States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1984 (Cth)

States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1984

No. 49 of 1984

An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1983 and for related purposes

[Assented to 25 June 1984]

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

Short title, &c.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1984.

(2) The States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 19831is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

Commencement

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

Interpretation

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after the definition of “multicultural education” in sub-section (1), the following definition:

 

“‘non-government body’ means a body that is not managed or controlled by or on behalf of the Government of a State or of the Northern Territory;”;

(b) by inserting in sub-section (15) “the approved authority of a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school,” after “non-government school,”;

(c) by inserting in sub-section (17) “a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school” after “a non-government school,”; and

(d) by inserting in sub-section (17) “, of that non-government body” after “of that school”.

Determination of levels of funding for eligible new arrivals

4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “$862” and substituting “$867”.

Approval of building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities

5. Section 41 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:

“(3) Without limiting the generality of the expression ‘building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities in a State’ in this section, that expression includes a project the sole or principal object of which is to provide hostel accommodation for students at those schools.”.

Grants for building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities

6. Section 42 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-section (2) and substituting the following sub-section:

“(2) Where a project approved under section 41 is a project in connection with a government school (other than such a project that is administered by a non-government body), financial assistance granted to a State under sub-section (1) in respect of that project is granted on the conditions that—

(a) the state will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section in respect of that project is applied by the State for the purpose of meeting expenditure, in respect of commitments already undertaken or to be undertaken not later than 31 December 1984, in relation to that project; and

 

(b) the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than 30 June 1985 or such later date as the Minister approves) a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the person has satisfied himself that the condition specified in paragraph (a) has been fulfilled.”;

(b) by inserting in sub-section (3) “or is a project in connection with a government school but administered by a non-government body” after a “a non-government school”;

(c) by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) “or to the approved authority of the non-government body, as the case requires,” after “the school”;

(d) by inserting in paragraph (3) (b) “or to the approved authority of the non-government body, as the case requires,” after “the school”;

(e) by omitting from sub-section (5) “in connection with a non-government school” and substituting “, being a project in connection with a non-government school or being a project in connection with a government school but administered by a non-government body,”; and

(f) by omitting from sub-section (6) “or the approved authority of a non-government school” and substituting “, the approved authority of a non-government school or the approved authority of a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school”.

Limits on grants under section 42

7. Section 43 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting the following paragraphs:

“(a) in relation to projects approved in connection with government schools other than projects administered by non-government bodies in connection with such schools—$5,235,000; and

(b) in relation to projects approved in connection with non-government schools and to projects, approved in connection with government schools, being projects administered by non-government bodies—$2,094,000.”.

Substitution of Schedules

8. (1) Schedules 1 to 7 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 1 to this Act are substituted.

(2) Schedules 10 to 14 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 2 to this Act are substituted.

Payments made before Royal Assent

9. Payments (including advances) by way of financial assistance made to a State or to the Northern Territory under the Principal Act shall be deemed to have been made for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

   

SCHEDULE 1 Sub-section 8 (1)

SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES 1 TO 7 (INCLUSIVE) TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 1 Section 7

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7
Name of State	General capital	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (a) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (b) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (c) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (d) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Total
$	$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales	32,070,000	7,429,000	4,849,000	3,970,000	4,274,000	52,592,000
Victoria..............	23,789,000	5,955,000	3,626,000	2,968,000	3,264,000	39,602,000
Queensland.......	16,436,000	2,833,000	2,280,000	1,867,000	2,111,000	25,527,000
Western Australia.............................	8,994,000	1,861,000	1,292,000	1,058,000	1,201,000	14,406,000
South Australia.	8,372,000	1,891,000	1,289,000	1,055,000	1,189,000	13,796,000
Tasmania..........	2,794,000	585,000	429,000	351,000	402,000	4,561,000
Northern Territory.............................	1,102,000	387,000	148,000	120,000	124,000	1,881,000
Totals...........	93,557,000	20,941,000	13,913,000	11,389,000	12,565,000	152,365,000

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

Column 1

Name of State

Column 2

Amounts

$

New South Wales...................................................................................................................

110,610,000

Victoria.....................................................................................................................................

82,711,000

Queensland..............................................................................................................................

52,020,000

Western Australia...................................................................................................................

29,486,000

South Australia........................................................................................................................

29,422,000

Tasmania.................................................................................................................................

9,776,000

Northern Territory..................................................................................................................

3,364,000

Total................................................................................................................................

317,389,000

 

SCHEDULE 3 Section 11

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-GENERAL EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales...................................................................................................................	15,156,000
Victoria.....................................................................................................................................	14,143,000
Queensland..............................................................................................................................	2,494,000
Western Australia...................................................................................................................	3,325,000
South Australia........................................................................................................................	3,926,000
Tasmania.................................................................................................................................	507,000
Northern Territory..................................................................................................................	356,000
Total................................................................................................................................	39,907,000

 

SCHEDULE 4 Sections 14. 33 and 53

DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS AND PRESCRIBED COUNTRY AREAS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools	Prescribed country areas	Totals
$	$	$	$
New South Wales.....................	10,344,000	2,083,000	2,467,000	14,894,000
Victoria.......................................	8,828,000	2,244,000	1,459,000	12,531,000
Queensland................................	3,060,000	466,000	2,368,000	5,894,000
Western Australia.....................	2,430,000	400,000	1,742,000	4,572,000
South Australia.........................	2,518,000	264,000	1,026,000	3,808,000
Tasmania...................................	719,000	76,000	342,000	1,137,000
Northern Territory....................	757,000	27,000	366,000	1,150,000
Totals...................................	28,656,000	5,560,000	9,770,000	43,986,000

   

SCHEDULE 5 Sections 15, 16, 34 and 35

SPECIAL EDUCATION (INCLUDING INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Government special education (including government integration activities)	Government integration activities	Non-government special education (including non-government integration activities)	Non-government integration activities
$	$	$	$
New South Wales......................	7,294,000	466,000	1,938,000	135,000
Victoria.......................................	5,454,000	348,000	1,796,000	125,000
Queensland................................	3,430,000	219,000	827,000	58,000
Western Australia.....................	1,944,000	123,000	406,000	28,000
South Australia..........................	1,939,000	123,000	364,000	25,000
Tasmania...................................	646,000	42,000	49,000	8,000
Northern Territory.....................	223,000	15,000	11,000	2,000
Totals....................................	20,930,000	1,336,000	5,391,000	381,000

 

SCHEDULE 6 Section 18

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-COMPUTER EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Government schools year commencing 1 January 1984	Government schools year commencing 1 January 1985	Government schools year commencing 1 January 1986	Total
$	$	$	$
New South Wales......................	1,554,000	1,554,000	1,554,000	4,662,000
Victoria.......................................	1,290,000	1,290,000	1,290,000	3,870,000
Queensland................................	680,000	680,000	680,000	2,040,000
Western Australia.....................	449,000	449,000	449,000	1,347,000
South Australia..........................	485,000	485,000	485,000	1,455,000
Tasmania...................................	240,000	240,000	240,000	720,000
Northern Territory.....................	137,000	137,000	137,000	411,000
Totals....................................	4,835,000	4,835,000	4,835,000	14,505,000

 

SCHEDULE 7Section 22

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS-BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	General capital	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (a) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (b) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (c) of definition of “prescribed purpose”	Total
$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales..............	12,478,000	1,523,000	1,849,000	1,403,000	17,253,000
Victoria................................	10,747,000	1,531,000	1,803,000	1,396,000	15,477,000
Queensland.........................	6,843,000	492,000	789,000	670,000	8,794,000
Western Australia..............	3,200,000	307,000	389,000	331,000	4,227,000
South Australia..................	2,573,000	238,000	347,000	278,000	3,436,000
Tasmania............................	1,052,000	74,000	116,000	92,000	1,334,000
Northern Territory.............	664,000	23,000	33,000	18,000	738,000
Totals............................	37,557,000	4,188,000	5,326,000	4,188,000	51,259,000

 

SCHEDULE 2 Sub-section 8 (2)

SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES 10 TO 14 (INCLUSIVE) TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

 

SCHEDULE 10 Sections 25, 28, 62 and 65

MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS

Column 1	Column 2		Column 3	Column 4
Total of all additional grants under sections 23 and 24 for non-government schools in needs of short-term emergency assistance		Total of all grants under sections 26 and 27 for general education in English as a second language in non-government schools	Total of all grants under section 61 for approved education centres	Total of all grants under section 64 for projects or programs of national significance
$		$	$	$
614,000		17,498,000	2,286,000	1,737,000

   

SCHEDULE 11

Section 39

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—COMPUTER EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1984	Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1988	Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1986	Total
$	$	$	$
New South Wales...............	338,000	338,000	338,000	1,014,000
Victoria.................................	341,000	341,000	341,000	1,023,000
Queensland..........................	178,000	178,000	178,000	534,000
Western Australia...............	115,000	115,000	115,000	345,000
South Australia....................	107,000	107,000	107,000	321,000
Tasmania.............................	71,000	71,000	71,000	213,000
Northern Territory..............	31,000	31,000	31,000	93,000
Totals..............................	1,181,000	1,181,000	1,181,000	3,543,000

 

SCHEDULE 12 Sections 45 and 48

MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

PART I —AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO STATES

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales.......................................................................................................................	1,497,000
Victoria.........................................................................................................................................	1,183,000
Queensland..................................................................................................................................	688,000
Western Australia.......................................................................................................................	378,000
South Australia............................................................................................................................	370,000
Tasmania.....................................................................................................................................	123,000
Northern Territory......................................................................................................................	50,000
Totals......................................................................................................................................	4,289,000

PART II—GRANTS IN RELATION TO APPROVED MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE TOTAL OF GRANTS—$380,000

   

SCHEDULE 13 Sections 55 and 58

RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Residential institutions	Severely handicapped children
$	$
New South Wales...................................................................................	764,000	1,206,000
Victoria.....................................................................................................	604,000	940,000
Queensland..............................................................................................	352,000	594,000
Western Australia...................................................................................	193,000	326,000
South Australia.......................................................................................	189,000	301,000
Tasmania.................................................................................................	63,000	104,000
Northern Territory..................................................................................	21,000	37,000
Totals.................................................................................................	2,186,000	3,508,000

 

SCHEDULE 14 Section 60

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

PART I—AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO STATES

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales.....................................................................................................................	3,721,000
Victoria.......................................................................................................................................	2,621,000
Queensland................................................................................................................................	2,026,000
Western Australia.....................................................................................................................	904,000
South Australia..........................................................................................................................	843,000
Tasmania...................................................................................................................................	275,000
Northern Territory....................................................................................................................	130,000
Totals....................................................................................................................................	10,520,000

PART II—GRANTS IN RELATION TO APPROVED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES TOTAL OF GRANTS—$173,000

 

NOTE

1. No. 119, 1983.