Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 311

I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, GovernorGeneral of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Schools assistance (Learning Together Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004.

Dated 30 November 2006

P. M. JEFFERY

GovernorGeneral

By His Excellency’s Command

JULIE BISHOP

Minister for Education, Science and Training

1 Name of Regulations

  These Regulations are the Schools Assistance (Learning Together — Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Amendment Regulations 2006 (No. 3).

2 Commencement

  These Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.

3 Amendment of Schools Assistance (Learning Together Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Regulations 2005

  Schedule 1 amends the Schools Assistance (Learning Together Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Regulations 2005.

Schedule 1 Amendments

(regulation 3)

 

[1] Regulation 4.2

substitute

4.2 Changes to grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs

 (1) For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, the amounts mentioned in the table for a program year are specified for columns 3 and 5 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Act for that program year.

 

Grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs

Column 1

Column 3 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9

Column 5 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9

Program year

Grants for schools: guarantee amount
($’000)

Grants for nongov’t centres: guarantee amount
($’000)

2005

7 233

3 118

2006

5 421

2 278

2007

7 373

2 736

2008

9 815

2 736

 (2) For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 6 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Act for that program year.

 

Grants for literacy, numeracy and special learning needs

Column 1

Column 6 of the table in Part 1 of Schedule 9

Program year

Grants for national projects
($’000)

2006

14 096

2007

14 448

[2] After regulation 4.5

insert

4.6 Changes to capital grants for government schools

  For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 3 of the table in Schedule 3 to the Act for that program year.

 

Capital grants for government schools

Column 1

Column 3 of the table in Schedule 3

Program year

Amount of capital infrastructure grants
($’000)

2006

429 520

2007

235 380

4.7 Changes to grants of short term emergency assistance for nongovernment schools

  For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 2 of the table in Schedule 7 to the Act for that program year.

 

Grants of short term emergency assistance

Column 1

Column 2 of the table in Schedule 7

Program year

Amount of grants
($’000)

2006

   387

2007

1 387

4.8 Changes to grants for targeted assistance

  For subsection 123A (1) of the Act, an amount mentioned in the table for a program year is specified for column 3 of the table in Schedule 8 to the Act for that program year.

 

Capital grants for nongovernment schools

Column 1

Column 3 of the table in Schedule 8

Program year

Grants to foster languages education
($’000)

2006

24 685

2007

26 293

 

Note

1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.