States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1989 (Cth)

States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act 1989

No. 79 of 1989

An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1988,and for related purposes

[Assented to 21 June 1989]

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 1989.

(2) In this Act, “Principal Act” means the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 19881.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation

3. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of “State” and “State Minister” and substituting the following definitions:

“ ‘State’ includes:

(a) the Australian Capital Territory; and

(b) the Northern Territory;

‘State Minister’ means:

(a) in relation to a State other than the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory—the Minister of the Crown of the State who is responsible, or primarily responsible, for education matters in the State;

(b) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory—the Minister of the Australian Capital Territory who is responsible, or primarily responsible, for education matters in the Australian Capital Territory; or

(c) in relation to the Northern Territory—the Minister of the Northern Territory who is responsible, or primarily responsible, for education matters in the Northern Territory.”.

Grants for recurrent expenditure on education in English as a second language provided in government schools

4. Section 14 of the Principal Act is amended:

(a) by omitting from subsection (1) “column 2 of the part” and substituting “the column of Part 1”;

(b) by omitting from subsection (3) “column 3 of the part” and substituting “the column of Part 2”.

Repeal of Schedules and substitution of new Schedules

5. Schedules 1 to 16 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in the Schedule to this Act are substituted.

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SCHEDULE Section 5

NEW SCHEDULES TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

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SCHEDULE 1 Section 12

CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2
State	1989
$
New South Wales.....................................................................	61,677,000
Victoria....................................................................................	43,937,000
Queensland...............................................................................	30,697,000
Western Australia.....................................................................	16,997,000
South Australia.........................................................................	15,306,000
Tasmania..................................................................................	5,342,000
Northern Territory.....................................................................	2,182,000
Australian Capital Territory.......................................................	1,901,000
Total...............................................................................	178,039,000

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SCHEDULE 2 Section 13

GENERAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

PART 1—PRIMARY EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
224	229	239	250
PART 2—SECONDARY EDUCATION
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
309	338	354	369

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SCHEDULE 3 Section 14

EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE—GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

PART 1—ESL—GENERAL EDUCATION

Column 1		Column 2
State		1989
$
New South Wales...............................................		12,590,000
Victoria..............................................................		10,653,000
Queensland........................................................		2,618,000
Western Australia...............................................		2,621,000
South Australia..................................................		2,725,000
Tasmania...........................................................		359,000
Northern Territory..............................................		316,000
Australian Capital Territory................................		402,000
Total.........................................................		32,284,000
PART 2—ESL—NEW ARRIVALS
Column 1
1989
$2,248

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SCHEDULE 4 Sections 15 and 27

DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS

PART 1—1989

Column 1	Column 2 Disadvantaged government schools	Column 3 Disadvantaged non-government schools
State
$	$
New South Wales....................................	13,403,000	2,700,000
Victoria...................................................	11,440,000	2,907,000
Queensland..............................................	3,961,000	604,000
Western Australia....................................	3,148,000	516,000
South Australia........................................	3,264,000	342,000
Tasmania.................................................	932,000	100,000
Northern Territory....................................	981,000	35,000
Australian Capital Territory......................	23,000	8,000
Total..............................................	37,152,000	7,212,000

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SCHEDULE 5 Sections 16, 28, 36 and 37

SPECIAL EDUCATION

PART 1—1989

Column 1 State	Column 2 Government special education (including integration activities)	Column 3 Government integration activities	Column 4 Non-government special education (including integration activities)	Column 5 Non-government integration activities	Column 6 Special Education Services	Column 7 Children with severe disabilities	Column 8 Early special education
								$	$	$	$	$	$	$
								New South Wales....................................	7,469,000	579,000	1,931,000	165,000	4,095,000	1,566,000	1,643,000
								Victoria....................................	5,320,000	412,000	1,771,000	151,000	5,204,000	1,180,000	1,195,000
								Queensland....................................	3,717,000	288,000	835,000	71,000	1,883,000	793,000	813,000
								Western Australia....................................	2,058,000	160,000	438,000	37,000	1,072,000	442,000	468,000
								South Australia....................................	1,854,000	144,000	378,000	32,000	3,073,000	376,000	389,000
Tasmania....................................	647,000	50,000	123,000	11,000	282,000	133,000	140,000
Northern Territory....................................	264,000	21,000	36,000	3,000	143,000	54,000	62,000
Australian Capital Territory	195,000	2,000	134,000	44,000	43,000
Totals..........................	21,524,000	1,656,000	5,512,000	470,000	15,886,000	4,588,000	4,753,000

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SCHEDULE 6 Section 21

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND CENTRES—CAPITAL PROJECTS

Column 1 Year	Column 2 General capital projects	Column 3 Capital projects for children with disabilities
			$	$
			1989..............................................................	59,456,000	2,776,000

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SCHEDULE 7 Subsection 22 (1)

GENERAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

PART 1—PRIMARY EDUCATION

Column 1 Level of assistance	Column 2 1989	Column 3 1990	Column 4 1991	Column 5 1992
					$	$	$	$
1.........................................	343	343	343	343
2.........................................	458	458	458	458
3.........................................	533	556	564	568
4.........................................	692	692	692	692
5.........................................	766	781	791	797
6.........................................	817	857	871	881
7.........................................	875	930	955	966
8.........................................	1025	1043	1049	1052
9.........................................	1063	1090	1102	1109
10.......................................	1104	1138	1157	1166
11.......................................	1143	1188	1213	1223
12.......................................	1182	1236	1268	1280

SCHEDULE 7—continued

PART 2—SECONDARY EDUCATION

Column 1 Level of assistance	Column 2 1989	Column 3 1990	Column 4 1991	Column 5 1992
					$	$	$	$
1.......................................	544	544	544	544
2.......................................	726	726	726	726
3.......................................	803	825	835	839
4.......................................	1100	1100	1100	1100
5.......................................	1151	1164	1171	1175
6.......................................	1238	1278	1294	1300
7.......................................	1324	1387	1415	1428
8.......................................	1538	1545	1551	1554
9.......................................	1601	1624	1633	1638
10.....................................	1665	1698	1715	1721
11.....................................	1723	1768	1794	1805
12.....................................	1778	1835	1873	1889

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SCHEDULE 8 Subsection 22 (2)

ESTABLISHMENT GRANTS

PART 1—NON-GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Column 1 Year of establishment	Column 2 1989	Column 3 1990	Column 4 1991
				$	$	$
				1986........................................................	57	0	0
1987........................................................	114	57	0
1988........................................................	171	114	57
1989........................................................	171	114	57

PART 2—NON-GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Column 1 Year of establishment	Column 2 1989	Column 3 1990	Column 4 1991
				$	$	$
				1986........................................................	91	0	0
1987........................................................	182	91	0
1988........................................................	273	182	91
1989........................................................	273	182	91

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SCHEDULE 9 Section 24

SHORT-TERM EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1 1989

$

413,000

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SCHEDULE 10 Sections 25 and 26

EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1 Year	Column 2 ESL-general education	Column 3 ESL-new arrivals
			$ 11,552,000	$ 2,248
1989............................................................

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SCHEDULE 11 Section 31

CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR SCHOOLS SERVING PREDOMINANTLY ABORIGINAL OR TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER COMMUNITIES

Column 1 Year	Column 2 Government Schools	Column 3 Non-government Schools
			$	$
			1989............................................................	7,196,000	2,878,000

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SCHEDULE 12 Section 33

PROGRAMS OF ETHNIC EDUCATION

Column 1

Year

Column 2

Maximum amount per student

$

35

1989.......................................................................................

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SCHEDULE 13 Section 34

PRESCRIBED COUNTRY AREAS

Column 1

Column 2

State

1989

$

3,064,000

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

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

1,812,000

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

2,943,000

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

2,165,000

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

1,275,000

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

425,000

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

456,000

Australian Capital Territory........................................................

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

12,140,000

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SCHEDULE 14 Section 35

CHILDREN IN RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS

Column 1

State

Column 2 1989

$

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

977,000

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

736,000

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

494,000

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

276,000

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

234,000

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

83,000

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

34,000

Australian Capital Territory...........................................................

7,000

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

2,841,000

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SCHEDULE 15 Section 38

APPROVED EDUCATION CENTRES

Column 1

Year

Column 2 Amount

$

1,992,000

1989.............................................................................................

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SCHEDULE 16

PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

Column 1

Year

Column 2 Amount

$

1,925,000

1989.............................................................................................

NOTE

1. No. 1, 1989.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 10 May 1989

Senate on 24 May 1989