Bill
Australian Education Amendment Bill 2014
passed, as at 2014-11-26. Education portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Education
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2014-09-25
- second reading — 2014-09-25
- second reading — 2014-10-02
- second reading — 2014-10-20
- second reading — 2014-10-20
- third reading — 2014-10-20
- introduced — 2014-10-28
- second reading — 2014-10-28
- second reading — 2014-11-17
- second reading — 2014-11-18
- second reading — 2014-11-18
- third reading — 2014-11-18
- passed — 2014-11-18
- royal assent — 2014-11-26
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2014-09-25.
The bill would provide extra money in 2014 to schools that educate many Indigenous students who board and come from distant regions.
It would stop funding reductions for students with disabilities and those in certain independent special schools by aligning their transition rules with other schools.
The bill would fix mistakes in the Australian Education Act 2013 that cause uncertainty for schools.
- The bill creates the Indigenous Boarding Initiative, worth about $6.8 million, for eligible schools.
- The bill ensures transitional funding for some special schools matches the rules for other schools.
- The bill corrects errors in the original Act that affect funding and regulation.
Schools with Indigenous boarding students from remote areas, students with disabilities, and independent special schools are affected.
Sources
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