An Act to Increase the Financial Assistance payable to the States in relation to Schools.
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 1974.
Commencement.
This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
PART II—AMENDMENTS OF STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1972-1973
Citation.
(1) In this Part, the States Grants (Schools) Act 1972-1973 is referred to as the Principal Act.
(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Part, may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Act 1972-1974.
Grants to States for building projects in connexion with schools.
Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (3) the words “the second column of the Schedule to this Act” and substituting the words “column 2 of the Schedule”.
(b) by omitting from paragraph (b) of sub-section (3) the words “the third column” and substituting the word and figure “column 3”; and
(c) by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5) and substituting the following sub-sections:—
“(4) The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with government schools, that—
(a) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June 1975 (including payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Act 1974)—exceed, in the aggregate, $63,761,500;
(b) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June exceed, in the aggregate, $101,247,500; or
(c) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June 1977—exceed, in the aggregate, $136,247,500.
“(5) The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with non-government schools, that—
(a) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June 1975 (including payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Act 1974)— exceed, in the aggregate, $18,511,500;
(b) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June exceed, in the aggregate, $29,222,000; or
(c) in the case of payments authorized on or before 30 June exceed, in the aggregate, $39,222,000.”.
Schedule.
The Principal Act is amended by omitting the Schedule and substituting the following Schedule:—
SCHEDULE Section 8
LIMITS OF GRANTS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURE
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Government Schools
Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Non- Government Schools
TotalMaximumGrants
$
$
$
New South Wales
61,321,000
18,150,500
79,471,500
Victoria
47,272,500
15,894,500
63,167,000
Queensland
23,892,500
7,383,500
31,276,000
South Australia
18,458,000
3,076,500
21,534,500
Western Australia
14,048,500
3,589,000
17,637,500
Tasmania
6,255,000
1,128,000
7,383,000
171,247,500
49,222,000
220,469,500
PART III—AMENDMENTS OF STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1973
Citation.
(1) In this Part, the States Grants (Schools) Act 1973 is referred to as the Principal Act.
(2) The Principal Act, as amended by this Part, may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Act 1973-1974.
Grants for recurrent expenditure of non-systemic schools.
Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended—
(a) by inserting before sub-section (1) the following sub-section:—
“(1a) In this section, ‘period to which this section applies’ means—
(a) the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 January 1974;
(b) the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 July 1974; or
(c) the year commencing on 1 January 1975.”;
(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) the words “year to which this Act applies” and substituting the words “period to which this section applies”; and
(c) by omitting sub-section (5) and the table at the foot of that subsection and substituting the following sub-section and table:—
“(5) There is payable (and, in respect of the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 January 1974, there shall be deemed to have been payable) to a State under this section, in respect of each period to which this section applies, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent expenditure of each non-systemic school in the State—
(a) in the case of the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 January 1974—
(i) if the school is a non-government primary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 2 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving primary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and
(ii) if the school is a non-government secondary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 3 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving secondary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year;
(b) in the case of the period of 6 months that commenced on 1 July 1974—
(i) if the school is a non-government primary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 4 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving primary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and
(ii) if the school is a non-government secondary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 5 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving secondary education at the school on the date in the year that commenced on 1 January 1974 that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and
(c) in the case of the year commencing on 1 January 1975—
(i) if the school is a non-government primary school—an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 6 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving primary education at the school on the date in that year that is the schools census date for that State for that year; and
(ii) if the school is a non-government secondary school-an amount equal to the product of the amount specified in column 7 of the table set out at the foot of this sub-section opposite to the category specified in column 1 in which the school is included and the number of pupils receiving secondary education at the school on the date in that year that is the schools census date for that State of the year.
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Column 6
Column 7
Category of school
Primary schools— Period of 6 months commenced 1 January 1974
Secondary schools— Period of 6 months commenced 1 January 1974
Primary schools— Period of 6 months commenced 1 July 1974
Secondary schools— Period of 6 months commenced i July 1974
Primary schools— Year commencing 1 January 1975
Secondary schools— Year commencing 1 January 1975
$
$
$
S
$
$
Category A.
27.5
42.5
32
49.5
61
94
Category B.
30
45
35
52.5
73
109
Category C.
32.5
47.5
38
55.5
79
115
Category D.
35
51
41
59.5
91
139
Category E.
37.5
55
44
64.5
109
169
Category F.
40
60
47
70
127
200
Category G.
42.5
65
49.5
76
145
230
Category H.
45
70
52.5
82
163
260
Grants for approved special projects.
Section 53 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (3) the figures “$6,000,000” and substituting the figures “$7,200,000”.
Schedules.
The Principal Act is amended by omitting the Schedules and substituting the following Schedules:—
SCHEDULE 1 Sections 4, 7 and 9
GENERAL BUILDING GRANTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY SCIENCE LABORATORY BUILDING GRANTS
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 3
Column 6
Name of State
General building grants for government schools
General building grants for non-government schools
Supplementary grants for science laboratory buildings at non-government schools
Totals of Columns 3 and 4
Totals of Columns 2, 3 and 4
$
$
$
$
$
New South Wales.
37,370,000
5,020,000
720,000
5,740,000
43,110,000
Victoria.......
29,423,000
6,101,500
320,000
6,421,500
35,844,500
Queensland.....
14,215,500
2,757,500
350,000
3,107,500
17,323,000
South Australia..
11,010,000
277,500
70,000
347,500
11,357,500
Western Australia
8,419,000
2,453,000
180,000
2,633,000
11,052,000
Tasmania......
3,762,000
166,000
40,000
206,000
3,968,000
Totals....
104,199,500
16,775,500
1,680,000
18,455,500
122,655,000
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SCHEDULE 2 Sections 11, 13 and 15
GRANTS FOR RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
TABLE 1
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Column 4
Column 5
Name of State
Primary schools—Year commenced January 1974
Secondary schools—Year commenced 1 January 1974
Primary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975
Secondary schools—Year commencing 1 January 1975
$
$
S
S
New South Wales....
12,478,000
10,834,000
28,399,000
25,858,000
Victoria...........
9,061,000
8,125,000
21,611,000
19,856,000
Queensland........
5,132,000
3,439,000
12,051,000
8,652,000
South Australia.....
3,618,000
2,321,000
8,216,000
5,699,000
Western Australia....
3,162,000
1,425,000
7,526,000
3,497,000
Tasmania..........
1,055,000
727,000
2,408,000
1,694,000
Totals........
34,506,000
26,871,000
80,211,000
65,256,000
TABLE 2
CATHOLIC SYSTEMIC SCHOOLS
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Name of State
Year commenced 1 January 1974
Year commencing 1 January 1975
$
$
New South Wales.................................
11,165,000
17,944,000
Victoria........................................
9,667,000
15,875,000
Queensland.....................................
4,242,000
6,897,000
South Australia...................................
1,248,000
1,997,000
Western Australia.................................