States Grants (Schools) Act 1974 (Cth)

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1974

No. 110 of 1974

An Act to Increase the Financial Assistance payable to the States in relation to Schools.

 

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows: —

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title.

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Act 1974.

Commencement.

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1972-1973

Citation.

3. (1) In this Part, the States Grants (Schools) Act 1972-1973 is referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Part, may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Act 1972-1974.

Grants to States for building projects in connexion with schools.

4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) the words “the second column of the Schedule to this Act” and substituting the words “column 2 of the Schedule”.

(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (3) the words “the third column” and substituting the word and figure “column 3”; and

(c) by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5) and substituting the following sub-sections:—

“(4) The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with government schools, that—

(a) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June 1975 (including payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Act 1974)—exceed, in the aggregate, $63,761,500;

(b) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June exceed, in the aggregate, $101,247,500; or

(c) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June 1977—exceed, in the aggregate, $136,247,500.

“(5) The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with non-government schools, that—

(a) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June 1975 (including payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Act 1974)— exceed, in the aggregate, $18,511,500;

(b) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June exceed, in the aggregate, $29,222,000; or

(c) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June exceed, in the aggregate, $39,222,000.”.

Schedule.

5. The Principal Act is amended by omitting the Schedule and substituting the following Schedule:—

SCHEDULE Section 8

LIMITS OF GRANTS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Government Schools	Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Non- Government Schools	Total Maximum Grants
$	$	$
New South Wales	61,321,000	18,150,500	79,471,500
Victoria	47,272,500	15,894,500	63,167,000
Queensland	23,892,500	7,383,500	31,276,000
South Australia	18,458,000	3,076,500	21,534,500
Western Australia	14,048,500	3,589,000	17,637,500
Tasmania	6,255,000	1,128,000	7,383,000
171,247,500	49,222,000	220,469,500

  

PART III—AMENDMENTS OF STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1973

Citation.

6. (1) In this Part, the States Grants (Schools) Act 1973 is referred to as the Principal Act.

(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Part, may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Act 1973-1974.

Grants for recurrent expenditure of non-systemic schools.

7. Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting before sub-section (1) the following sub-section:—

“(1a) In this section, ‘period to which this section applies’ means—

(a) the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 January 1974;

(b) the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 July 1974; or

(c) the year commencing on 1 January 1975.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “year to which this Act applies” and substituting the words “period to which this section applies”; and

(c) by omitting sub-section (5) and the table at the foot of that sub­section and substituting the following sub-section and table:—

“(5) There is payable (and, in respect of the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 January 1974, there shall be deemed to have been payable) to a State under this section, in respect of each period to which this section applies, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent expenditure of each non-systemic school in the State—

(a) in the case of the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 January 1974—

(i) if the school is a non-government primary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 2 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving primary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and

 

(ii) if the school is a non-government secondary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 3 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving secondary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year;

(b) in the case of the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 July 1974—

(i) if the school is a non-government primary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 4 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving primary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and

(ii) if the school is a non-government secondary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 5 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving secondary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and

(c) in the case of the year commencing on 1 January 1975—

(i) if the school is a non-government primary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 6 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving primary education at the school on the date in that year that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and

(ii) if the school is a non-government secondary school-an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 7 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving secondary education at the school on the date in that year that is the schools census date for that State of the year.

 

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Category of school	Primary schools— Period of 6 months commenced 1 January 1974	Secondary schools— Period of 6 months commenced 1 January 1974	Primary schools— Period of 6 months commenced 1 July 1974	Secondary schools— Period of 6 months commenced i July 1974	Primary schools— Year commencing 1 January 1975	Secondary schools— Year commencing 1 January 1975
$	$	$	S	$	$
Category A...	27.5	42.5	32	49.5	61	94
Category B...	30	45	35	52.5	73	109
Category C....	32.5	47.5	38	55.5	79	115
Category D...	35	51	41	59.5	91	139
Category E....	37.5	55	44	64.5	109	169
Category F....	40	60	47	70	127	200
Category G...	42.5	65	49.5	76	145	230
Category H...	45	70	52.5	82	163	260

Grants for approved special projects.

8. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) the figures “$6,000,000” and substituting the figures “$7,200,000”.

Schedules.

9. The Principal Act is amended by omitting the Schedules and substituting the following Schedules:—

SCHEDULE 1 Sections 4, 7 and 9

GENERAL BUILDING GRANTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCIENCE LABORATORY BUILDING GRANTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 3	Column 6
Name of State	General building grants for government schools	General building grants for non-government schools	Supplementary grants for science laboratory buildings at non-government schools	Totals of Columns 3 and 4	Totals of Columns 2, 3 and 4
$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales..	37,370,000	5,020,000	720,000	5,740,000	43,110,000
Victoria.................	29,423,000	6,101,500	320,000	6,421,500	35,844,500
Queensland............	14,215,500	2,757,500	350,000	3,107,500	17,323,000
South Australia......	11,010,000	277,500	70,000	347,500	11,357,500
Western Australia..	8,419,000	2,453,000	180,000	2,633,000	11,052,000
Tasmania...............	3,762,000	166,000	40,000	206,000	3,968,000
Totals..........	104,199,500	16,775,500	1,680,000	18,455,500	122,655,000

 

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SCHEDULE 2 Sections 11, 13 and 15

GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

TABLE 1

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Primary schools—Year commenced January 1974	Secondary schools—Year commenced 1 January 1974	Primary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Secondary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975
$	$	S	S
New South Wales..........	12,478,000	10,834,000	28,399,000	25,858,000
Victoria.........................	9,061,000	8,125,000	21,611,000	19,856,000
Queensland...................	5,132,000	3,439,000	12,051,000	8,652,000
South Australia.............	3,618,000	2,321,000	8,216,000	5,699,000
Western Australia..........	3,162,000	1,425,000	7,526,000	3,497,000
Tasmania......................	1,055,000	727,000	2,408,000	1,694,000
Totals.................	34,506,000	26,871,000	80,211,000	65,256,000

TABLE 2

CATHOLIC SYSTEMIC SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Year commenced 1 January 1974	Year commencing 1 January 1975
$	$
New South Wales..........................................................................	11,165,000	17,944,000
Victoria.........................................................................................	9,667,000	15,875,000
Queensland...................................................................................	4,242,000	6,897,000
South Australia..............................................................................	1,248,000	1,997,000
Western Australia..........................................................................	1,790,000	2,940,000
Tasmania......................................................................................	543,000	859,000
Totals.................................................................................	28,655,000	46,512,000

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SCHEDULE 3Sections 17, 20, 22 and 24

GRANTS FOR LIBRARIES AND LIBRARIAN TRAINING

TABLE 1

LIBRARIES IN GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1				Column 2		Column 3			Column 4
Name of State			Primary schools			Secondary schools			Totals
$					$			$
New South Wales..............................................................................	5,892,000				6,558,000			12,450,000
Victoria..............................................................................	4,393,500				5,433,500			9,827,000
Queensland..............................................................................	2,531,500				2,144,500			4,676,000
South Australia.................................................		1,831,500			1,856,000		3,687,500
Western Australia..............................................		1,501,000			1,339,000		2,840,000
Tasmania..........................................................		533,000			668,500		1,201,500
Totals.....................................................		16,682,500			17,999,500		34,682,000

TABLE 2

LIBRARIES IN NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS, INCLUDING

SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS FOR LIBRARY BUILDINGS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	Primary schools	Secondary schools	Secondary schools—Supplementary grants	Totals of columns 2 and 3	Totals of columns 3 and 4
$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales............................	1,572,500	1,038,000	480,000	2,610,500	1,518,000
Victoria...........................................	1,310,500	964,500	330,000	2,275,000	1,294,500
Queensland.....................................	660,500	419,500	210,000	1,080,000	629,500
South Australia...............................	262,000	178,000	90,000	440,000	268,000
Western Australia............................	304,000	199,000	120,000	503,000	319,000
Tasmania........................................	84,000	73,500	50,000	157,500	123,500
Totals...................................	4,193,500	2,872,500	1,280,000	7,066,000	4,152,500

 

TABLE 3

LIBRARIAN TRAINING COURSES AND RELATED TEACHER REPLACEMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Librarian training	Teacher replacement
$	$
New South Wales......................................................................................	408,000	1,120,000
Victoria......................................................................................................	357,000	967,000
Queensland................................................................................................	161,000	438,000
South Australia..........................................................................................	116,000	314,000
Western Australia......................................................................................	91,000	242,000
Tasmania....................................................................................................	47,000	117,000
Totals...............................................................................................	1,180,000	3,198,000

SCHEDULE 4 Sections 26, 29, 31 and 33

GRANTS FOR DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Building projects- Government disadvantaged schools	Building projects- Catholic systemic disadvantaged schools	Recurrent expenditure— Government disadvantaged schools	Recurrent expenditure— Catholic systemic disadvantaged schools
$	$	$	$
New South Wales........................	10,232,500	1,363,000	7,262,000	1,053,000
Victoria........................................	10,444,000	1,814,000	7,270,000	1,269,000
Queensland..................................	2,507,000	230,500	2,269,000	191,000
South Australia............................	2,606,500	314,500	2,031,000	227,000
Western Australia........................	1,314,500	178,000	1,164,000	131,000
Tasmania......................................	250,500	42,000	461,000	36,000
Totals.................................	27,355,000	3,942,000	20,457,000	2,907,000

SCHEDULE 5 Sections 35, 37, 39 and 41

GRANTS FOR SPECIAL SCHOOLS

TABLE 1

BUILDING PROJECTS IN CONNEXION WITH GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Maximum grants
$
New South Wales...................................................................................................	7,443,000
Victoria..................................................................................................................	5,694,000
Queensland.............................................................................................................	3,201,500
South Australia.......................................................................................................	2,072,000
Western Australia...................................................................................................	1,777,000
Tasmania................................................................................................................	657,500
Total............................................................................................................	20,845,000

TABLE 2

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	Government schools—Year commenced 1 January 1974	Government schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Non-government schools—Year commenced 1 January 1974	Non-government schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Totals
$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales.....	1,595,000	2,710,000	840,000	1,124,000	6,269,000
Victoria....................	1,183,000	2,070,000	579,000	799,000	4,631,000

SCHEDULE 5–continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	Government schools—Year commenced 1 January 1974	Government schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Non-government schools—Year commenced 1 January 1974	Non-government schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Totals
$	$	S	$	$
Queensland..................	666,000	1,150,000	411,000	532,000	2,759,000
South Australia............	435,000	750,000	43,000	73,000	1,301,000
Western Australia........	361,000	641,000	55,000	85,000	1,142,000
Tasmania.....................	146,000	242,000	Nil	Nil	388,000
Totals................	4,386,000	7,563,000	1,928,000	2,613,000	16,490,000

TABLE 3

SPECIAL EDUCATION TRAINING COURSES AND RELATED TEACHER REPLACEMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Special education training	Teacher replacement
$	$
New South Wales.......................................................................	450,000	3,386,000
Victoria......................................................................................	403,000	2,902,000
Queensland................................................................................	188,000	1,325,000
South Australia...........................................................................	128,000	946,000
Western Australia.......................................................................	89,000	714,000
Tasmania...................................................................................	46,000	339,000
Totals..............................................................................	1,304,000	9,612,000

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SCHEDULE 6 Sections 44, 47 and 49

GRANTS IN RESPECT OF TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	In-service Teacher Training	Buildings—Teachers’ Education Centres	Recurrent expenditure—Teachers’ Education Centres
$	$	$
New South Wales...........................................	3,116,000	587,000	216,000
Victoria...........................................................	2,683,000	440,500	167,000
Queensland.....................................................	1,247,000	293,500	107,000

 

SCHEDULE 6–continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	In-service Teacher Training	Buildings—Teachers’ Education Centres	Recurrent expenditure—Teachers’ Education Centres
$	$	$
South Australia.....................................	883,000	293,500	107,000
Western Australia..................................	674,000	293,500	107,000
Tasmania..............................................	316,000	147,000	60,000
Totals.........................................	8,919,000	2,055,000	764,000