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 19841 is 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]