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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2022-2023
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Australian Education Amendment (Save
Our Public Schools) Bill 2023
No. , 2023
(Senator Allman-Payne)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Australian Education
Act 2013
, and for related purposes
No. , 2023
Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public Schools) Bill 2023
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Education Act 2013
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No. , 2023
Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public Schools) Bill
2023
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Australian Education
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Act 2013
, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public
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Schools) Act 2023
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Australian Education Amendment (Save Our Public Schools) Bill 2023
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
the Act.
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Australian Education Act 2013
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1 At the end of section 3
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Add:
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; and (c) to ensure every school-aged child in Australia has access to a
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fully funded government school.
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2 Section 35A
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Repeal the section, substitute:
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35A Commonwealth share
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Commonwealth share
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(1) The
Commonwealth share
for a school for a year (subject to
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sections 35B and 35C) is:
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(a) for a government school--25%, unless the regulations
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prescribe a higher percentage; and
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(b) for a non-government school--80%, unless the regulations
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prescribe otherwise.
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Objective of the Commonwealth share
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(2) Before the Governor-General makes regulations for the purposes of
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subsection (1), the Minister must be satisfied that the regulations
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are consistent with the objective stated in subsection (3).
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(3) The objective is that every school-aged child in Australia has
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access to a fully funded government school.
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(4) To avoid doubt, subsections (2) and (3) do not apply to the
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Commonwealth share for a transitioning government school or a
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non-government school for a transition year (see sections 35B and
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35C).
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