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1998-1999-2000
THE PARLIAMENT OF THE
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES
STATES
GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) BILL
2000
SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY
MEMORANDUM
(Circulated by authority of the
Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs
the Hon Dr David Kemp
MP)
ISBN: 0642 452539
STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE)
BILL 2000
OUTLINE
These amendments provide for variation of all funding amounts in the Bill
to update them from 1999 prices to 2000 prices. The Explanatory Memorandum for
the Bill introduced on 29 June 2000 foreshadowed these Government amendments.
These amendments allow for funding amounts in Schedules 1 to 8 and subclauses
59(3) and 60(3) to be replaced with new funding amounts so that the Bill
reflects 2000 prices.
The Bill was introduced in the House of
Representatives on 29 June 2000 with funding amounts shown in 1999 prices
because the required Average Government Schools Recurrent Cost (AGSRC) data for
2000 was not yet available at that time. This data is now available and the
funding amounts are being updated accordingly.
This amendment also
contains minor clerical and technical amendments to:
• Omit
subclause 49(3) “Variation to include funding level in certain
circumstance” which prevents backdating a funding level to earlier than
the programme year in which the determination is made. This is incorrect as it
would prevent clause 48 having its intended effect of allowing backdating to a
previous programme year where there are exceptional
circumstances.
• Amend Schedule 2 “General recurrent grants for
government schools” to realign the funding entitlement at column 2 to the
actual percentage of AGSRC based on the final 2000 prices.
• Amend
Schedule 8, column 2 “Grants under strategic assistance” and column
5 “Grants for special education at non-government centres” to amend
the allocation of total funding between these elements of the Bill. The revised
allocation accords with the proportional distribution that applied in
2000.
These amendments update funding amounts from 1999 prices to 2000 prices.
When enacted, the Bill will appropriate an estimated $19 billion in final 2000
prices over the entire 2001-2004 quadrennium. In accordance with the
Government’s policy, these amounts will be adjusted for future price
movements.
STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) BILL 2000
NOTES ON AMENDMENTS
Clause 1
Omits subclause 49(3). The subclause would have
prevented clause 48 from having its intended effect of allowing backdating of a
variation of the list of non-government schools where the Minister was satisfied
that there were exceptional circumstances to justify such backdating. Proposed
section 51 would then allow backdating to a previous program year (but not
before 1 January 2001).
Clause 2
Increases the “deemed” AGSRC for primary
education in subclause 59(3) of the Bill for the immediately preceding program
year to $5056 to reflect related amendments to Schedule 1.
Clause
3
Increases the “deemed” AGSRC secondary student amount
in subclause 60(3) of the Bill for the immediately preceding program year to
$6294 to reflect related amendments to Schedule 1.
Clause 4
Replaces Schedule 1 in the Bill with the 2000 per capita AGSRC
amounts for primary and secondary schools for the years 2001 to
2004.
Clause 5
Replaces Schedule 2 in the Bill with
the 2000 per capita AGSRC amounts for primary and secondary schools for the
years 2001 to 2004.
Clause 6
Replaces Schedule 3 in
the Bill with new amounts for capital grants for government schools for the
years 2001 to 2004.
Clause 7
Replaces Parts 1, 2, 3
and 4 of Schedule 4 in the Bill. The amendment to Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 4
inserts the new per capita amounts for the years 2001 to 2004 having regard to
the 2000 per capita AGSRC amounts and the SES funding levels.
The
amendments to Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 4 replace the year 2000 funding level at
column 1 with the correct percentage of AGSRC based on the final 2000 per capita
rates and the AGSRC amounts. It also inserts the new per capita amounts for the
years 2001 to 2004 having regard to year 2000 funding levels.
In total
there are 12 funding levels for both primary and secondary corresponding to the
12 ERI funding categories, with an additional 3 levels in primary and secondary
for the funding guaranteed schools (the secondary funding level for the
“1993 3/5G” is the same as that for the secondary category 3 funding
level). These funding levels are set out in the following table.
|
ERI funding category or Funding guaranteed amount
|
Year 2000 funding level for primary education (% of AGSRC)
|
Year 2000 funding level for secondary education (% of AGSRC)
|
|
1
|
11.8
|
14.2
|
|
2
|
15.7
|
18.9
|
|
3
|
19.6
|
21.9
|
|
4
|
23.9
|
28.7
|
|
5
|
29.0
|
32.2
|
|
6
|
32.0
|
35.7
|
|
7
|
35.0
|
39.1
|
|
8
|
38.7
|
43.2
|
|
9
|
43.8
|
48.8
|
|
10
|
47.5
|
53.0
|
|
11
|
51.6
|
57.5
|
|
12
|
56.0
|
62.4
|
|
1993 1/3G
|
14.0
|
15.6
|
|
1993 3/5G
|
19.7
|
21.9
|
|
1996 6/10G
|
34.7
|
38.8
|
Clause 8
Replaces Schedule 5 in the Bill to reflect updated funding amounts for
the years 2001 to 2004, adjusted for year 2000 prices.
Clause 9
Replaces Schedule 6 in the Bill to reflect updated funding amounts for
the years 2001 to 2004, adjusted for year 2000 prices.
Clause 10
Replaces Schedule 7 in the Bill to reflect updated funding amounts for
the years 2001 to 2004, adjusted for year 2000 prices.
Clause 11
Replaces Parts 1, 2 and 3 of Schedule 8 in the Bill to reflect updated
funding amounts for the years 2001 to 2004, adjusted for year 2000
prices.