Schools Assistance Act 2008

An Act to grant financial assistance for non-government primary and secondary education for 2009 to 2012

*Please note that the Schools Assistance Amendment (Financial Assistance) Act 2011 received Royal Assent on 21 April 2011. The amendment Act amends the Schools Assistance Act 2008 to extend the existing funding arrangements, including indexation arrangements until the end of 2013 and for Grants for Capital Expenditure until the end of 2014.

Funding provided for under the Schools Assistance Act 2008 includes, amongst other elements:

• Grants for Recurrent expenditure including
  
• Remoteness Loading
  
• Indigenous Supplementary Assistance (ISA)
  
• Indigenous Funding Guarantee (IFG)
• Grants for Capital expenditure
• Grants for Targeted expenditure including
  
• Short Term Emergency Assistance
  
• Education in Country Areas
  
• Languages Education
  
• Teaching English to new arrivals
  
• Literacy, Numeracy and Special Learning Needs
  

 Please visit the Commonwealth of Australia Law website to view the Schools Assistance Act 2008 (No. 153).

Schools Assistance Regulations 2009

The Schools Assistance Regulations 2009 (the Regulations) specify the performance and transparency requirements under the Schools Assistance Act 2008 for non-government schools.
 
The Regulations give effect to the data collection and reporting requirements in the National Education Agreement including the national assessments and performance measures set out in the MCEECDYA Measurement Framework for National Key Performance Measures. The Regulations specify:

• National student assessments
  
• National reports on the outcomes of schooling
• Individual school information
  
• Student reports to parents
  
• Publication of information by schools
• Supplementation of funding for recurrent, capital and targeted expenditure for the applicable program year

Please visit the Commonwealth of Australia Law website to view the Schools Assistance Regulations 2009.

Administrative Guidelines

The Administrative Guidelines: Commonwealth Programs for Non-Government Schools (the Guidelines) provide an overview of the funding arrangements for non-government schools and details about key aspects of the new performance and accountability framework.

• 2011 Update ( PDF 569KB | RTF 5.06MB)
• 2010 Update ( PDF 1MB | RTF 1.6MB)
• 2009 Administrative Guidelines ( PDF 1.0MB | RTF 1.6MB)
  
  

Previous reference documents -

• Australian Government Programs for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines - 2005 to 2008:
• 2008 Update (  PDF 1.07MB |  RTF 4.89MB )
• 2007 Update (  PDF 1.84MB |  RTF 1.07MB )
• 2006 Update (  PDF 3.16MB |  RTF 4.21MB )
• 2005 Guidelines (  PDF 736KB |  RTF 4.48MB )
• 2001 to 2004 Commonwealth Programs for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines 
  ( PDF 595KB | RTF 2.72MB)
• 1997 to 2000 Commonwealth Programs for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines
  ( PDF 4MB | RTF 1.4MB)

The Administrative Guidelines should be read in conjunction with the Administrative Arrangements by BGAs for non-government schools as part of the Capital Grants Program.

For further information on the Administrative Guidelines, please contact us.