Australian Education Bill 2013 (as amended); Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013
Information about the Inquiry
On 18 June 2013 the Senate jointly referred the Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 and the Australian Education Bill 2013 for inquiry and report.
The amendments to the Australian Education Bill:
- Detail the Commonwealth's new funding model for all Australian schools, including the per student amount, loading amounts for disadvantaged schools and students, and capacity to contribute settings for non-government schools.
- Lock in Commonwealth schools funding growth of 4.7 per cent.
- Detail the transition arrangements for schools currently above, at, and below their School Resourcing Standard funding amount.
- Set out the requirements for participating schools to implement the reforms within National Plan for School Improvement, for example the development of annual school improvement plans.
- State a commitment to greater transparency and accountability as part of the national plan, including the publication of more information about school funding and results.
The Australian Education (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2013 amends certain Commonwealth laws and contains transitional arrangements consequential to the enactment of the Australian Education Act 2013.
Submissions should be received by 21 June 2013. The reporting date is 24 June 2013.
The Committee is seeking written submissions from interested individuals and organisations preferably in electronic form submitted online or sent by email to eewr.sen@aph.gov.au as an attached Adobe PDF or MS Word format document. The email must include full postal address and contact details.
Alternatively, written submissions may be sent to:
Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
Notes to help you prepare your submission are available from the website at https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm. Alternatively, the Committee Secretariat will be able to help you with your inquiries and can be contacted on telephone +61 2 6277 3521 or facsimile +61 2 6277 5706 or by email to eewr.sen@aph.gov.au.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people should be directed to Parliament House TTY number 02 6277 7799. Adobe also provides tools at http://access.adobe.com/ for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF documents. If you require any special arrangements to enable you to participate in the Committee's inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretariat.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes a confidential Committee document and is protected by Parliamentary Privilege. You must not release your submission without the Committee's permission. If you do, it will not be protected by Parliamentary Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes submissions public and places them on its website. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept confidential.
For further information, contact: Committee Secretary
Senate Education, Employment and Workplace Relations Committees
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia