States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992 (Cth)

States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992

No. 159 of 1992

An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1988

[Assented to 11 December 1992]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

Short title etc.

1.(1) This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992.

(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:

1. (a)

   by inserting “or recognised visa” after “recognised temporary entry permit” in subparagraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “eligible new arrival” in subsection (1);

2. (b)

   by inserting “or recognised visa” after “recognised temporary entry permit” in subparagraph (a)(ii) of the definition of “general education in English as a second language” in subsection (1);

(c)

by inserting the following definitions in subsection (1):

“ ‘recognised visa’ means a valid visa in respect of which a declaration under section 4AA is in force;

‘valid visa’ has the same meaning as in the Migration Act 1958;”.

4. After section 4A of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Recognised visas

“4AA.(1) The Minister may declare a valid visa to be a recognised visa for the purposes of this Act.

“(2) The declaration must be in writing.”.

Repeal of Schedules and substitution of new Schedules

5.(1) Schedules 1 to 10 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 1 to this Act are substituted.

(2)

Schedule 13 to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 2 to this Act is substituted.

(3)

Schedules 15 to 17 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 3 to this Act are substituted.

(4)

Schedules 19 and 20 to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 4 to this Act are substituted.

SCHEDULE 1 Subsection 5(1)

NEW SCHEDULES 1 TO 10 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 1 Section 12

CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

PART 1—GENERAL PROJECTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
New South Wales..................	61,677,000	64,270,000	67,151,000	67,449,000
Victoria....................................	43,937,000	45,130,000	47,294,000	47,791,000
Queensland.............................	30,697,000	32,249,000	34,723,000	35,509,000
Western Australia..................	16,997,000	17,814,000	19,041,000	19,541,000
South Australia.......................	15,306,000	15,668,000	16,649,000	16,778,000
Tasmania................................	5,342,000	5,546,000	5,823,000	5,931,000
Australian Capital Territory.	1,901,000	3,453,000	3,653,000	3,680,000
Northern Territory.................	2,182,000	2,228,000	2,329,000	2,383,000
Total.........................................	178,039,000	186,358,000	196,663,000	199,062,000

PART 2—PROJECTS ASSISTING RETENTION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	1991	1992
$	$
New South wales................................................................................................	8,231,000	4,165,000
Victoria.................................................................................................................	6,039,000	3,056,000
Queensland..........................................................................................................	3,753,000	1,900,000
Western Australia...............................................................................................	1,944,000	984,000
South Australia...................................................................................................	1,781,000	902,000
Tasmania.............................................................................................................	726,000	368,000
Northern Territory..............................................................................................	204,000	103,000
Total.....................................................................................................................	22,678,000	11,478,000

SCHEDULE 1—continued

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
$	$	$	$
226	245	264	282

PART 2—SECONDARY EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
312	360	391	416

PART 3—PRIMARY EDUCATION— STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Column 1	Column 2
1991	1992
$	$
53	56

PART 4—SECONDARY EDUCATION—STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES

Column 1	Column 2
1991	1992
$	$
78	83

SCHEDULE 1—continued

SCHEDULE 3 Section 14

EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE—GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

PART 1—ESL—GENERAL EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
New South Wales............................	12,724,000	13,431,000	13,893,000	14,656,000
Victoria.............................................	10,764,000	11,361,000	11,756,000	12,401,000
Queensland......................................	2,645,000	2,792,000	2,889,000	3,047,000
Western Australia...........................	2,647,000	2,794,000	2,892,000	3,051,000
South Australia................................	2,753,000	2,906,000	3,007,000	3,172,000
Tasmania.........................................	361,000	381,000	395,000	417,000
Australian Capital Territory..........	361,000	722,000	747,000	788,000
Northern Territory...........................	320,000	338,000	349,000	368,000
Total..................................................	32,575,000	34,725,000	35,928,000	37,900,000

PART 2—ESL—NEW ARRIVALS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
2,271	2,398	2,480	2,617

SCHEDULE 1—continued

SCHEDULE 4 Sections 15 and 27

DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS

PART 1—1989

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools
$	$
New South Wales....................................................................	13,541,000	2,727,000
Victoria......................................................................................	11,558,000	2,937,000
Queensland................................................................................	4,002,000	611,000
Western Australia....................................................................	3,180,000	522,000
South Australia..........................................................................	3,298,000	346,000
Tasmania..................................................................................	942,000	101,000
Australian Capital Territory...................................................	23,000	8,000
Northern Territory...................................................................	992,000	35,000
Total...........................................................................................	37,536,000	7,287,000

PART 2—1990

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools
$	$
New South Wales.....................................................................	14,293,000	2,879,000
Victoria.......................................................................................	12,200,000	3,100,000
Queensland...............................................................................	4,225,000	645,000
Western Australia.....................................................................	3,357,000	551,000
South Australia..........................................................................	3,481,000	365,000
Tasmania..................................................................................	994,000	106,000
Australian Capital Territory...................................................	46,000	16,000
Northern Territory...................................................................	1,047,000	37,000
Total...........................................................................................	39,643,000	7,699,000

SCHEDULE 1— continued

SCHEDULE 4—continued

PART 3—1991

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools
$	$
New South Wales....................................................................	17,932,000	2,978,000
Victoria......................................................................................	12,622,000	3,272,000
Queensland...............................................................................	6,020,000	668,000
Western Australia....................................................................	5,069,000	570,000
South Australia.........................................................................	4,478,000	377,000
Tasmania..................................................................................	2,189,000	112,000
Australian Capital Territory...................................................	48,000	16,000
Northern Territory....................................................................	1,083,000	71,000
Total...........................................................................................	49,441,000	8,064,000

PART 4—1992

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools
$	$
New South Wales.....................................................................	18,917,000	3,142,000
Victoria.......................................................................................	13,314,000	3,452,000
Queensland...............................................................................	6,351,000	704,000
Western Australia....................................................................	5,348,000	601,000
South Australia.........................................................................	4,724,000	398,000
Tasmania...................................................................................	2,309,000	118,000
Australian Capital Territory...................................................	50,000	17,000
Northern Territory....................................................................	1,142,000	75,000
Total...........................................................................................	52,155,000	8,507,000

SCHEDULE 5 Sections 16, 16a, 17, 21, 28, 28a, 36, 37 and 37a

SPECIAL EDUCATION

PART 1—1989

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8
State	Government Special Education (including integration activities)	Government integration activities	Non-government Special Education (including integration activities)	Non-government integration activities	Special Education Services	Children with severe disabilities	Early Special Education
$	$	$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales...................................................	7,546,000	585,000	1,947,000	166,000	4,137,000	1,582,000	1,660,000
Victoria...................................................	5,375,000	416,000	1,785,000	152,000	5,258,000	1,193,000	1,207,000
Queensland...................................................	3,755,000	291,000	842,000	72,000	1,902,000	801,000	821,000
Western Australia...................................................	2,079,000	161,000	442,000	38,000	1,083,000	446,000	473,000
South Australia...................................................	1,873,000	145,000	381,000	33,000	3,105,000	380,000	394,000
Tasmania...................................................	654,000	51,000	125,000	11,000	284,000	134,000	141,000
Australian Capital Territory...................................................	191,000	2,000	7,000	7,000	145,000	45,000	44,000
Northern Territory...................................................	267,000	21,000	36,000	3,000	144,000	55,000	63,000
Total...................................................	21,740,000	1,672,000	5,565,000	482,000	16,058,000	4,636,000	4,803,000

SCHEDULE 5—continued

PART 2—1990

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6	Column 7	Column 8
State	Government Special Education (including integration activities)	Government integration activities	Non-government Special Education (including integration activities)	Non-government integration activities	Special Education Services	Children with severe disabilities	Early Special Education
$	$	$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales...................................................	7,991,000	619,000	2,048,000	176,000	4,621,000	1,674,000	1,753,000
Victoria...................................................	5,612,000	435,000	1,872,000	160,000	5,550,000	1,244,000	1,273,000
Queensland...................................................	4,010,000	311,000	896,000	76,000	2,278,000	856,000	868,000
Western Australia...................................................	2,215,000	172,000	477,000	41,000	1,269,000	484,000	513,000
South Australia...................................................	1,948,000	150,000	403,000	34,000	2,603,000	394,000	410,000
Tasmania...................................................	690,000	53,000	130,000	11,000	366,000	138,000	144,000
Australian Capital Territory...................................................	429,000	33,000	13,000	13,000	272,000	88,000	88,000
Northern Territory...................................................	277,000	22,000	40,000	3,000	162,000	56,000	64,000
Total...................................................	23,172,000	1,795,000	5,879,000	514,000	17,121,000	4,934,000	5,113,000

SCHEDULE 1— continued

SCHEDULE 5—continued

PART 3—1991

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	Schools Support Government Element	Schools Support Non-Government Element	Intervention Support Joint Element	Capital Support Non-Government Element
$	$	$	$
New South Wales..................................	8,187,000	7,253,000	4,627,000
Victoria....................................................	5,765,000	7,657,000	3,406,000
Queensland.............................................	4,232,000	3,574,000	2,337,000
Western Australia..................................	2,322,000	1,945,000	1,344,000
South Australia.......................................	2,030,000	2,413,000	1,087,000
Tasmania................................................	710,000	583,000	381,000
Australian Capital Territory.................	445,000	295,000	238,000
Northern Territory.................................	284,000	223,000	160,000
Total.........................................................	23,975,000	23,943,000	13,580,000	3,859,000

PART 4—1992

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	Schools Support Government Element	Schools Support Non-Government Element	Intervention Support Joint Element	Capital Support Non-Government Element
$	$	$	$
New South Wales..................................	8,568,000	7,531,000	5,019,000
Victoria....................................................	6,072,000	7,448,000	4,156,000
Queensland.............................................	4,512,000	3,184,000	3,120,000
Western Australia..................................	2,482,000	2,007,000	1,465,000
South Australia.......................................	2,132,000	1,575,000	1,303,000
Tasmania................................................	754,000	512,000	485,000
Australian Capital Territory.................	467,000	472,000	264,000
Northern Territory.................................	303,000	185,000	196,000
Total.........................................................	25,290,000	22,914,000	16,008,000	3,906,000

SCHEDULE 1—continued

SCHEDULE 6 Section 21

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS AND CENTRES—CAPITAL PROJECTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Year	General projects	Capital projects for children with disabilities	Projects assisting retention
$	$	$
1989	59,456,000	2,776,000
1990	64,578,000	3,564,000
1991	68,149,000	11,339,000
1992	83,981,000	11,478,000

SCHEDULE 7 Subsection 22(1)

GENERAL RECURRENT EXPENDITURE OF NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

PART 1—PRIMARY EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Level of assistance	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
1.............................................	347	366	379	387
2..............................................	463	488	505	515
3.............................................	539	593	622	641
4..............................................	699	738	764	780
5.............................................	774	833	874	898
6..............................................	826	914	961	992
7..............................................	884	992	1,054	1,088
8.............................................	1,036	1,112	1,158	1,184
9..............................................	1,074	1,162	1,215	1,249
10.............................................	1,115	1,213	1,277	1,313
11.............................................	1,155	1,267	1,338	1,377
12.............................................	1,195	1,318	1,399	1,441

SCHEDULE 1—continued

SCHEDULE 7—continued

PART 2—SECONDARY EDUCATION

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Level of assistance	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
1...............................................	550	580	601	614
2...............................................	733	774	801	818
3...............................................	812	880	921	946
4...............................................	1,112	1,174	1,214	1,239
5...............................................	1,163	1,241	1,293	1,323
6...............................................	1,251	1,363	1,428	1,465
7...............................................	1,338	1,479	1,562	1,609
8...............................................	1,553	1,648	1,711	1,750
9...............................................	1,618	1,732	1,801	1,845
10...............................................	1,683	1,812	1,892	1,938
11...............................................	1,741	1,886	1,980	2,032
12...............................................	1,796	1,957	2,067	2,128

SCHEDULE 8 Subsection 22(2)

ESTABLISHMENT GRANTS

PART 1—NON-GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Year of establishment	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
1986..........................................................	58	0	0	0
1987..........................................................	116	60	0	0
1988..........................................................	174	121	62	0
1989..........................................................	174	121	62	65

SCHEDULE 1— continued

SCHEDULE 8—continued

PART 2—NON-GOVERNMENT SECONDARY SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Year of establishment	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
1986...........................................................	92	0	0	0
1987...........................................................	184	96	0	0
1988...........................................................	276	193	100	0
1989...........................................................	276	193	100	103

SCHEDULE 9 Section 24

SHORT TERM EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
418,000	441,000	455,000	480,000

SCHEDULE 10 Sections 25 and 26

EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE— NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Year	ESL—general education	ESL—new arrivals
1989..............................................................................................	11,673,000	2,271
1990..............................................................................................	12,457,000	2,398
1991..............................................................................................	12,889,000	2,480
1992..............................................................................................	13,596,000	2,617

SCHEDULE 2 Subsection 5(2)

NEW SCHEDULE 13 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 13 Sections 34 and 34a

PRESCRIBED COUNTRY AREAS

PART 1—GENERAL PROJECTS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
State	1989	1990	1991	1992
$	$	$	$
New South Wales..........................	3,095,000	3,267,000	3,381,000	3,568,000
Victoria.........................................	1,830,000	1,932,000	1,998,000	2,110,000
Queensland....................................	2,974,000	3,139,000	3,247,000	3,425,000
Western Australia..........................	2,188,000	2,309,000	2,390,000	2,520,000
South Australia..............................	1,288,000	1,360,000	1,406,000	1,484,000
Tasmania.......................................	430,000	453,000	469,000	494,000
Northern Territory..........................	460,000	486,000	504,000	530,000
Total..............................................	12,265,000	12,946,000	13,395,000	14,131,000

PART 2—NATIONAL PROJECTS—

Column 1	Column 2
Year	Amount
$
1992......................................	3,424,000

SCHEDULE 3 Subsection 5(3)

NEW SCHEDULES 15 TO 17 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 15

APPROVED EDUCATION CENTRES

Column 1	Column 2
Year	Amount
$
1989............................................................................	2,013,000
1990............................................................................	2,125,000
1991............................................................................

2,198,000
1992............................................................................	2,319,000

SCHEDULE 16 Section 39

PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE

Column 1	Column 2
Year	Amount
$
1989...........................................................................	1,962,000
1990...........................................................................	1,847,000
1991...........................................................................	2,066,000
1992...........................................................................	2,479,000

SCHEDULE 17 Section 40B

CAPITAL PROJECTS IN RELATION TO RURAL STUDENT HOSTELS

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
1990	1991	1992
$	$	$
3,524,000	2,898,000	1,426,000

SCHEDULE 4 Subsection 5(4)

NEW SCHEDULES 19 AND 20 TO THE PRINCIPAL ACT

SCHEDULE 19 Section 40g

AWARD RESTRUCTURING

Column 1

1990, 1991 and 1992

$192,655,000

SCHEDULE 20 Sections 39c, 39e, 39f and 39g

SCHOOL LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PROGRAM

PART 1—PRIORITY LANGUAGES INCENTIVE ELEMENT

Column 1	Column 2
Year	Maximum amount per eligible Year 12 student
$
1992.........................................................	300

PART 2—COMMUNITY LANGUAGES ELEMENT

Column 1	Column 2 1992	Column 3 1992
State	Government schools and other persons or organisations	Non-government schools
$	$
New South Wales............................................................................	2,566,000	782,000
Victoria.............................................................................................	1,737,000	2,882,000
Queensland......................................................................................	476,000	284,000
South Australia...............................................................................	364,000	114,000
Western Australia..........................................................................	272,000	134,000
Tasmania.........................................................................................	19,000	4,000
Northern Territory..........................................................................	29,000	—
Australian Capital Territory.........................................................	78,000	83,000
Total.................................................................................................	5,541,000	4,283,000

SCHEDULE 4— continued

PART 3—LITERACY AND LEARNING NATIONAL ELEMENT

Column 1	Column 2
Year	Amount
$
1992.................................................................................................	1,024,000

PART 4—LITERACY AND LEARNING GENERAL ELEMENT

Column 1	Column 2
State	1992
$
New South Wales............................................................................................................................................	2,062,000
Victoria.............................................................................................................................................................	1,570,000
Queensland......................................................................................................................................................	657,000
South Australia................................................................................................................................................	481,000
Western Australia...........................................................................................................................................	555,000
Tasmania.........................................................................................................................................................	227,000
Northern Territory...........................................................................................................................................	114,000
Total..................................................................................................................................................................	5,666,000

NOTE

1. No. 1, 1989 as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 79, 159 and 169, 1989; and Nos. 1 and 178, 1991.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 4 November 1992

Senate on 11 November 1992