States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976 (Cth)

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STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) AMENDMENT

ACT 1976

No. 134 of 1976

An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools) Act 1972 and the States Grants (Schools) Act 1976.

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

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976

Commencement.

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

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

Principal Act.

3. The States Grants (Schools) Act 1972 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Grants to States for building projects in connexion with schools.

4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5) and substituting the following sub-sections:—

“(4) The Minister shall not, before 1 July 1977, authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with government schools, that, together with such payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976, exceed, in the aggregate, $143,818,000.

“(5) The Minister shall not, before 1 July 1977, authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with non-government schools, that, together with such payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976, exceed, in the aggregate, $41,383,000.”.

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
Name of State	Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Government Schools	Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Non-Government Schools	Total Maximum Grants
$	$	$
New South Wales...................................................	65,089,500	19,262,000	84,351,500
Victoria.................................................................	50,178,500	16,863,000	67,041,500
Queensland............................................................	25,362,500	7,834,500	33,197,000
South Australia......................................................	19,593,000	3,265,500	22,858,500
Western Australia...................................................	14,911,000	3,806,000	18,717,000
Tasmania...............................................................	6,639,000	1,194,000	7,833,000
Totals............................................................	181,773,500	52,225,000	233,998,500

Formal amendments.

6. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the following table:—

Provision	Amendment
Section 4(1) (definition of “qualified accountant”)	Omit “of this Act”.
Section 4(1) (definition of “the schools census date”)	Omit “Commonwealth Statistician”, substitute “Australian Statistician”.
Section 5.................................	Omit “the first day of July”, substitute “1 July”.
Section 6.................................	(a) Omit “the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three” substitute “1 July 1973”.
(b) Omit “the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight”, substitute “30 June 1978”.
Section 9(1).............................	Omit “of this Act”.
Section 9(2).............................	(a) Omit “of this Act”.
(b) Omit “of this sub-section”.
Section 9(3).............................	Omit “of this section”.
Section 10(1)...........................	Omit “thirtieth day of June”, substitute “30 June”.
Section 10(2)...........................	Omit “the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight”, substitute “30 June 1978”.
Part III.....................................	Repeal.

PART III—AMENDMENTS OF STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1976

Principal Act.

7. The States Grants (Schools) Act 1976 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Limit on grants under sections 47 and 48.

8. Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the figures “$400,000” and substituting the figures “$459,500”.

Limit on grants under sections 50 and 51.

9. Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the figures “$860,000” and substituting the figures “$986,500”.

Limit on grants under sections 54 and 55.

10. Section 56 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the figures “$3,587,000” and substituting the figures “$4,119,500”.

Schedules.

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

SCHEDULE 1 Sections 7 and 13

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS AND RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Building and Equipment Projects	Recurrent Expenditure	Totals
$	$	$
New South Wales.........................................................	25,195,500	68,357,000	93,552,500
Victoria.......................................................................	22,218,000	56,195,000	78,413,000
Queensland..................................................................	13,782,000	25,096,500	38,878,500
South Australia............................................................	7,235,500	17,325,000	24,560,500
Western Australia.........................................................	6,511,500	13,669,000	20,180,500
Tasmania.....................................................................	1,779,500	5,175,000	6,954,500
Totals.................................................................	76,722,000	185,817,500	262,539,500

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales.........................................................................................................	4,192,500
Victoria.......................................................................................................................	4,325,000
Queensland..................................................................................................................	1,999,000
South Australia............................................................................................................	806,500
Western Australia.........................................................................................................	868,000
Tasmania.....................................................................................................................	257,000
Total.......................................................................................................................	12,448,000

SCHEDULE 3

Paragraph 11(2)(a) and section 20

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE—MIGRANT EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government schools	Non-government schools	Totals
$	$	$
New South Wales.............................................	5,824,000	1,938,500	7,762,500
Victoria...........................................................	8,423,500	2,329,000	10,752,500
Queensland......................................................	441,500	90,000	531,500
South Australia................................................	1,315,000	815,500	2,130,500
Western Australia.............................................	525,000	1,144,000	1,669,000
Tasmania.........................................................	323,500	11,500	335,000
Totals......................................................	16,852,500	6,328,500	23,181,000

SCHEDULE 4 Sections 14 and 17

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE—LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Level of assistance	Amount per primary school student	Amount per secondary school student
$	$
1.....................................................................................................	76	113
2.....................................................................................................	105	162
3.....................................................................................................	134	210
4.....................................................................................................	164	258
5.....................................................................................................	193	307
6.....................................................................................................	223	355

SCHEDULE 5 Sections 23 and 28

DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government schools	Non-government schools	Totals
$	$	$
New South Wales....................................................	5,482,000	871,500	6,353,500
Victoria...................................................................	5,643,000	1,032,000	6,675,000
Queensland.............................................................	1,582,500	137,500	1,720,000
South Australia........................................................	1,548,000	206,500	1,754,500
Western Australia....................................................	906,000	114,500	1,020,500
Tasmania................................................................	321,000	46,000	367,000
Totals..............................................................	15,482,500	2,408,000	17,890,500

SCHEDULE 6 Section 33

SPECIAL SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government schools	Non-government schools	Totals
$	$	$
New South Wales..............................................	3,360,500	1,310,000	4,670,500
Victoria.............................................................	2,480,000	1,171,500	3,651,500
Queensland.......................................................	1,388,000	610,000	1,998,000
South Australia..................................................	1,032,000	97,500	1,129,500
Western Australia..............................................	888,000	127,000	1,015,000
Tasmania..........................................................	367,000	367,000
Totals.........................................................	9,515,500	3,316,000	12,831,500

SCHEDULE 7 Section 38

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING COURSES AND RELATED TEACHER REMUNERATION OR REPLACEMENT

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Special education training	Teacher remuneration and teacher replacement	Totals
$	$	$
New South Wales..............................................	314,500	2,318,000	2,632,500
Victoria.............................................................	250,000	1,882,000	2,132,000
Queensland.......................................................	139,000	985,000	1,124,000
South Australia..................................................	86,000	633,000	719,000
Western Australia..............................................	74,500	555,000	629,500
Tasmania..........................................................	33,500	244,500	278,000
Totals........................................................	897,500	6,617,500	7,515,000

SCHEDULE 8 Section 44

DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Approved development and service activities	Teacher remuneration and teacher replacement	Totals
$	$	$
New South Wales..............................................	2,431,500	780,000	3,211,500
Victoria.............................................................	2,064,500	631,000	2,695,500
Queensland.......................................................	988,500	322,500	1,311,000
South Australia..................................................	694,000	212,000	906,000

SCHEDULE 8–continued

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Approved development and service activities	Teacher remuneration and teacher replacement	Totals
$	$	$
Western Australia.................................................	538,000	175,500	713,500
Tasmania.............................................................	260,500	79,000	339,500
Totals............................................................	6,977,000	2,200,000	9,177,000

Directions under Principal Act.

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