AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION ACT 2013 (NO. 67, 2013) - NOTES
AUSTRALIAN EDUCATION ACT 2013 (NO. 67, 2013) - NOTES
No. 67, 2013
An Act in relation to school education and reforms relating to school education, and for related purposes
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Contents
Division 1--Preliminary 3
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 3
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 3
3............ Objects of this Act.............................................................................. 3
4............ Guide to this Act................................................................................. 6
5............ Binding the Crown.............................................................................. 7
Division 2--Interpretation 8
6............ Definitions.......................................................................................... 8
7............ Definition of census day................................................................... 16
8............ Definition of majority Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander school 18
9............ Definition of overpayment................................................................ 18
10.......... Definition of receives........................................................................ 20
11.......... Definition of recoverable payment.................................................... 22
12.......... Definition of total entitlement............................................................ 22
13.......... Definitions of kinds of schools based on location............................. 22
14.......... Minister to determine participating States and Territories.................. 23
15.......... Levels of education........................................................................... 24
16.......... Working out the number of students at a school for a year............... 24
17.......... Part-time students.............................................................................. 25
18.......... Minister to make determinations in relation to locations of schools.. 25
19.......... Non-government schools providing only distance education............ 25
Part 2--Grants of financial assistance to States and Territories 26
20.......... Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 26
21.......... Financial assistance for schools........................................................ 26
22.......... Conditions of financial assistance--implementing national policy initiatives relating to school education 27
23.......... Conditions of financial assistance--conditions relating to payments to States and Territories for non-government schools.......................................................................................................... 28
24.......... Condition of financial assistance--recovering amounts.................... 29
25.......... Minister to determine timing and amounts of recurrent funding........ 29
26.......... Entitlement to recurrent funding........................................................ 30
27.......... Pro-rating of recurrent funding......................................................... 31
28.......... Minister to determine timing and amounts of capital funding............ 32
29.......... Minister to determine timing and amounts of special circumstances funding 32
30.......... Minister to determine timing and amounts of funding for non-government representative body 33
Part 3--Recurrent funding for participating schools 34
Division 1--Guide to this Part 34
31.......... Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 34
Division 2--The funding formula for participating schools 36
32.......... The amount payable for a participating school.................................. 36
33.......... Base amount for schools................................................................... 36
34.......... SRS funding amounts....................................................................... 37
35.......... School's total loading........................................................................ 38
Division 3--Working out loadings 40
Subdivision A--Loadings (except location and size loadings) 40
36.......... Student with disability loading.......................................................... 40
37.......... Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander loading................................... 40
38.......... Low socioeconomic status student loading....................................... 41
39.......... Low English proficiency loading...................................................... 42
Subdivision B--Location loading 43
40.......... Location loading................................................................................ 43
41.......... Location percentage for certain schools............................................. 44
Subdivision C--Size loading 45
42.......... Size loading....................................................................................... 45
43.......... Definitions--kinds of schools based on size.................................... 46
44.......... Definition--maximum size loading.................................................. 48
45.......... Definitions--primary percentage and secondary percentage........... 49
46.......... Very small schools--size loading..................................................... 49
47.......... Very small schools--schools covered by item 3 of the table in section 46 50
48.......... Very small schools--major city schools........................................... 51
49.......... Very small schools--starting amount............................................... 51
50.......... Very small schools--ARIA student number.................................... 52
51.......... Medium-sized schools--size loading................................................ 52
Division 4--Miscellaneous 54
Subdivision A--Capacity to contribute percentage 54
52.......... Determining SES scores................................................................... 54
53.......... Determinations may be on application or on Minister's own initiative 55
54.......... Capacity to contribute percentage...................................................... 56
Subdivision B--Miscellaneous 58
55.......... Locations of a school........................................................................ 58
56.......... Rounding amounts............................................................................ 58
Division 5--Transitional recurrent funding for participating schools 59
57.......... Application of this Division.............................................................. 59
58.......... New and old per student amounts..................................................... 59
59.......... Old per student amount for 2014 less than new per student amount for 2014 60
60.......... Limits on amount that may be determined for the purposes of section 59 61
61.......... Old per student amount for 2013, increased by 3%, more than new per student amount for 2014 62
62.......... Transitional recurrent funding for special schools and special assistance schools for 2014 63
63.......... Funding for all other participating schools........................................ 64
Part 4--Recurrent funding for non-participating schools through a national specific purpose payment 65
64.......... Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 65
65.......... National specific purpose payments for schools in non-participating States and Territories 65
Part 5--Capital funding, special circumstances funding and funding for non-government representative bodies 68
Division 1--Guide to this Part 68
66.......... Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 68
Division 2--Capital funding 69
67.......... Capital funding.................................................................................. 69
68.......... Limit on total amount available for capital funding for block grant authorities 69
Division 3--Special circumstances funding 71
69.......... Special circumstances funding.......................................................... 71
Division 4--Funding for non-government representative bodies 72
70.......... Funding for non-government representative bodies.......................... 72
Part 6--Approving authorities and bodies 73
Division 1--Guide to this Part 73
71.......... Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 73
Division 2--Approving approved authorities 74
72.......... Application for person to be approved as an approved authority...... 74
73.......... Approval of person........................................................................... 74
74.......... Approval or refusal of approval on public interest grounds.............. 75
75.......... Basic requirements for approval........................................................ 76
76.......... Approved authorities for government schools taken to satisfy basic requirements 77
77.......... Ongoing policy requirements for approved authorities..................... 78
78.......... Ongoing funding requirements for approved authorities................... 79
79.......... Limitation on approval...................................................................... 80
80.......... Variation or revocation of approval on application............................ 80
81.......... Variation or revocation of approval on Minister's own initiative...... 80
Division 3--Approving block grant authorities 83
82.......... Application for person to be approved as a block grant authority..... 83
83.......... Approval of person........................................................................... 83
84.......... Basic requirements for approval........................................................ 84
85.......... Ongoing requirements for approval.................................................. 85
86.......... Limitation on approval...................................................................... 85
87.......... Variation or revocation of approval on application............................ 86
88.......... Variation or revocation of approval on Minister's own initiative...... 86
Division 4--Approving non-government representative bodies 88
89.......... Minister may invite a person to apply to be a non-government representative body 88
90.......... Application for person to be approved as a non-government representative body 88
91.......... Approval of person........................................................................... 88
92.......... Basic requirements for approval........................................................ 89
93.......... Ongoing requirements for approval.................................................. 90
94.......... Limitation on approval...................................................................... 90
95.......... Variation or revocation of approval on application............................ 91
96.......... Variation or revocation of approval on Minister's own initiative...... 91
Part 7--Implementation plans 93
97.......... Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 93
98.......... Application of this Part to approved authorities for more than one participating school 93
99.......... Approved authority must have an implementation plan..................... 93
100........ Approved authority must be able to implement implementation plan properly 94
101........ Period of implementation plan........................................................... 94
102........ Review of implementation plan......................................................... 95
103........ Keeping implementation plans up to date.......................................... 95
104........ Publication of implementation plan................................................... 95
105........ Minister may give a direction in relation to an implementation plan.. 96
106........ Requirement to consider relevant arrangements before making regulations 97
Part 8--Actions Minister may take for failure to comply with this Act, and to require amounts to be repaid 98
Division 1--Guide to this Part 98
107........ Guide to this Part.............................................................................. 98
Division 2--Actions Minister may take for failure to comply with this Act, and to require amounts to be repaid 99
108........ Application of Division for failure to comply with this Act.............. 99
109........ Application of Division when amounts are required to be repaid...... 99
110........ Actions the Minister may take......................................................... 101
111........ Effect of determination under paragraph 110(1)(a) or (b)............... 102
Division 3--Recoverable payments 104
112........ Recoverable payments..................................................................... 104
113........ Reports about recoverable payments............................................... 104
Part 9--Miscellaneous 106
Division 1--Guide to this Part 106
114........ Guide to this Part............................................................................ 106
Division 2--Rules relating to applications 107
115........ Approved form for applications...................................................... 107
116........ Request for further information....................................................... 107
117........ Withdrawal of application............................................................... 107
Division 3--Review of decisions 108
118........ Reviewable decisions...................................................................... 108
119........ Notice of decision........................................................................... 113
120........ Internal review of reviewable decisions.......................................... 114
121........ Secretary or internal reviewer may require further information from applicants 115
122........ Review by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal............................. 116
Division 4--Miscellaneous 117
123........ False or misleading information...................................................... 117
124........ Secretary may arrange for use of computer programs to make decisions 117
125........ Making records of, using, disclosing or publishing protected information 117
126........ Appropriation.................................................................................. 118
127........ Annual report by Minister............................................................... 118
128........ Review of, or for the purposes of, the National Education Reform Agreement 119
129........ Delegation....................................................................................... 119
130........ Regulations..................................................................................... 120
No. 67, 2013
An Act in relation to school education and reforms relating to school education, and for related purposes
[Assented to 27 June 2013]
[Minister's second reading speech made in--
House of Representatives on 28 November 2012
Senate on 17 June 2013]
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