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SCHEDULE 12

New Schedules to be Substituted for the Schedules to the States Grants (Schools assistance) act 1980

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States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1981

No. 162 of 1981

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

[Assented to 19 November 1981]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the 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 Assistance) Act 1981.

Commencement

(1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

(2) Section 71 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 25 May 1981.

Interpretation

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

“approved authority”, in relation to an approved school system, a non-government school or a non-government centre, means such person or body as the Minister declares to be the approved authority of that school system, of that school or of that centre, 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 ethnic schools authority” means a body approved by the Minister under section 39 as an approved ethnic schools authority for the purposes of this Act;

“approved professional 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;

“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;

“building” includes part of a building;

“building project” includes—

(a) the investigation of the need for—

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Level of assistance under 1980 Act	Level of assistance for purposes of this section
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Level of assistance under 1980 Act	Level of assistance for purposes of this section
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Schedule Sch 12 - States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1981 | Zoe

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Building and equipment projects	Recurrent expenditure
	$	$
New South Wales...................................	43,857,000	94,660,000
Victoria..........................................	33,261,000	71,121,000
Queensland.......................................	18,929,000	41,809,000
South Australia.....................................	11,914,000	25,908,000
Western Australia...................................	11,264,000	24,464,000
Tasmania.........................................	3,910,000	8,571,000
Northern Territory...................................	1,614,000	2,641,000
Totals.....................................	124,749,000	269,174,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Disadvantaged government schools	Disadvantaged non-government schools	Prescribed country areas	Totals
	$	$	$	$
New South Wales..........	9,013,000	1,559,000	2,287,000	12,859,000
Victoria................	8,593,000	1,765,000	1,320,000	11,678,000
Queensland..............	2,628,000	298,000	2,013,000	4,939,000
South Australia............	2,394,000	286,000	758,000	3,438,000
Western Australia..........	1,758,000	248,000	1,438,000	3,444,000
Tasmania...............	571,000	71,000	391,000	1,033,000
Northern Territory..........	391,000	24,000	244,000	659,000
Totals.............	25,348,000	4,251,000	8,451,000	38,050,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5
Name of State	Government special education (including government integration activities)	Government integration activities	Non-government special education (including non-government integration activities)	Non-government integration activities
	$	$	$	$
New South Wales..........	6,531,000	338,000	1,533,000	97,000
Victoria................	4,597,000	254,000	1,740,000	92,000
Queensland..............	2,541,000	149,000	938,000	42,000
South Australia............	1,765,000	93,000	217,000	17,000
Western Australia..........	1,564,000	88,000	277,000	20,000
Tasmania...............	610,000	31,000	39,000	6,000
Northern Territory..........	160,000	9,000	8,000	1,000
Totals.............	17,768,000	962,000	4,752,000	275,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Level of assistance	Amount per primary school student	Amount per secondary school student
	$	$
1...........................................	296	480
2...........................................	444	721
3...........................................	562	913

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Year	Amount per primary school student	Amount per secondary school student
	$	$
1979.......................................	37	60
1980.......................................	74	120
1981.......................................	111	180
1982.......................................	148	240

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4	Column 5	Column 6
Total of all grants under section 10 for education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals in government schools	Total of all additional grants under sections 20 and 21 for non-government schools in need of short-term emergency assistance	Total of all grants under sections 23 and 24 for general education in English as a second language in non-government schools	Total of all grants under sections 25 and 26 for education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals in non-government schools	Total of all grants under section 51 for approved education centres	Total of all grants under section 54 for approved special projects or approved special programs
$	$	$	$	$	$
7,770,000	796,000	14,842,000	1,232,000	1,977,000	1,403,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Name of State	Residential institutions	Severely handicapped children
	$	$
New South Wales...................................	666,000	846,000
Victoria.........................................	529,000	666,000
Queensland.......................................	292,000	381,000
South Australia....................................	168,000	214,000
Western Australia...................................	164,000	221,000
Tasmania........................................	56,000	75,000
Northern Territory..................................	17,000	26,000
Total.......................................	1,892,000	2,429,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Building and equipment projects	Recurrent expenditure	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales......................	34,328,000	93,646,000	127,974,000
Victoria............................	31,771,000	65,399,500	97,170,500
Queensland..........................	17,062,500	37,181,000	54,243,500
South Australia.......................	11,547,500	23,905,000	35,452,500
Western Australia......................	10,424,000	22,036,500	32,460,500
Tasmania...........................	3,600,500	7,775,000	11,375,500
Northern Territory.....................	1,436,500	2,279,000	3,715,500
Totals.........................	110,170,000	252,222,000	362,392,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government schools	Nongovernment schools	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales......................	10,740,000	4,534,500	15,274,500
Victoria............................	12,034,500	4,465,000	16,499,500
Queensland..........................	1,625,500	727,500	2,353,000
South Australia.......................	3,700,500	1,211,000	4,911,500
Western Australia......................	1,866,000	1,650,000	3,516,000
Tasmania...........................	486,500	25,000	511,500
Northern Territory.....................	137,500		137,500
Totals.........................	30,590,500	12,613,000	43,203,500

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..........	8,165,000	1,295,500	1,785,000	11,245,500
Victoria................	8,183,500	1,514,500	1,012,500	10,710,500
Queensland..............	2,364,500	222,500	1,469,000	4,056,000
South Australia............	2,258,000	283,500	481,000	3,022,500
Western Australia..........	1,432,500	178,000	1,022,000	2,632,500
Tasmania...............	494,000	69,000	347,500	910,500
Northern Territory..........	233,000	21,000	135,500	389,500
Totals.............	23,130,500	3,584,000	6,252,500	32,967,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Name of State	Government special schools	Non-government special schools	Totals
	$	$	$
New South Wales...................	5,757,500	1,239,500	6,997,000
Victoria.........................	3,943,000	1,527,500	5,470,500
Queensland.......................	2,071,500	914,500	2,986,000
South Australia....................	1,545,000	145,000	1,690,000
Western Australia...................	1,317,500	201,500	1,519,000
Tasmania........................	545,500		545,500
Northern Territory..................	131,000		131,000
Totals......................	15,311,000	4,028,000	19,339,000

Column 1	Column 2
Name of State	Amounts
	$
New South Wales............................................	1,553,000
Victoria...................................................	1,657,000
Queensland................................................	1,500,000
South Australia..............................................	723,000
Western Australia............................................	1,203,000
Tasmania..................................................	336,000
Northern Territory............................................	447,000
Total................................................	7,419,000

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Level of assistance	Amount per primary school student	Amount per secondary school student
	$	$
1.............................................	234	353
2.............................................	260	415
3.............................................	260	415
4.............................................	351	540
5.............................................	377	581
6.............................................	467	727

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 44 for temporary transfer of teachers, &c.	Total of all grants under section 46 for approved education centres	Total of all grants under section 49 for approved special projects
$	$	$	$
679,500	142,000	1,766,500	3,662,000