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title: "States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976"
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# States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976

## 1 States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) AMENDMENT

ACT 1976

No. 134 of 1976

An Act to amend the States Grants (Schools) Act 1972 and the States Grants (Schools) Act 1976.

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

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976

Commencement.

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

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1972

Principal Act.

3. The States Grants (Schools) Act 1972 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Grants to States for building projects in connexion with schools.

4. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-sections (4) and (5) and substituting the following sub-sections:—

“(4) The Minister shall not, before 1 July 1977, authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with government schools, that, together with such payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976, exceed, in the aggregate, $143,818,000.

“(5) The Minister shall not, before 1 July 1977, authorize payments to the States under this Part, in respect of building projects in connexion with non-government schools, that, together with such payments authorized before the commencement of the States Grants (Schools) Amendment Act 1976, exceed, in the aggregate, $41,383,000.”.

  

Schedule.

5. 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             |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------- |
| Name of State                            | Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Government Schools | Maximum Grants for Capital Expenditure for Non-Government Schools | Total Maximum Grants |
|                                          | $                                                             | $                                                                 | $                    |
| New South Wales.......................   | 65,089,500                                                    | 19,262,000                                                        | 84,351,500           |
| Victoria.............................    | 50,178,500                                                    | 16,863,000                                                        | 67,041,500           |
| Queensland...........................    | 25,362,500                                                    | 7,834,500                                                         | 33,197,000           |
| South Australia........................  | 19,593,000                                                    | 3,265,500                                                         | 22,858,500           |
| Western Australia....................... | 14,911,000                                                    | 3,806,000                                                         | 18,717,000           |
| Tasmania............................     | 6,639,000                                                     | 1,194,000                                                         | 7,833,000            |
| Totals...........................        | 181,773,500                                                   | 52,225,000                                                        | 233,998,500          |

Formal amendments.

6. The Principal Act is amended as set out in the following table:—

| Provision                                              | Amendment                                                                                                     |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Section 4(1) (definition of “qualified accountant”)    | Omit “of this Act”.                                                                                           |
| Section 4(1) (definition of “the schools census date”) | Omit “Commonwealth Statistician”, substitute “Australian Statistician”.                                       |
| Section 5...............                               | Omit “the first day of July”, substitute “1 July”.                                                            |
| Section 6...............                               | (a) Omit “the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-three” substitute “1 July 1973”.       |
|                                                        | (b) Omit “the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight”, substitute “30 June 1978”. |
| Section 9(1).............                              | Omit “of this Act”.                                                                                           |
| Section 9(2).............                              | (a) Omit “of this Act”.                                                                                       |
|                                                        | (b) Omit “of this sub-section”.                                                                               |
| Section 9(3).............                              | Omit “of this section”.                                                                                       |
| Section 10(1)............                              | Omit “thirtieth day of June”, substitute “30 June”.                                                           |
| Section 10(2)............                              | Omit “the thirtieth day of June, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight”, substitute “30 June 1978”.     |
| Part III................                               | Repeal.                                                                                                       |

  

PART III—AMENDMENTS OF STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS) ACT 1976

Principal Act.

7. The States Grants (Schools) Act 1976 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Limit on grants under sections 47 and 48.

8. Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the figures “$400,000” and substituting the figures “$459,500”.

Limit on grants under sections 50 and 51.

9. Section 52 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the figures “$860,000” and substituting the figures “$986,500”.

Limit on grants under sections 54 and 55.

10. Section 56 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the figures “$3,587,000” and substituting the figures “$4,119,500”.

Schedules.

11. The Principal Act is amended by omitting the Schedules and substituting the following Schedules:—

SCHEDULE 1 Sections 7 and 13

GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS AND RECURRENT EXPENDITURE

| Column 1                                   | Column 2                        | Column 3              | Column 4    |
| ------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------- | --------------------- | ----------- |
| Name of State                              | Building and Equipment Projects | Recurrent Expenditure | Totals      |
|                                            | $                               | $                     | $           |
| New South Wales..........................  | 25,195,500                      | 68,357,000            | 93,552,500  |
| Victoria................................   | 22,218,000                      | 56,195,000            | 78,413,000  |
| Queensland..............................   | 13,782,000                      | 25,096,500            | 38,878,500  |
| South Australia........................... | 7,235,500                       | 17,325,000            | 24,560,500  |
| Western Australia......................... | 6,511,500                       | 13,669,000            | 20,180,500  |
| Tasmania...............................    | 1,779,500                       | 5,175,000             | 6,954,500   |
| Totals.............................        | 76,722,000                      | 185,817,500           | 262,539,500 |

SCHEDULE 2 Section 9

NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS

| Column 1                                                         | Column 2   |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- |
| Name of State                                                    | Amounts    |
|                                                                  | $          |
| New South Wales...............................................   | 4,192,500  |
| Victoria......................................................   | 4,325,000  |
| Queensland...................................................    | 1,999,000  |
| South Australia................................................. | 806,500    |
| Western Australia............................................... | 868,000    |
| Tasmania.....................................................    | 257,000    |
| Total......................................................      | 12,448,000 |

  

SCHEDULE 3 Paragraph 11(2)(a) and section 20

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE—MIGRANT EDUCATION

| Column 1                              | Column 2           | Column 3               | Column 4   |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------- | ---------- |
| Name of State                         | Government schools | Non-government schools | Totals     |
|                                       | $                  | $                      | $          |
| New South Wales....................   | 5,824,000          | 1,938,500              | 7,762,500  |
| Victoria...........................   | 8,423,500          | 2,329,000              | 10,752,500 |
| Queensland........................    | 441,500            | 90,000                 | 531,500    |
| South Australia...................... | 1,315,000          | 815,500                | 2,130,500  |
| Western Australia.................... | 525,000            | 1,144,000              | 1,669,000  |
| Tasmania..........................    | 323,500            | 11,500                 | 335,000    |
| Totals.........................       | 16,852,500         | 6,328,500              | 23,181,000 |

SCHEDULE 4 Sections 14 and 17

RECURRENT EXPENDITURE—LEVELS OF ASSISTANCE FOR NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS

| Column 1                                        | Column 2                          | Column 3                            |
| ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |
| Level of assistance                             | Amount per primary school student | Amount per secondary school student |
|                                                 | $                                 | $                                   |
| 1.............................................. | 76                                | 113                                 |
| 2.............................................. | 105                               | 162                                 |
| 3.............................................. | 134                               | 210                                 |
| 4.............................................. | 164                               | 258                                 |
| 5.............................................. | 193                               | 307                                 |
| 6.............................................. | 223                               | 355                                 |

SCHEDULE 5 Sections 23 and 28

DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS

| Column 1                                 | Column 2           | Column 3               | Column 4   |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------- | ---------- |
| Name of State                            | Government schools | Non-government schools | Totals     |
|                                          | $                  | $                      | $          |
| New South Wales........................  | 5,482,000          | 871,500                | 6,353,500  |
| Victoria..............................   | 5,643,000          | 1,032,000              | 6,675,000  |
| Queensland............................   | 1,582,500          | 137,500                | 1,720,000  |
| South Australia......................... | 1,548,000          | 206,500                | 1,754,500  |
| Western Australia....................... | 906,000            | 114,500                | 1,020,500  |
| Tasmania.............................    | 321,000            | 46,000                 | 367,000    |
| Totals............................       | 15,482,500         | 2,408,000              | 17,890,500 |

  

SCHEDULE 6 Section 33

SPECIAL SCHOOLS

| Column 1                               | Column 2           | Column 3               | Column 4   |
| -------------------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------- | ---------- |
| Name of State                          | Government schools | Non-government schools | Totals     |
|                                        | $                  | $                      | $          |
| New South Wales.....................   | 3,360,500          | 1,310,000              | 4,670,500  |
| Victoria...........................    | 2,480,000          | 1,171,500              | 3,651,500  |
| Queensland.........................    | 1,388,000          | 610,000                | 1,998,000  |
| South Australia......................  | 1,032,000          | 97,500                 | 1,129,500  |
| Western Australia..................... | 888,000            | 127,000                | 1,015,000  |
| Tasmania..........................     | 367,000            |                        | 367,000    |
| Totals..........................       | 9,515,500          | 3,316,000              | 12,831,500 |

SCHEDULE 7 Section 38

SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER TRAINING COURSES AND RELATED TEACHER REMUNERATION OR REPLACEMENT

| Column 1                               | Column 2                   | Column 3                                     | Column 4  |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Name of State                          | Special education training | Teacher remuneration and teacher replacement | Totals    |
|                                        | $                          | $                                            | $         |
| New South Wales.....................   | 314,500                    | 2,318,000                                    | 2,632,500 |
| Victoria...........................    | 250,000                    | 1,882,000                                    | 2,132,000 |
| Queensland.........................    | 139,000                    | 985,000                                      | 1,124,000 |
| South Australia......................  | 86,000                     | 633,000                                      | 719,000   |
| Western Australia..................... | 74,500                     | 555,000                                      | 629,500   |
| Tasmania..........................     | 33,500                     | 244,500                                      | 278,000   |
| Totals.........................        | 897,500                    | 6,617,500                                    | 7,515,000 |

SCHEDULE 8 Section 44

DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE ACTIVITIES

| Column 1                              | Column 2                                    | Column 3                                     | Column 4  |
| ------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Name of State                         | Approved development and service activities | Teacher remuneration and teacher replacement | Totals    |
|                                       | $                                           | $                                            | $         |
| New South Wales.....................  | 2,431,500                                   | 780,000                                      | 3,211,500 |
| Victoria...........................   | 2,064,500                                   | 631,000                                      | 2,695,500 |
| Queensland.........................   | 988,500                                     | 322,500                                      | 1,311,000 |
| South Australia...................... | 694,000                                     | 212,000                                      | 906,000   |

  

SCHEDULE 8–continued

| Column 1                                | Column 2                                    | Column 3                                     | Column 4  |
| --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------- | --------- |
| Name of State                           | Approved development and service activities | Teacher remuneration and teacher replacement | Totals    |
|                                         | $                                           | $                                            | $         |
| Western Australia...................... | 538,000                                     | 175,500                                      | 713,500   |
| Tasmania............................    | 260,500                                     | 79,000                                       | 339,500   |
| Totals...........................       | 6,977,000                                   | 2,200,000                                    | 9,177,000 |

Directions under Principal Act.

12. Any directions given under sub-section 7(3) or 33(4) of the Principal Act shall, by force of this section, cease to have effect upon the commencement of this Act, but this section shall not be taken to affect the previous operation of those directions.