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

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

No. 110, 1998

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

[Assented to 7 December 1998]

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Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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

11 Paragraph 72(1)(a)

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

12 Subsection 73(2)

Repeal the formula, substitute:

13 Subsection 74(2)

Repeal the formula, substitute:

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

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