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States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1979

No. 184 of 1979

An Act relating to the grant of financial assistance to the States and the Northern Territory for and in relation to schools.

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 Assistance) Act 1979.

Commencement

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

Interpretation

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

“approved authority”, in relation to an approved school system or in relation to a non-government school, means such person or body as the Minister declares to be the approved authority of that school system or of that school, as the case may be, for the purposes of this Act;

“approved education centre” means an education centre approved by the Minister under sub-section 4(6);

“approved school system” means a school system in a State, or in a part of a State, that consists of non-government schools and that the Minister declares to be an approved school system for the purposes of this Act;

“approved service and development activities” means—

(a) in-service teacher training;

(b) inquiries into the feasibility of providing support services for government schools and non-government schools in a State, or the planning of such support services; or

(c) activities the purpose of which is to improve communication and understanding between teachers at government schools and teachers at non-government schools in a State, other persons employed at, or associated with the administration of, those schools, and students, and parents of students, at, and other members of the community interested in education at, those schools;

“building” includes part of a building;

“building project” includes—

(a) the investigation of the need for—

(i) schools, or schools of particular kinds, in a State or a part of a State; or

(ii) a building or other facilities;

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

(d) the development or preparation of land for building or other purposes; and

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

“certificate by an authorized person”, in relation to a condition contained in a section of this Act that requires a certificate to be furnished by a State to the Commonwealth Education Minister, means a certificate signed by the person authorized by the State Education Minister for the State to sign that certificate;

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Building and equipment projects	Recurrent expenditure	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales....................	28,647,000	76,747,500	105,394,500
Victoria...........................	27,023,000	54,194,000	81,217,000
Queensland........................	14,123,500	29,703,000	43,826,500
South Australia......................	9,908,000	19,920,000	29,828,000
Western Australia....................	8,674,500	17,825,500	26,500,000
Tasmania..........................	3,029,000	6,419,000	9,448,000
Northern Territory....................	1,317,000	1,905,000	3,222,000
Totals........................	92,722,000	206,714,000	299,436,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government schools	Non-government schools	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales......................	8,143,500	3,446,000	11,589,500
Victoria............................	9,607,500	3,586,000	13,193,500
Queensland..........................	1,042,000	375,000	1,417,000
South Australia.......................	2,310,000	1,036,000	3,346,000
Western Australia......................	1,120,500	1,417,500	2,538,000
Tasmania...........................	387,000	18,000	405,000
Northern Territory.....................	110,500	..	110,500
Totals.........................	22,721,000	9,878,500	32,599,500

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools	Disadvantaged country areas	Totals
	$	$	$	$
New South Wales.........	6,710,000	1,066,500	1,472,000	9,248,500
Victoria................	6,906,000	1,264,000	835,500	9,005,500
Queensland.............	1,935,500	172,500	1,212,000	3,320,000
South Australia...........	1,895,000	249,500	397,000	2,541,500
Western Australia.........	1,106,000	137,000	843,000	2,086,000
Tasmania...............	395,000	60,000	287,000	742,000
Northern Territory.........	137,500	7,500	112,000	257,000
Totals............	19,085,000	2,957,000	5,158,500	27,200,500

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government special schools	Non-government special schools	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales...................	4,697,000	1,038,000	5,735,000
Victoria.........................	3,154,500	1,327,500	4,482,000
Queensland.......................	1,698,000	750,000	2,448,000
South Australia....................	1,266,000	118,500	1,384,500
Western Australia...................	1,080,000	165,000	1,245,000
Tasmania........................	446,500	..	446,500
Northern Territory..................	107,500	..	107,500
Totals......................	12,449,500	3,399,000	15,848,500

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
	$
New South Wales............................................	9,384,000
Victoria..................................................	9,126,000
Queensland................................................	4,294,000
South Australia.............................................	1,805,500
Western Australia............................................	2,216,500
Tasmania.................................................	569,500
Northern Territory...........................................	463,000
Total................................................	27,858,500

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Level of Assistance	Amount per primary school student	Amount per secondary school student
	$	$
1..........................................	176	263
2..........................................	220	334
3..........................................	220	351
4..........................................	264	404
5..........................................	308	474
6..........................................	374	562

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Total of all additional grants under sections 18 and 19 for non-government schools in need of short term emergency assistance	Total of all grants under section 38 for temporary transfer of teachers, &c.	Total of all grants under section 40 for approved education centres	Total of all grants under section 43 for approved special projects
$	$	$	$
614,000	108,500	1,472,000	3,095,500

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
	$
New South Wales.......................................................	435,500
Victoria..............................................................	359,000
Queensland...........................................................	184,500
South Australia.........................................................	125,000
Western Australia.......................................................	119,500
Tasmania.............................................................	43,500
Northern Territory.......................................................	21,500
Total...........................................................	1,288,500

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
	$
New South Wales.......................................................	495,000
Victoria..............................................................	399,000
Queensland...........................................................	208,500
South Australia.........................................................	130,000
Western Australia.......................................................	120,500
Tasmania.............................................................	43,500
Northern Territory.......................................................	12,500
Total...........................................................	1,409,000

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
	$
New South Wales.......................................................	4,069,000
Victoria..............................................................	3,271,500
Queensland...........................................................	1,733,000
South Australia.........................................................	1,062,500
Western Australia.......................................................	995,500
Tasmania.............................................................	346,500
Northern Territory.......................................................	125,000
Total............................................................	11,603,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools	Disadvantaged country areas	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales.........	6,651,500	1,057,500	1,460,000	9,169,000
Victoria................	6,846,000	1,253,000	828,000	8,927,000
Queensland.............	1,919,000	170,000	1,201,000	3,290,000
South Australia...........	1,879,000	248,000	393,500	2,520,500
Western Australia.........	1,096,500	136,000	836,000	2,068,500
Tasmania...............	391,500	59,500	284,500	735,500
Totals.............	18,783,500	2,924,000	5,003,000	26,710,500