States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1987 (Cth)

States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1987

No. 37 of 1987

An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1984,and for related purposes

[Assented to 5 June 1987]

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

Short title etc.

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1987.

(2) The States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 19841is 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 by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition in its appropriate alphabetical position (determined on a letter-by-letter basis):

“ ‘full fee paying private overseas secondary student’ means a student of a kind declared by the regulations to be a full fee paying private overseas secondary student for the purposes of this Act;”.

 

Determination of levels of funding for eligible new arrivals

4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3) “$989” and substituting “$1,011”.

List of approved school systems

5. Section 6d of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (5) “the 1 January preceding the making of the determination” and substituting “an earlier date specified in the determination (including a date before the making of the determination)”.

Non-government non-systemic schools—variation of list etc.

6. Section 7c of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (6) “the 1 January preceding the making of the determination” and substituting “an earlier date specified in the determination (including a date before the making of the determination)”.

7. After section 11 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with government schools

“11a. In calculating a number of students for the purposes of subsection 11 (1) (including for the purposes of any resource agreement of the kind referred to in paragraph 11 (1) (e) or (f)), full fee paying private overseas secondary students shall be disregarded.”.

8. After section 25 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Approval of block grant authorities

“25a. (1) The Minister may, in writing, approve a body corporate as a block grant authority in relation to the schools specified in the approval.

“(2) An approval is subject to the conditions specified by the Minister in the approval.

“(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), conditions specified for the purposes of subsection (2) may include a condition that the body corporate enter into an agreement of a specified kind with the Minister.

Approval of building projects and equipment projects in connection with non-government schools and non-government centres

“25b. (1) For the purposes of section 26, the Minister may, subject to this section, approve, in respect of the year 1988 or a subsequent year:

(a) building projects and equipment projects in connection with non-government primary schools in a State;

(b) building projects and equipment projects in connection with non-government secondary schools in a State; and

(c) building projects and equipment projects in connection with non-government centres in a State.

 

“(2) Subject to subsection (3), where the Minister approves a building project or equipment project under subsection (1) in respect of the year 1988 or a subsequent year, the Minister may, in the instrument of approval, specify:

(a) the maximum amount to be paid under section 26 in respect of that project in respect of that year; and

(b) conditions, other than conditions referred to in subparagraph 26 (2) (b) (i), (ii), (iii) and (v), in relation to which the approved authority for the school concerned with the project will be required to enter into an agreement with the Commonwealth before the State makes a grant to the approved authority under section 26 in relation to the project in respect of that year.

“(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an approval of a project in connection with a school in relation to which there is an approved block grant authority.

“(4) A project shall not be approved under subsection (1) if:

(a) the project is in connection with a co-educational school and the Minister is of the opinion that the benefits of, and the opportunities created by, the project will not, as far as practicable, be equally available to male students and female students at the school; or

(b) the sole or principal object, or one of the principal objects, of the project is:

(i) to provide housing or other residential accommodation for teaching or other staff; or

(ii) to provide facilities for use, wholly or partly, for or in relation to religious worship.”.

Limits on grants under section 26 etc.

9. Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (3b) “$2,867,000” and substituting “$2,937,000”.

10. After section 28b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Systemic schools—limits on funding where a number of students are full fee paying private overseas secondary students

“28c. In calculating a number of students for the purposes of subsection

28 (1) (including for the purposes of any resource agreement of the kind referred to in paragraph 28 (1) (e) or (f)), full fee paying private overseas secondary students shall be disregarded.”.

11. After section 29b of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Non-systemic schools—limits on funding where a number of students are full fee paying private overseas secondary students

“29c. In calculating a number of students for the purposes of subsection 29 (1), full fee paying private overseas secondary students shall be disregarded.”.

 

Limits on grants under section 52

12. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from paragraph (3) (a) “$6,063,000” and substituting “$6,210,000”; and

(b) by omitting from paragraph (3) (b) “$2,425,000” and substituting “$2,483,000”.

Limits on grants under section 70b

13. Section 70c of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “$204,000” and substituting “$208,000”.

Amendment of Schedules

14. (1) Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 1 to this Act.

(2) Schedule 2 to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Act is substituted.

(3) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 3 to this Act.

(4) Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 4 to this Act.

(5) Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 5 to this Act.

(6) Schedule 7 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 6 to this Act.

(7) Schedule 8 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 7 to this Act.

(8) Schedule 11 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 8 to this Act.

(9) Schedule 14 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 9 to this Act.

(10) Schedule 15 to the Principal Act is amended by omitting Part III and substituting the Part set out in Schedule 10 to this Act.

Payments made before Royal Assent

15. 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 Subsection 14 (1)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE I TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales...................................................................................	52,594,000
Victoria.................................................................................................	39,050,000
Queensland............................................................................................	25,871,000
Western Australia...................................................................................	14,428,000
South Australia......................................................................................	13,599,000
Tasmania...............................................................................................	4,590,000
Northern Territory..................................................................................	1,868,000
Total...............................................................................................	152,000,000

 

SCHEDULE 2 Subsection 14 (2)

NEW SCHEDULE 2 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 2 Section 11

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

PART I—LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR RECURRENT GRANTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS (INCLUSIVE OF MAXIMUM RESOURCE AGREEMENT ALLOCATIONS)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Amount per student for 1985	Amount per student for 1986	Amount per student for 1987	Amount per student for 1988
				$	$	$	$
158	174	184	191

PART II—BASE YEAR LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR RECURRENT GRANTS FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Amount per student for 1985	Amount per student for 1986	Amount per student for 1987 and 1988
$	$	$
151	167	173

PART III—LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR RECURRENT GRANTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS (INCLUSIVE OF MAXIMUM RESOURCE AGREEMENT ALLOCATIONS)

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Amount per student for 1985	Amount per student for 1986	Amount per student for 1987	Amount per student for 1988
				$	$	$	$
174	204	235	261

 

SCHEDULE 2—continued

PART IV—BASE YEAR LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR RECURRENT GRANTS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Amount per student for 1985	Amount per student for 1986	Amount per student for 1987 and 1988
$	$	$
151	184	190

 

SCHEDULE 3 Subsection 14 (3)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 3 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Amounts	Amounts
$	$
New South Wales................................................................	9,718,000	1,609,000
Victoria...............................................................................	8,222,000	1,362,000
Queensland..........................................................................	2,021,000	334,000
Western Australia................................................................	2,023,000	335,000
South Australia....................................................................	2,103,000	348,000
Tasmania.............................................................................	277,000	46,000
Northern Territory................................................................	244,000	41,000
Total............................................................................	24,608,000	4,075,000

 

SCHEDULE 4 Subsection 14 (4)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 4 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

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................	12,056,000	2,429,000	2,757,000	17,242,000
Victoria...............................	10,290,000	2,616,000	1,630,000	14,536,000
Queensland..........................	3,566,000	543,000	2,647,000	6,756,000
Western Australia................	2,832,000	466,000	1,947,000	5,245,000
South Australia....................	2,935,000	307,000	1,147,000	4,389,000
Tasmania.............................	838,000	89,000	382,000	1,309,000
Northern Territory................	882,000	31,000	410,000	1,323,000
Total...............................	33,399,000	6,481,000	10,920,000	50,800,000

 

SCHEDULE 5 Subsection 14 (5)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 5 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
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	Special Education Services
						$	$	$	$	$
						New South Wales.............	6,665,000	517,000	1,731,000	148,000	3,202,000
						Victoria............................	4,893,000	379,000	1,606,000	137,000	4,682,000
						Queensland......................	3,281,000	255,000	755,000	65,000	1,273,000
						Western Australia.............	1,818,000	140,000	377,000	32,000	773,000
						South Australia.................	1,718,000	133,000	335,000	28,000	2,765,000
						Tasmania.........................	586,000	46,000	111,000	9,000	141,000
						Northern Territory............	227,000	18,000	33,000	3,000	112,000
Total...............................	19,188,000	1,488,000	4,948,000	422,000	12,948,000

 

SCHEDULE 6 Subsection 14 (6)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 7 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Government schools year commencing 1 January 1987	Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1987
			$	$
New South Wales..............................................................	1,906,000	484,000
Victoria.............................................................................	1,359,000	428,000
Queensland.......................................................................	1,068,000	232,000
Western Australia..............................................................	633,000	146,000
South Australia.................................................................	581,000	137,000
Tasmania..........................................................................	258,000	79,000
Northern Territory.............................................................	178,000	42,000
Total............................................................................	5,983,000	1,548,000

 

SCHEDULE 7 Subsection 14 (7)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 8 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales....................................................................................	17,343,000
Victoria...................................................................................................	15,857,000
Queensland..............................................................................................	8,202,000
Western Australia....................................................................................	4,026,000
South Australia........................................................................................	3,407,000
Tasmania.................................................................................................	1,203,000
Northern Territory....................................................................................	501,000
Total...................................................................................................	50,539,000

 

SCHEDULE 8 Subsection 14 (8)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 11 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Total of all additional grants under section 31 for non-government schools in need of short-term emergency assistance	Total of all grants under sections 32 and 33 for general education in English as a second language in non-government schools	Total of all grants under section 73 for approved education centres	Total of all grants under section 76 for projects or programs of national significance
$	$	$	$
371,000	10,296,000	1,792,000	1,806,000

 

SCHEDULE 9 Subsection 14 (9)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 14 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Residential institutions	Severely Handicapped children
$	$
New South Wales..............................................................	879,000	1,409,000
Victoria.............................................................................	670,000	1,075,000
Queensland.......................................................................	440,000	706,000
Western Australia..............................................................	241,000	387,000
South Australia.................................................................	213,000	342,000
Tasmania..........................................................................	75,000	121,000
Northern Territory.............................................................	30,000	48,000
Total..........................................................................	2,548,000	4,088,000

 

SCHEDULE 10 Subsection 14 (10)

NEW PART III OF SCHEDULE 15 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

PART III—1987

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
$
New South Wales................................................................................	1,506,000
Victoria...............................................................................................	1,114,000
Queensland.........................................................................................	568,000
Western Australia................................................................................	353,000
South Australia....................................................................................	520,000
Tasmania............................................................................................	118,000
Northern Territory...............................................................................	58,000
Total...............................................................................................	4,237,000

NOTE

1. No. 126, 1984, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 60 and 163, 1985; and Nos. 66 and 155, 1986.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 29 April 1987

Senate on 11 May 1987