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INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT (CAPE YORK MEASURES) BILL 2007

                                 2004-2005-2006-2007




         THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT (CAPE
                 YORK MEASURES) BILL 2007




                          EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM




(Circulated by authority of the Minister for Education, Science and Training the Hon Julie
                                       Bishop MP)
     INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE)
       AMENDMENT (CAPE YORK MEASURES) BILL 2007

                                         OUTLINE

The purpose of the Bill is to amend the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 to
appropriate additional funding to facilitate the provision of improving opportunities for
Indigenous students in the communities of Coen, Hope Vale, Aurukun and Mossman Gorge in
the Cape York region of Queensland through:
·     The embedding of the MULTILIT (Making Up for Lost Time in Literacy) teaching
      methodology in classrooms and in MULTILIT Tutorial Centres to enhance literacy
      teaching and improve the literacy levels of Indigenous students identified as requiring
      additional support; and
·     Student Education Trusts (SETs), individual trust accounts which will enable
      parents/guardians and members of a child's extended family to save to support their child's
      education costs.



                                  FINANCIAL IMPACT
The Bill will increase the appropriation under section 14A of the Indigenous Education
(Targeted Assistance) Act 2000 by a net $2.0 million over the 2008 programme year (in initial
2005 prices) to support the expansion of MULTILIT and Student Education Trusts in selected
Cape York communities.

Additional funding of $8.1 million approved for the years 2009-2012 will be appropriated
through the legislation for the 2009-2012 Indigenous Education Quadrennium.

These amounts are subject to supplementation as prescribed in the Act.
     INDIGENOUS EDUCATION (TARGETED ASSISTANCE)
       AMENDMENT (CAPE YORK MEASURES) BILL 2007

                                    NOTES ON CLAUSES


Clause 1 - Short title
Provides for the Act to be cited as the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment
(Cape York Measures) Act 2007.


Clause 2 - Commencement
Provides for the Act to commence on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.


Clause 3 - Schedule(s)
Provides that each Act that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in the
applicable items in the Schedule and that any other item in a Schedule has effect according to its
terms.
Schedule 1 ­ Amendments

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000


Item 1 Subsection 14A(1) (table item 4)
Amends the table in subsection 14A(1) of the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act
2000 (which sets out appropriations for non-ABSTUDY payments for the 2005-2008
quadrennium) to provide initial funding for the education components of the Cape York
measures described in the Outline to this memorandum. Item 1 provides that the appropriation
set out in table item 4 (which provides appropriations for the period 1 January 2008 to 30 June
2009) is increased from "$259,736,000" to"$261,745,000".