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STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL 1998

1998

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




Presented and read a first time









States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Amendment Bill 1998

No. , 1998

(Education, Training and Youth Affairs)



A Bill for an Act to amend the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996, and for related purposes




ISBN: 0642 377510

Contents


A Bill for an Act to amend the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996, and for related purposes

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Amendment Act 1998.

2 Commencement

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

3 Schedule(s)

Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendment of the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996


1 Subsection 44(2)

After “column of” (wherever occurring), insert “the table in”.

2 Section 46

After “column 2 of”, insert “the table in”.

3 Subsection 47(2)

After “column of” (wherever occurring), insert “the table in”.

4 Section 49

After “column 2 of”, insert “the table in”.

5 Subsection 50(2)

After “column of”, insert “the table in”.

6 Subsections 52(2), 53(2) and 54(4)

Before “Schedule”, insert “the table in”.

7 At the end of subsection 67(2)

Add:

; and (e) helping with the provision of funding for projects:

(i) to assist in meeting the special needs of students who have returned to school because of the introduction of the youth allowance; and

(ii) to assist students to complete senior secondary education and to make a successful transition from school to training, further education or employment.

8 Subsection 68(3)

Before “Schedule”, insert “the table in”.

9 Subsection 69(4)

Before “Schedule”, insert “the table in”.

10 Subsection 70(1)

Repeal the formula, substitute:
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11 Paragraph 72(1)(a)

After “provided at”, insert “or in connection with”.

12 Subsection 73(2)

Repeal the formula, substitute:
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13 Subsection 74(2)

Repeal the formula, substitute:
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14 Subsections 75(2) and 76(2)

Before “Schedule”, insert “the table in”.

15 At the end of Part 9

Add:

76A Grants for projects relating to certain students

(1) The Minister may approve a project for the purposes of this section if:

(a) the project is to be carried out in Australia; and

(b) the sole or principal object of the project is one or both of the following:

(i) to address the special needs of students who have returned to school because of the introduction of the youth allowance;

(ii) to address the special needs of students at risk of not completing senior secondary education, or at risk of not making a successful transition from school to training, further education or employment.

(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a State for a program year of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure on a project approved under subsection (1):

(a) whether the project is conducted by the State or by a non-government body established in the State; and

(b) whether the project is conducted within, or outside, or within and outside, the State.

(3) If an amount is set out in column 7 of the table in Schedule 8 in relation to a program year, the sum of the amounts paid to the States under this section for the program year must not be greater than the amount so set out.

(4) In this section:

expenditure, in relation to an approved project, includes expenditure in publicising the project concerned, whether by disseminating information about the project, conducting seminars in connection with the project or carrying out other related activities in connection with the project.

16 Paragraph 78(1)(a)

Omit all the words from and including “, determined” to and including “Affairs,”.

17 Paragraph 78(1)(b)

Omit all the words from and including “, determined” to and including “Statistician,”.

18 After subsection 78(1)

Insert:

(1A) Before the Governor-General makes a regulation under paragraph (1)(a), the Minister must take into consideration changes in the amount known as Average Government School Costs published from time to time by the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs.

(1B) Before the Governor-General makes a regulation under paragraph (1)(b), the Minister must take into consideration changes in the Building Price Index published from time to time by the Australian Statistician.

19 Subsections 78(4) and (5)

Before “Schedule”, insert “the table in”.

20 Paragraph 78(6)(a)

Omit “and 6 of”, substitute “, 6 and 7 of the table in”.

21 After section 78

Insert:

78A Variation of Schedule 6

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may make a determination during a program year varying the amounts set out in columns 2 and 3 of the table in Schedule 6 in relation to the program year.

(2) The Minister must not vary under subsection (1) amounts in columns 2 and 3 of the table in Schedule 6 in relation to a program year in such a way that, after the variation, the total of those amounts in those columns would be greater or less than the total of those amounts before the variation.

(3) As soon as practicable after making a determination under this section, the Minister must:

(a) send a copy of the determination to the relevant State Ministers; and

(b) cause a copy of the determination to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

22 Section 79

Omit “in Schedule” (wherever occurring), insert “of the table in Schedule”.

23 After subsection 79(2)

Insert:

(2A) Subject to subsection (2B), the Minister may make a determination during a program year varying the amounts set out in columns 5 and 6 of the table in Schedule 8 in relation to the program year.

(2B) The Minister must not vary under subsection (2A) amounts in columns 5 and 6 of the table in Schedule 8 in relation to a program year in such a way that, after the variation, the total of those amounts in those columns would be greater or less than the total of those amounts before the variation.

24 Schedules 1 to 8

Repeal the Schedules, substitute:

Schedule 1—General recurrent grants for government schools

Part 1—Primary education


Primary education
Column 1
1997
Program year
$
Column 2
1998
Program year
$
Column 3
1999
Program year
$
Column 4
2000
Program year
$
379
397
397
397

Part 2—Secondary education


Secondary education
Column 1
1997
Program year
$
Column 2
1998
Program year
$
Column 3
1999
Program year
$
Column 4
2000
Program year
$
559
585
585
585

Schedule 2—Capital grants for government schools



Capital grants for government schools

Column 1

Program year
Column 2
Grants
$

1997

212,405,000

1998

215,379,000

1999

215,379,000

2000

215,379,000

2001

215,379,000

2002

215,379,000

2003

215,379,000

Schedule 3—General recurrent grants for non-government schools

Part 1—Primary education


General recurrent grants for non-government schools—primary

Column 1


Funding level
Column 2
1997
Program year
$
Column 3
1998
Program year
$
Column 4
1999
Program year
$
Column 5
2000
Program year
$

1
501
525
525
525

2
669
700
700
700

3
836
875
875
875

4
1,018
1,065
1,065
1,065

5
1,212
1,275
1,284
1,294

6
1,340
1,409
1,419
1,427

7
1,471
1,546
1,556
1,563

8
1,617
1,702
1,714
1,725

9
1,787
1,898
1,924
1,951

10
1,921
2,045
2,082
2,119

11
2,065
2,208
2,255
2,301

12
2,217
2,377
2,437
2,498

Part 2—Secondary education


General recurrent grants for non-government schools—secondary

Column 1


Funding level
Column 2
1997
Program year
$
Column 3
1998
Program year
$
Column 4
1999
Program year
$
Column 5
2000
Program year
$

1
795
832
832
832

2
1,054
1,103
1,103
1,103

3
1,222
1,279
1,279
1,279

4
1,603
1,677
1,677
1,677

5
1,764
1,858
1,871
1,880

6
1,954
2,056
2,071
2,083

7
2,146
2,257
2,269
2,283

8
2,367
2,492
2,508
2,522

9
2,616
2,778
2,816
2,854

10
2,805
2,986
3,040
3,096

11
3,014
3,220
3,288
3,359

12
3,239
3,473
3,560
3,649

Schedule 4—Capital grants for non-government schools



Capital grants for non-government schools

Column 1

Program year
Column 2
Grants
$

1997
83,504,000

1998
84,688,000

1999
84,672,000

2000
74,537,000

2001
74,537,000

2002
74,537,000

2003
74,537,000

Schedule 5—Grants of short term emergency assistance for non-government schools



Grants of short term emergency assistance
Column 1
1997
Program year
$
Column 2
1998
Program year
$
Column 3
1999
Program year
$
Column 4
2000
Program year
$
587,000
614,000
614,000
614,000

Schedule 6—Grants under the Literacy Program



Grants under literacy program

Column 1








Program year
Column 2

Grants to foster literacy and numeracy in government schools

$
Column 3

Grants to foster literacy and numeracy in non-government schools
$
Column 4

Grants for national projects to foster literacy and numeracy in schools
$

1997
118,484,000
39,488,000
6,129,000

1998
123,059,000
42,179,000
6,411,000

1999
120,964,000
44,273,000
6,411,000

2000
111,749,000
43,270,000
nil

Schedule 7—Grants under the Languages Program



Grants under languages program
Column 1

1997

Program Year

$
Column 2

1998

Program Year

$
Column 3

1999

Program Year

$
Column 4

2000

Program Year

$
46,988,000
38,870,000
59,428,000
17,308,000

Schedule 8—Grants under the Special Learning Needs Program



Grants under the Special Learning Needs Program
Column 1







Program year
Column 2

Grants to support
special education
in government
schools and
centres

$
Column 3

Grants to support
special education
in non-
government
schools

$
Column 4

Grants to support
special education
in non-
government
centres

$
Column 5

Grants for
government
schools in
country areas


$
Column 6

Grants for
non-
government
schools in
country areas

$
Column 7

Grants to assist schools to cater
for the special needs of students
who will return to or stay in
school as a result of the
implementation of the youth
allowance

$

1997
38,829,000
27,521,000
20,341,000
14,799,000
2,153,000

1998
40,613,000
28,775,000
21,369,000
15,480,000
2,252,000

400,000

1999
37,472,000
28,795,000
24,546,000
14,932,000
2,800,000

12,374,000

2000
37,472,000
28,795,000
24,546,000
14,932,000
2,800,000

8,127,000


25 Schedule 9

Insert:

youth allowance has the same meaning as in the Social Security Act 1991.

 

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