States Grants (Schools Assistance) Legislation Amendment Act 1985
No. 60 of 1985
An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1984 and the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1983, and for related purposes
[Assented to 4 June 1985]
BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools Assistance) Legislation Amendment Act 1985.
Commencement
2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984
Principal Act
3. The States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 19841 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Determination of levels of funding for eligible new arrivals
4. Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “$902” and substituting “$918”.
List of systemic schools and list of approved school systems
5. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (4) (c) “exisiting” and substituting “existing”.
List of non-systemic schools
6. Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (9) (a) (ii) “systemic” and substituting “non-systemic”.
Limits on grants under section 22
7. Section 23 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “$5,331,000” (wherever occurring) and substituting “$5,429,000”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure of non-systemic schools
8. Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (5) (b) (i) “, in such respective proportions as the Commonwealth Education Minister determines,”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with general education in English as a second language provided in connection with systemic schools
9. Section 32 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-paragraph (2) (b) (iii) “Commonwealh” and substituting “Commonwealth”.
Grants for expenditure of systemic disadvantaged schools
10. Section 37 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “the approved authority, before or at the time of accepting the first payment under the section,” and substituting “the Commonwealth Education Minister furnishes a certificate to the State Education Minister for that State to the effect that the approved authority”.
Limits on grants under sections 47 and 48
11. Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “$1,376,000” (wherever occurring) and substituting “$1,401,000”.
Limits on grants under section 52
12. Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) “$5,384,000” and substituting “$5,471,000”; and
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) “$2,154,000” and substituting “$2,188,000”.
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with multicultural education
13. Section 54 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) “1984” and substituting “1985”.
Repeal and substitution of Schedules to Principal Act
14. (1) Schedules 1 to 8 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 1 to this Act are substituted.
(2) Schedules 11 to 16 (inclusive) to the Principal Act are repealed and the Schedules set out in Schedule 2 to this Act are substituted.
PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1983
Principal Act
15. The States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 19832 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
Grants for expenditure in connection with special education at non-government schools, &c.
16. Section 34 of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end the following sub-section:
“(8) Without prejudice to the meaning of the expression ‘in respect of the year 1984’ in any other provision of this Act, an amount shall be taken, for the purposes of sub-sections (3) and (4), to have been applied for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in respect of the year 1984 in connection with special education or to have been applied for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure in respect of the year 1984 in connection with prescribed special education if that amount has been applied for the purpose of meeting expenditure in respect of a program of special education, or a program of prescribed special education, as the case requires, that commenced in that year.”.
Repeal and substitution of Schedule 5 to Principal Act
17. Schedule 5 to the Principal Act is repealed and the Schedule set out in Schedule 3 to this Act is substituted.
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SCHEDULE 1 Sub-section 13 (1)
NEW SCHEDULES 1 TO 8 (INCLUSIVE) TO THE STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984
SCHEDULE 1 Section 9
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS
Column 1 Name of State | Column 2 General capital | Column 3 Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (a) of definition of “prescribed purpose” | Column 4 Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (b) of definition of “prescribed purpose” | Column 5 Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (c) of definition of “prescribed purpose” | Column 6 Prescribed purpose referred to in paragraph (d) of definition of “prescribed purpose” | Column 7 Total |
| $ | $ | $ | $ | $ | $ |
New South Wales.... | 33,368,000 | 7,751,000 | 5,049,000 | 4,133,000 | 4,637,000 | 54,938,000 |
Victoria........... | 24,735,000 | 6,213,000 | 3,776,000 | 3,091,000 | 3,536,000 | 41,351,000 |
Queensland......... | 17,229,000 | 2,989,000 | 2,421,000 | 1,981,000 | 2,320,000 | 26,940,000 |
Western Australia.... | 9,218,000 | 1,949,000 | 1,358,000 | 1,112,000 | 1,319,000 | 14,956,000 |
South Australia...... | 8,624,000 | 1,964,000 | 1,333,000 | 1,091,000 | 1,278,000 | 14,290,000 |
Tasmania.......... | 2,859,000 | 609,000 | 443,000 | 363,000 | 430,000 | 4,704,000 |
Northern Territory.... | 1,196,000 | 407,000 | 159,000 | 130,000 | 142,000 | 2,034,000 |
Totals........ | 97,229,000 | 21,882,000 | 14,539,000 | 11,901,000 | 13,662,000 | 159,213,000 |
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
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 Amount per student for 1985 | Column 2 Amount per student for 1986 | Column 3 Amount per student for 1987 | Column 4 Amount per student for 1988 |
$ | $ | $ | $ |
157 | 163 | 167 | 173 |
PART II—BASE YEAR
LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE
FOR RECURRENT GRANTS
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Column 1 Amount per student for 1985 | Column 2 Amount per student for each of years 1986, 1987 and 1988 |
$ | $ |
149 | 157 |
PART III—LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR
RECURRENT GRANTS FOR SECONDARY
SCHOOLS (INCLUSIVE OF MAXIMUM
RESOURCE AGREEMENT ALLOCATIONS)
Column 1 Amount per student for 1985 | Column 2 Amount per student for 1986 | Column 3 Amount per student for 1987 | Column 4 Amount per student for 1988 |
$ | $ | $ | $ |
173 | 192 | 214 | 237 |
SCHEDULE 1—continued
PART IV—BASE YEAR
LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE
FOR RECURRENT GRANTS
FOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Column 1 Amount per student for 1985 | Column 2 Amount per student for each of years 1986, 1987 and 1988 |
$ | $ |
149 | 173 |
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SCHEDULE 3 Section 13
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—GENERAL
EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A
SECOND LANGUAGE
Column 1 Name of State | Column 2 Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales............ | 16,055,000 |
Victoria................... | 14,982,000 |
Queensland................ | 2,642,000 |
Western Australia............ | 3,522,000 |
South Australia.............. | 4,159,000 |
Tasmania.................. | 537,000 |
Northern Territory............ | 377,000 |
Total............... | 42,274,000 |
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
SCHEDULE 4 Sections 16, 37, 38 and 62
DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS AND PRESCRIBED COUNTRY AREAS
Column 1 Name of State | Column 2 Disadvantaged government schools | Column 3 Disadvantaged non-government schools | Column 4 Prescribed country areas | Column 5 Totals |
| $ | $ | $ | $ |
New South Wales.. | 10,958,000 | 2,207,000 | 2,613,000 | 15,778,000 |
Victoria........ | 9,352,000 | 2,377,000 | 1,546,000 | 13,275,000 |
Queensland...... | 3,241,000 | 494,000 | 2,509,000 | 6,244,000 |
Western Australia.. | 2,574,000 | 424,000 | 1,845,000 | 4,843,000 |
South Australia... | 2,667,000 | 280,000 | 1,087,000 | 4,034,000 |
Tasmania....... | 762,000 | 80,000 | 362,000 | 1,204,000 |
Northern Territory. | 802,000 | 28,000 | 388,000 | 1,218,000 |
Totals..... | 30,356,000 | 5,890,000 | 10,350,000 | 46,596,000 |
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SCHEDULE 5 Sections 18 and 40
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 | 7,114,000 | 491,000 | 1,888,000 | 142,000 |
Victoria....... | 5,321,000 | 369,000 | 1,757,000 | 132,000 |
Queensland.... | 3,410,000 | 235,000 | 810,000 | 61,000 |
Western Australia | 1,912,000 | 131,000 | 403,000 | 30,000 |
South Australia.. | 1,878,000 | 129,000 | 363,000 | 28,000 |
Tasmania...... | 625,000 | 44,000 | 49,000 | 9,000 |
Northern Territory | 224,000 | 16,000 | 10,000 | 2,000 |
Totals..... | 20,484,000 | 1,415,000 | 5,280,000 | 404,000 |
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
SCHEDULE 6 Section 20
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—COMPUTER EDUCATION
Column 1 Name of State | Column 2 Government schools year commencing 1 January 1985 | Column 3 Government schools year commencing 1 January 1986 |
| $ | $ |
New South Wales.............. | 1,646,000 | 1,646,000 |
Victoria..................... | 1,367,000 | 1,367,000 |
Queensland.................. | 720,000 | 720,000 |
Western Australia.............. | 476,000 | 476,000 |
South Australia................ | 514,000 | 514,000 |
Tasmania.................... | 254,000 | 254,000 |
Northern Territory.............. | 145,000 | 145,000 |
Totals................. | 5,122,000 | 5,122,000 |
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SCHEDULE 7 Sections 22, 47 and 48
PROGRAMS OF BASIC LEARNING
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Name of State | Government schools year commencing 1 January 1985 | Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1986 |
| $ | $ |
New South Wales........... | 1,719,000 | 435,000 |
Victoria................. | 1,244,000 | 385,000 |
Queensland............... | 952,000 | 213,000 |
Western Australia........... | 570,000 | 133,000 |
South Australia............ | 536,000 | 127,000 |
Tasmania................ | 243,000 | 76,000 |
Northern Territory.......... | 165,000 | 32,000 |
Total............... | 5,429,000 | 1,401,000 |
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SCHEDULE 1—continued
SCHEDULE 8 Section 26
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.......... | 12,787,000 | 1,588,000 | 1,938,000 | 1,541,000 | 17,854,000 |
Victoria................ | 10,906,000 | 1,598,000 | 1,853,000 | 1,539,000 | 15,896,000 |
Queensland.............. | 7,335,000 | 514,000 | 832,000 | 747,000 | 9,428,000 |
Western Australia.......... | 3,381,000 | 322,000 | 415,000 | 370,000 | 4,488,000 |
South Australia............ | 2,673,000 | 251,000 | 373,000 | 305,000 | 3,602,000 |
Tasmania............... | 1,105,000 | 78,000 | 122,000 | 102,000 | 1,407,000 |
Northern Territory.......... | 726,000 | 25,000 | 36,000 | 23,000 | 810,000 |
Totals............. | 38,913,000 | 4,376,000 | 5,569,000 | 4,627,000 | 53,485,000 |
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SCHEDULE 2 Sub-section 13 (2)
NEW SCHEDULES 11 TO 16 (INCLUSIVE) TO THE STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984
SCHEDULE 11 Sections 31, 32, 33, 73 and 76
MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
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 |
$ | $ | $ | $ |
650,000 | 18,139,000 | 2,422,000 | 1,840,000 |
SCHEDULE 12 Sections 43 and 44
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—COMPUTER EDUCATION
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Name of State | Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1985 | Non-government schools year commencing 1 January 1986 |
| $ | $ |
New South Wales................... | 358,000 | 358,000 |
Victoria......................... | 361,000 | 361,000 |
Queensland....................... | 189,000 | 189,000 |
Western Australia................... | 122,000 | 122,000 |
South Australia.................... | 113,000 | 113,000 |
Tasmania........................ | 75,000 | 75,000 |
Northern Territory.................. | 33,000 | 33,000 |
Total...................... | 1,251,000 | 1,251,000 |
SCHEDULE 2—continued
SCHEDULE 13 Sections 54 and 57
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
PART I—AMOUNTS OF GRANTS
TO STATES
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales........ | 1,579,000 |
Victoria.............. | 1,251,000 |
Queensland............ | 737,000 |
Western Australia........ | 405,000 |
South Australia......... | 389,000 |
Tasmania............. | 129,000 |
Northern Territory....... | 53,000 |
Total............ | 4,543,000 |
PART II—GRANTS IN RELATION
TO APPROVED MULTICULTURAL
EDUCATION PROJECTS OF
NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
TOTAL OF GRANTS—$403,000
SCHEDULE 14 Sections 64 and 66
RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND
SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Name of State | Residential institutions | Severely handicapped children |
| $ | $ |
New South Wales... | 806,000 | 1,274,000 |
Victoria......... | 639,000 | 992,000 |
Queensland....... | 377,000 | 638,000 |
Western Australia... | 206,000 | 347,000 |
South Australia.... | 199,000 | 315,000 |
Tasmania........ | 66,000 | 110,000 |
Northern Territory.. | 23,000 | 40,000 |
Totals..... | 2,316,000 | 3,716,000 |
SCHEDULE 2—continued
SCHEDULE 15 Section 69
EARLY SPECIAL EDUCATION
PART I—AMOUNTS OF GRANTS TO STATES
Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
Name of State | Government purposes | Non-government purposes |
| $ | $ |
New South Wales.. | 586,000 | 154,000 |
Victoria......... | 438,000 | 144,000 |
Queensland...... | 282,000 | 66,000 |
Western Australia.. | 158,000 | 33,000 |
South Australia.... | 155,000 | 30,000 |
Tasmania........ | 51,000 | 3,000 |
Northern Territory.. | 18,000 | 1,000 |
Totals...... | 1,688,000 | 431,000 |
PART II—TOTAL OF NATIONAL
ALLOCATIONS—$1,800,000
SCHEDULE 16 Section 71
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
PART I—AMOUNTS OF GRANTS
TO STATES
Column 1 | Column 2 |
Name of State | Amounts |
| $ |
New South Wales......... | 3,928,000 |
Victoria............... | 2,772,000 |
Queensland............. | 2,163,000 |
Western Australia......... | 962,000 |
South Australia........... | 889,000 |
Tasmania.............. | 288,000 |
Northern Territory......... | 142,000 |
Total............. | 11,144,000 |
SCHEDULE 2—continued
PART II—GRANTS IN RELATION
TO APPROVED PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES FOR
SPECIAL PURPOSES
TOTAL OF GRANTS—$183,000
SCHEDULE 3 Section 17
NEW SCHEDULE 5 TO STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1983
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 | 7,497,000 | 479,000 | 1,992,000 | 139,000 |
Victoria....... | 5,606,000 | 358,000 | 1,845,000 | 128,000 |
Queensland..... | 3,525,000 | 225,000 | 849,000 | 59,000 |
Western Australia | 1,998,000 | 127,000 | 418,000 | 29,000 |
South Australia.. | 1,993,000 | 127,000 | 374,000 | 26,000 |
Tasmania...... | 664,000 | 43,000 | 51,000 | 9,000 |
Northern Territory | 229,000 | 15,000 | 12,000 | 2,000 |
Totals..... | 21,512,000 | 1,374,000 | 5,541,000 | 392,000 |
NOTES
1. No. 126, 1984.
2. No. 119, 1983, as amended. For previous amendments, see Nos. 49 and 126, 1984.
[Minister’s second reading speech made in—
House of Representatives on 9 May 1985
Senate on 20 May 1985]