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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

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

Commencement.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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