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2002
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
STATES GRANTS
(PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2)
2002
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
(Circulated by
authority of the Minister for Education, Science and Training the Hon Dr Brendan
Nelson MP)
STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2002
The purpose of the Bill is to amend Schedules 3 and 5 to the States
Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000 (the Act) to
insert maximum capital grant funding amounts for government and non-government
schools for the calendar years 2005, 2006 and 2007. Schedules 3 and 5 to the
Act currently set out maximum funding amounts for the capital grants program,
for government and non-government schools respectively, for the years 2001 to
2004.
This amendment is foreshadowed in the Act in Note 1 to Schedules 3
and 5, which states “Amounts for 2005, 2006 and 2007 will be inserted by
an amending Act.” The Bill will permit approval of capital grant funding
amounts for future program years beyond the four year funding period 2001-2004,
extending to the years 2005, 2006 and 2007, in keeping with program
administrative arrangements.
Maximum grant amounts for program years
beyond 2004 need to be inserted in the Act because capital grants for schools
are approved up to three years in advance of the current calendar year. At
present there is no legislative authority to approve capital projects submitted
for approval that include a funding allocation from the Program year 2005 or
beyond.
The Bill provides funding for school capital works of $897.783 million
over the program years 2005-2007. This is made up of $666.963 million for
government schools and $230.820 million for non-government schools. These
amounts are subject to supplementation as prescribed in the Act.
STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT BILL (NO. 2) 2002
Clause 1 - Short title
Provides for the Act to be cited as
the States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Amendment Act
(No. 2) 2002.
Clause 2 - Commencement
Provides for
the Act to commence on the day on which it receives the Royal
Assent.
Clause 3 - Schedule(s)
Provides that each Act
that is specified in a Schedule is amended or repealed as set out in the
applicable items in the Schedule and that any other item in a Schedule has
effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1
– Amendments
Section 54 enables the Minister to authorise payments to the States for
capital expenditure in connection with government schools and/or government
rural school hostels. Total payments to the States must not exceed the amounts
in column 2 of Schedule 3 for the respective program years (the maximum capital
grant funding amounts).
Section 73 enables the Minister to authorise
payments to the States for capital expenditure to individual non-government
schools or rural student hostels, or groups of non-government schools or rural
student hostels, or block grant authorities. Total payments to the States must
not exceed the amounts in column 2 of Schedule 5 for the respective program
years (the maximum capital grant funding amounts).
Item 1
Amends column 2 of the table in Schedule 3 to insert the
maximum capital grant funding amounts for government schools for 2005, 2006 and
2007.
Item 2
Repeals Note 1 to reflect the amendments
made by Item 1.
Renames Note 2 to reflect the repeal of Note 1 by Item
2.
Item 4
Amends column 2 of the table in Schedule 5 to
insert the maximum capital grant funding amounts for non-government schools for
2005, 2006 and 2007.
Item 5
Repeals Note 1 to reflect
the amendments made by Item 4.
Item 6
Renames Note 2 to
reflect the repeal of Note 1 by Item 5.