes of the Act. 

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2          Definitions

In these Guidelines, the following definitions apply:

Act means the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000;

Australian Bureau of Statistics means the Australian Bureau of Statistics established under section 5 of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975;

calendar year means the 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 or 2004 calendar year;

CD number, for a CD, means the number attributed to the CD by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the purposes of the Census;

Census means the 1996 Census of Population and Housing conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics;

Census Collection District (or CD) means an area designated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics as a Census Collection District for the purposes of the Census;

geocoding, for a student residential address included in a statement of addresses for a school, means the process of assigning that address to a CD;

school means a non-government school;

SES dimension means any of the following dimensions;

(a)Occupation;

(b)Education;

(c)Household Income;

(d)Household Income based on Families with Dependent Children;

SES dimension score, for a CD, means the number, rounded to 4 decimal places, derived from data collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics for the purposes of the Census and shown in the column SES dimension score for an SES dimension opposite the CD number for that CD shown in the column CD number in the document entitled Funding Arrangements for Non-Government Schools 2001 – 2004: SES Dimension Scores for Census Collection Districts (CDs) based on the SES Index for General Recurrent Grants Funding published by the Department;

[Note: the document is available at the Internet site

statement of addresses, for a school, means a statement:

(a) that contains student residential addresses for the school for the calendar year specified in the statement; and

(b) that is provided by the approved authority of the school to the Department;

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student residential address, for a school, means the residential address of a student receiving primary education or secondary education at the school other than a student:

(a) who is an overseas student; or

(b) who is receiving primary distance education or secondary distance education at the school.

3          Geocoding of students’ residential addresses

Each student residential address contained in the statement of addresses for a school is to be geocoded unless it is not reasonably practicable to geocode that address.

4          Method to be followed in determining the SES score for a school

Work out the SES score for a school using the following method statement:

Method statement
Step 1. Set out opposite each geocoded student residential address in the statement of addresses for the school, the applicable CD number for that address.

Step 2. Where a CD that is listed as a result of step 1 has one or more SES dimension scores, set out opposite the CD number the SES dimension score applicable to each such dimension for the CD.

Step 3. Total the SES dimension scores set out in step 2 for each SES dimension for the school.

Step 4. Divide the result of step 3 for each SES dimension by the number of geocoded student residential addresses for which there is an SES dimension score for that dimension.  The average values are to be rounded to 4 decimal places, with rounding up if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more.

[Note: If a geocoded student residential addresses does not have an SES dimension score for that dimension it is not counted for the purpose of arriving at an average value for the dimension.]

Step 5. Apply the resulting average values from step 4 to the following formula to      produce a raw SES score.  The resulting raw SES score is to be rounded to 4 decimal places, with rounding up if the fifth decimal place is 5 or more:
           A  +  B  +  C  +  D
             3      3       6       6
where:
A is the average value from step 4 for the SES scores for the Occupation dimension;
B is the average value from step 4 for the SES scores for the Education dimension;
C is the average value from step 4 for the SES scores for the Household Income dimension; and
D is the average value from step 4 for the SES scores for the Household Income based on Families with Dependent Children dimension.

Step 6. Round the result of step 5 to a whole number, with rounding up if the first decimal place is 5 or more, to produce the SES score for the school.

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5          Example of the method to be followed in calculating the SES score for a school

An example of the method used to calculate an SES score for a school, is shown in the following Table.

Table: Example of calculation of the SES score for a school

Address	CD number	Occupation dimension score	Education dimension score		Household Income dimension score	Household Income based on Families with Dependent Children dimension score
1	5 Smooth St Curlcurl NSW 2000	2587415	140.2584	126.6541		132.2541	131.8956
2	4 Rough St Flattown NSW 2000	2587416	69.0125	78.2569
3	7 Wavy St Ziptown NSW 2000	2587345	58.2143		85.2569
4	2 Red St Red Town NSW 2000	2587422
5	1 Flat Street, Flattown NSW 2000	2587417	51.2698	25.1587		41.3658
(a) Total of the SES dimension scores			260.5407	288.2840		217.5110	173.2614
(b) Total number of  geocoded student residential addresses with a score for that dimension			3	4		2	2
Average value of dimension [(a) divided by (b)]			86.8469	72.0710		108.7555	86.6307
Occupation dimension / 3 + Education dimension / 3 + Household Income dimension / 6 +Household Income based on Families with Dependent Children dimension / 6					86.8469 / 3  +  72.0710 / 3  +  108.7555 / 6  +  86.6307 / 6
28.9490 + 24.0237 + 18.1259 + 14.4385
School’s raw SES score (to 4 decimal places)							85.5371
School’s SES score (rounded)							86

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