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Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act provides Commonwealth financial assistance to States and the Northern Territory for primary and secondary schooling in the mid‑1980s, covering government and non‑government (systemic and independent) schools.
It funds capital works, per‑student recurrent grants and targeted programs (ESL, disadvantaged and special education, computer and basic learning, multicultural/Aboriginal/rural support and residential education). Funds must flow via State agreements to approved authorities, with audited certificates, equal access guarantees and repayment if money is misused.
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Direct links to the current provisions in States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1984.
SCHEDULE 8
SCHEDULE 9
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
SCHEDULE 10
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—SUPPLEMENTARY ESTABLISHMENT GRANTS
SCHEDULE 11
SCHEDULE 12
SCHEDULE 13
SCHEDULE 14
SCHEDULE 15
EARLY SPECIAL EDUCATION
SCHEDULE 16
Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1984
No. 126 of 1984
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Section
Short title
Commencement
Interpretation
Schools and areas with respect to which special provision is made, &c.
Determination of levels of funding for eligible new arrivals
List of systemic schools and list of approved school systems
List of non-systemic schools
Movement of schools between lists
PART II—GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Grants for building projects and equipment projects in connection with government schools
Limits on grants under section 9
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with government schools
Minister may, in certain circumstances, authorize grants for purpose of other provisions
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with general education in English as a second language provided in connection with government schools
Limits on grants under section 13
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals provided in connection with government schools
Grants for expenditure in connection with government disadvantaged schools
Limits on grants under section 16
Grants for expenditure in connection with special education at government schools, &c.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued
Section
Limits on grants under section 18
Grants for expenditure in connection with programs of computer education at government schools, &c.
Limits on grants under section 20
Grants for expenditure in connection with programs of basic learning at government schools, &c.
Limits on grants under section 22
Additional conditions to which grants of financial assistance under Part subject
PART III—NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Approval of building projects and equipment projects in connection with non-government schools
Grants for building projects and equipment projects in connection with non-government schools
Limits on grants under section 26, &c.
Grants for recurrent expenditure of systemic schools
Grants for recurrent expenditure of non-systemic schools
Minister may, in certain circumstances, authorize grants for purposes of other provisions
Additional grants for schools in need of short-term emergency assistance
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with general education in English as a second language provided in connection with systemic schools
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with general education in English as a second language provided in connection with non-systemic schools
Limits on grants under sections 32 and 33
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals provided in connection with systemic schools
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals provided in connection with non-systemic schools
Grants for expenditure of systemic disadvantaged schools
Grants for expenditure of non-systemic disadvantaged schools
Limits on grants under sections 37 and 38
Grants on expenditure in connection with special education at non-government schools, &c.
Limits on grants under section 40
Approval of programs of computer education in connection with non-government schools
Grants for programs of computer education in connection with systemic schools
Grants for programs of computer education in connection with non-systemic schools
Limits on grants under sections 43 and 44
Approval of programs of basic learning in connection with non-government schools
Grants for programs of basic learning in connection with systemic schools
Grants for programs of basic learning in connection with non-systemic schools
Limits on grants under sections 47 and 48
Additional condition to which grants of financial assistance under Part subject, &c.
PART IV—SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS FOR BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS AT SCHOOLS SERVING PREDOMINANTLY ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
Approval of building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities
Grants for building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities
Limits on grants under section 52
PART V—JOINT GOVERNMENT AND NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS PROGRAMS
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with multicultural education
Limits on grants under section 54
TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued
Section
Approval of multicultural education projects of national significance
Grants for expenditure in relation to approved multicultural education projects of national significance
Limit on grants under section 57
Approved ethnic schools authorities
Approval of programs of ethnic education and determination of levels of funding
Grants for approved programs of ethnic education
Grants for expenditure in connection with the education of students receiving primary education or secondary education in prescribed country areas
Limits on grants under section 62
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with the education of children residing in residential institutions
Limits on grants under section 64
Grants for expenditure in relation to approved programs for education of severely handicapped children
Limits on grants under section 66
Approvals of programs of early special education
Grants for expenditure in relation to early special education programs for handicapped children
Limits on grants under sub-sections 69 (1) and (2)
Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with approved professional development activities
Limits on grants under section 71
Grants for expenditure of approved education centres
Limit on grants under section 73
Approval of projects or programs of national significance
Grants for expenditure in relation to projects or programs of national significance
Limit on grants under section 76
Additional conditions to which grants of financial assistance under Part subject
PART VI—MISCELLANEOUS
Minister may fix amounts, and times of payments, of financial assistance
Amounts payable by the States to the Commonwealth
Amounts of payments authorized may be reduced
Advances
Variation of Schedules 6 and 12
Payments to be made out of Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund
Authority to borrow
Application of moneys borrowed
Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund
Appropriation
Delegation by Minister
Determinations to be in writing, &c.
Report by Minister
Regulations
PART VII—AMENDMENTS OF THE STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1983
Principal Act
Determination of levels of funding for eligible new arrivals
Grants for expenditure in connection with programs of computer education at government schools, &c.
Limits on grants under section 17
Approval of programs of computer education in connection with non-government schools
Grants for programs of computer education in connection with systemic schools
Grants for programs of computer education in connection with non-systemic schools
Limits on grants under sections 37 and 38
TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued
Section
Grants for building projects and equipment projects in connection with schools serving predominantly Aboriginal communities
Approval of programs of ethnic education and determination of levels of funding
Repeal of section 70
Substitution of Schedules
Payments made before Royal Assent
SCHEDULE 1
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS
SCHEDULE 2
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
SCHEDULE 3
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—GENERAL EDUCATION IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE
SCHEDULE 4
DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS AND PRESCRIBED COUNTRY AREAS
SCHEDULE 5
SPECIAL EDUCATION (INCLUDING INTEGRATION ACTIVITIES)
SCHEDULE 6
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—COMPUTER EDUCATION
SCHEDULE 7
PROGRAMS OF BASIC LEARNING
SCHEDULE 8
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—BUILDING AND EQUIPMENT PROJECTS
SCHEDULE 9
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—RECURRENT EXPENDITURE
SCHEDULE 10
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—SUPPLEMENTARY ESTABLISHMENT GRANTS
SCHEDULE 11
MISCELLANEOUS GRANTS
SCHEDULE 12
NON-GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS—COMPUTER EDUCATION
SCHEDULE 13
MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION
TABLE OF PROVISIONS—continued
SCHEDULE 14
RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SEVERELY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
SCHEDULE 15
EARLY SPECIAL EDUCATION
SCHEDULE 16
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
SCHEDULE 17
NEW SCHEDULES TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR SCHEDULES TO STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1983
States Grants (Schools Assistance) Act 1984
No. 126 of 1984
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 25 October 1984]
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
Commencement
2. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sections 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100 and 103 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 21 December 1983.
Interpretation
“approved authority”, in relation to an approved school system, a non-government school, a non-government body administering a project in connection with a government school, a non-systemic school or a non-government centre, when referred to in a provision of this Act, means the person or body that the Minister declares to be the approved authority of that school system, of that school, of that
non-government body or of that centre, as the case may be, for the purposes of that provision;
“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 59;
“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, by notice in writing, 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—
(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;
(c) the planning, erection, alteration or extension of a building or other facilities;
(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;
“certificate by a person who is a qualified accountant” means a certificate signed by—
(a) a person who is registered as a company auditor or a public accountant under a law in force in a State or Territory;
(b) a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia or the Australian Society of Accountants; or
(c) a person approved by the Minister as a qualified accountant for the purposes of this Act;
“child” includes young person;
“co-educational school” means a school the students at which comprise, or, in the case of a proposed school, are to comprise, both male students and female students;
“commencing day” means the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
“Commonwealth Education Minister” means the Minister;
“Commonwealth Schools Commission” means the Commonwealth Schools Commission established by the Commonwealth Schools Commission Act 1973;
“disadvantaged school” means—
(a) a government school in a State that the State Education Minister for the State notifies the Commonwealth Education Minister, under sub-section 4 (1), is a school that should, in the opinion of the State Education Minister, be treated as a disadvantaged school for the purposes of this Act; or
(b) a non-government school in a State that the Minister declares, under sub-section 4 (2), to be a disadvantaged school for the purposes of this Act;
“developing area” means a geographical area that is, in accordance with criteria determined under sub-section (19), a developing area for the purposes of this Act;
“early special education program for handicapped children”, in relation to a State, means a program that is being, or is to be, carried out by or in the State for, or in connection with, the education of handicapped children who have not attained the age at which children are required by a law of the State to attend school;
“education centre” means a body corporate, or a body of persons that the Minister is satisfied will, during the year 1985, become a body corporate—
(a) the members, or a majority of the members, of the governing body of which are persons employed as teachers at government schools or non-government schools;
(b) the sole or principal object of which is to improve the professional competence of teachers by methods that include the provision of in-service teacher training; and
(c) which is not conducted for the profit, direct or indirect, of an individual or individuals;
“education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals” means education that is provided for the purpose of teaching, by means of intensive instruction, the English language to eligible new arrivals;
“eligible new arrival” means a person whose first language is a language (not being the English language) of a country other than Australia and who arrived in Australia after 31 July 1984;
“equipment project” means a project for or in relation to the provision of equipment, library material or furniture and includes a project for obtaining services or goods relating to the cataloguing of a library;
“general education in English as a second language” means education that is provided—
(a) for the purpose of teaching the English language to students whose first language is a language other than the English language; and
(b) for the purpose of giving instruction to those students and other students in relation to the culture of peoples of the Aboriginal race of Australia or of peoples who have migrated to Australia;
“government centre” means a centre in a State providing special education that is conducted by or on behalf of the Government of the State;
“government disadvantaged school” means a government primary school, or a government secondary school, th
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