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States Grants (Schools) Act 1973

No. 214 of 1973

AN ACT

To grant Financial Assistance to the States in relation to Schools.

[Assented to 19 December 1973]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—

Part I—Preliminary

Short title.

This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Act 1973.

Commencement.

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Interpretation.

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—

“Board for Catholic Systemic Schools”, in relation to a State, means the Board for Catholic Systemic Schools established for the State in accordance with the regulations;

“building” includes part of a building;

“building project” includes—

(a) the purchase of land, with or without buildings;

(b) the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other facilities;

(d) the installation of water, electricity or other services; and

(e) the provision of furniture or equipment for a building or other facility;

“Catholic systemic disadvantaged school” means a Catholic systemic school in a State which the Board for Catholic Systemic Schools for the State informs the Minister, in writing, is a disadvantaged school, and which is declared by the Minister, in writing, to be a disadvantaged school for the purposes of this Act;

“Catholic systemic school” means a non-government primary school that is a Roman Catholic parish school, and includes any other school that is a non-government primary school, or nongovernment secondary school, administered by a Roman Catholic education authority for a State, or for a region consisting of part of a State, as part of a school system that includes such a parish school;

“certificate by an authorized person”, in relation to moneys paid to a State under a provision of this Act, means a certificate signed by a person who is, or by a person included in a class of persons the members of which are, authorized by the State Education Minister for the State to sign certificates in respect of the application by the State of moneys paid to the State under that provision, being a person or class of persons approved by the Minister for the time being administering this Act;

“certificate by a qualified accountant” means a certificate signed by—

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Category of school	Primary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1974	Secondary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1974	Primary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Secondary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975
	$	$	$	$
Category A................	55	85	50	78
Category B................	60	90	60	90
Category C................	65	95	65	95
Category D................	70	102	75	115
Category E................	75	110	90	140
Category F................	80	120	105	165
Category G................	85	130	120	190
Category H................	90	140	135	215

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	General building grants for government schools	General building grants for nongovernment schools	Supplementary grants for science laboratory buildings at non-govern-ment schools	Totals of columns 3 and 4	Totals of columns 2, 3 and 4
	$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales......	35,900,000	4,788,000	720,000	5,508,000	41,408,000
Victoria............	28,200,000	5,819,500	320,000	6,139,500	34,339,500
Queensland..........	13,600,000	2,630,000	350,000	2,980,000	16,580,000
South Australia.......	10,600,000	264,500	70,000	334,500	10,934,500
Western Australia......	8,100,000	2,339,500	180,000	2,519,500	10,619,500
Tasmania...........	3,600,000	158,500	40,000	198,500	3,798,500
Totals........	100,000,000	16,000,000	1,680,000	17,680,000	117,680,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Primary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1974	Secondary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1974	Primary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Secondary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975
	$	$	$	$
New South Wales................	10,970,000	9,740,000	23,470,000	21,370,000
Victoria......................	8,320,000	7,520,000	17,860,000	16,410,000
Queensland....................	4,690,000	3,250,000	9,960,000	7,150,000
South Australia.................	3,270,000	2,140,000	6,790,000	4,710,000
Western Australia...............	2,870,000	1,310,000	6,220,000	2,890,000
Tasmania.....................	940,000	650,000	1,990,000	1,400,000
Totals...................	31,060,000	24.610,000	66,290,000	53,930,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Year commencing 1 January 1974	Year commencing 1 January 1975
	$	$
New South Wales..................................	10,290,000	14,830,000
Victoria........................................	8,910,000	13,120,000
Queensland......................................	3,910,000	5,700,000
South Australia...................................	1,150,000	1,650,000
Western Australia..................................	1,650,000	2,430,000
Tasmania.......................................	500,000	710,000
Totals....................................	26,410,000	38,440,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Primary schools	Secondary schools	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales........................	5,660,000	6,300,000	11,960,000
Victoria..............................	4,210,000	5,210,000	9,420,000
Queensland............................	2,430,000	2,050,000	4,480,000
South Australia.........................	1,750,000	1,780,000	3,530,000
Western Australia........................	1,440,000	1,280,000	2,720,000
Tasmania.............................	510,000	640,000	1,150,000
Totals...........................	16,000,000	17,260,000	33,260,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	Primary schools	Secondary schools	Secondary schools—Supplementary grants	Totals of columns 2 and 3	Totals of columns 3 and 4
	$	$	$	S	$
New South Wales.........	1,500,000	990,000	480,000	2,490,000	1,470,000
Victoria...............	1,250,000	920,000	330,000	2,170,000	1,250,000
Queensland.............	630,000	400,000	210,000	1,030,000	610,000
South Australia..........	250,000	170,000	90,000	420,000	260,000
Western Australia.........	290,000	190,000	120,000	480,000	310,000
Tasmania..............	80,000	70,000	50,000	150,000	120,000
Totals............	4,000,000	2,740,000	1,280,000	6,740,000	4,020,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Librarian training	Teacher replacement
	$	$
New South Wales...................................	350,000	960,000
Victoria..........................................	310,000	840,000
Queensland........................................	140,000	380,000
South Australia.....................................	100,000	270,000
Western Australia...................................	80,000	210,000
Tasmania.........................................	40,000	100,000
Totals......................................	1,020,000	2,760,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Building projects—government disadvantaged schools	Building projects—Catholic systemic disadvantaged schools	Recurrent expenditure—government disadvantaged schools	Recurrent expenditure—Catholic systemic disadvantaged schools
	$	$	$	$
New South Wales..............	9,830,000	1,300,000	6,260,000	890,000
Victoria.....................	9,980,000	1,730,000	6,230,000	1,070,000
Queensland..................	2,400,000	220,000	1,940,000	160,000
South Australia................	2,530,000	300,000	1,730,000	190,000
Western Australia..............	1,260,000	170,000	1,000,000	110,000
Tasmania....................	240,000	40,000	390,000	30,000
Totals..................	26,240,000	3,760,000	17,550,000	2,450,000

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Maximum grants
	$
New South Wales............................................	7,150,000
Victoria...................................................	5,460,000
Queensland................................................	3,060,000
South Australia..............................................	1,990,000
Western Australia............................................	1,710,000
Tasmania..................................................	630,000
Total................................................	20,000,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Name of State	Government schools—Year commencing 1 January 1974	Government schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Nongovernment schools—Year commencing 1 January 1974	Nongovernment schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975	Totals
	$	$	$	$	$
New South Wales...........	1,430,000	2,240,000	760,000	930,000	5,360,000
Victoria..................	1,090,000	1,710,000	540,000	660,000	4,000,000
Queensland...............	610,000	950,000	360,000	440,000	2,360,000
South Australia.............	400,000	620,000	40,000	60,000	1,120,000
Western Australia...........	340,000	530,000	50,000	70,000	990,000
Tasmania.................	130,000	200,000	nil	nil	330,000
Totals...................	4,000,000	6,250,000	1,750,000	2,160,000	14,160,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Special education training	Teacher replacement
	$	$
New South Wales.....................................	390,000	2,870,000
Victoria............................................	350,000	2,520,000
Queensland.........................................	160,000	1,140,000
South Australia.......................................	110,000	810,000
Western Australia.....................................	80,000	620,000
Tasmania...........................................	40,000	290,000
Totals.............................................	1,130,000	8,250,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	In-service Teacher Training	Buildings— Teachers’ Education Centres	Recurrent expenditure—Teachers’ Education Centres
	$	$	$
New South Wales ...........................	2,660,000	560,000	180,000
Victoria .................................	2,330,000	420,000	140,000
Queensland ...............................	1,060,000	280,000	90,000
South Australia .............................	750,000	280,000	90,000
Western Australia ...........................	580,000	280,000	90,000
Tasmania ................................	270,000	140,000	50,000
Totals ..............................	7,650,000	1,960,000	640,000