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Budget | 2014-15

Budget 2014-15
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  2. Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook
  3. Part 3: Fiscal Strategy and Outlook
  4. Attachment E: Australia's Federal Relations
  5. Annex A: Payments to the States (continued)

Part 3: Fiscal Strategy and Outlook (continued)

Attachment E: Australia's Federal Relations (continued)

Annex A: Payments to the States (continued)

Table A.2: Estimated payments to support state education services, by year and State
$'000 NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
2014‑15                  
Students First funding(a)(b)(c) 4,519,340 3,658,465 3,069,809 1,501,484 1,079,251 349,441 249,493 259,755 14,688,476
National Partnership payments                  
Independent Public Schools(d) nfp 4,540 5,520 nfp 1,580 600 260 460 26,280
MoneySmart Teaching 249 235 189 128 122 - - 105 1,028
More support for students with disabilities 18,419 13,998 12,100 5,932 4,268 1,357 996 656 57,726
National quality agenda for early childhood education and care 12,711 6,942 2,202 1,321 3,445 420 318 1,260 28,619
National School Chaplaincy Programme 11,113 12,615 18,102 7,627 7,489 2,192 966 483 60,587
Online safety programmes in schools(e)(f) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 630
School Pathways Programme - - - 540 747 - - - 1,287
Schools Security Programme 2,550 2,258 512 319 73 - - - 5,712
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory(f)                  
Building a quality school workforce                  
Additional teachers - - - - - - - 27,593 27,593
Quality teaching - - - - - - - 14,765 14,765
Teacher housing - - - - - - - 5,447 5,447
Expansion of the school enrolment and attendance measure - - - - - - - 2,304 2,304
Trade training centres in schools 13,341 35,195 28,177 12,594 5,894 1,790 4,142 14,455 115,588
Universal access to early childhood education 193,679 85,856 74,853 38,756 23,891 7,856 7,039 7,513 439,443
Total 4,771,402 3,820,104 3,211,464 1,568,701 1,126,760 363,656 263,214 334,796 15,475,485
Memorandum item — payments for non-government schools included in payments above                  
Students First funding(a)(b)(c) 2,921,074 2,433,944 1,926,225 973,378 699,240 194,849 175,576 123,111 9,448,835
National Partnership payments                  
More support for students with disabilities 3,921 2,909 2,069 1,333 668 200 194 75 11,369
Schools Security Programme 2,550 2,258 512 319 73 - - - 5,712
Trade training centres in schools 10,873 16,393 7,536 1,814 3,838 - 1,158 4,035 45,647
Total 2,938,418 2,455,504 1,936,342 976,844 703,819 195,049 176,928 127,221 9,511,563

(a) Includes funding for non‑government representative bodies.

(b) Includes special circumstances funding. As state allocations cannot be determined, this funding is included in the total for each year only. As such, the total for each year does not equal the sum of state totals.

(c) Includes other prescribed purpose funding.

(d) Funding for New South Wales and Western Australia is not published as they are not currently signatories to this National Partnership.

(e) State allocations are yet to be finalised.

(f) Includes payments for government and non‑government schools. However, the payments for non‑government schools are not shown in the memorandum item.

Table A.2: Estimated payments to support state education services, by year and State (continued)
$'000 NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
2015‑16                  
Students First funding(a)(b)(c) 4,805,246 3,925,056 3,412,920 1,648,683 1,142,429 370,620 263,719 283,115 15,853,263
National Partnership payments                  
Independent Public Schools(d) nfp 4,540 3,680 nfp 1,580 600 260 460 20,000
MoneySmart Teaching 273 257 206 140 134 - - 115 1,125
More support for students with disabilities - - - - - - - - -
National quality agenda for early childhood education and care(e) nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp
National School Chaplaincy Programme 11,113 12,615 18,102 7,627 7,489 2,192 966 483 60,587
Online safety programmes in schools(f)(g) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2,500
School Pathways Programme - - - - - - - - -
Schools Security Programme 2,551 2,259 512 319 73 - - - 5,714
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory(g)                  
Building a quality school workforce                  
Additional teachers - - - - - - - 28,117 28,117
Quality teaching - - - - - - - 14,765 14,765
Teacher housing - - - - - - - 6,142 6,142
Expansion of the school enrolment and attendance measure - - - - - - - 2,189 2,189
Trade training centres in schools 28,659 12,256 2,411 4,016 350 - 725 3,801 52,218
Universal access to early childhood education 90,602 68,160 59,930 31,245 18,904 6,137 4,719 3,453 283,150
Total 4,938,444 4,025,143 3,497,761 1,692,030 1,170,959 379,549 270,389 342,640 16,329,770
Memorandum item — payments for non-government schools included in payments above                  
Students First funding(a)(b) 3,069,780 2,590,660 2,109,820 1,066,828 740,514 206,685 186,530 132,054 10,104,346
National Partnership payments                  
More support for students with disabilities - - - - - - - - -
Schools Security Programme 2,551 2,259 512 319 73 - - - 5,714
Trade training centres in schools - 234 771 - - - - - 1,005
Total 3,072,331 2,593,153 2,111,103 1,067,147 740,587 206,685 186,530 132,054 10,111,065

(a) Includes funding for non‑government representative bodies.

(b) Includes special circumstances funding. As State allocations cannot be determined, this funding is included in the total for each year only. As such, the total for each year does not equal the sum of State totals.

(c) Includes other prescribed purpose funding.

(d) Funding for New South Wales and Western Australia is not published as they are not currently signatories to this National Partnership.

(e) Provision has been made in the Contingency Reserve for funding from 2015‑16, subject to a review of this agreement and negotiations with the States.

(f) State allocations are yet to be finalised.

(g) Includes payments for government and non‑government schools. However, the payments for non‑government schools are not shown in the memorandum item.

Table A.2: Estimated payments to support state education services, by year and State (continued)
$'000 NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
2016‑17                  
Students First funding(a)(b) 5,228,636 4,220,828 3,777,679 1,792,081 1,211,166 398,755 278,941 310,658 17,220,270
National Partnership payments                  
Independent Public Schools(c) nfp 4,540 3,680 nfp 1,580 600 260 460 20,000
MoneySmart Teaching 318 300 240 162 156 - - 134 1,310
More support for students with disabilities - - - - - - - - -
National quality agenda for early childhood education and care(d) nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp
National School Chaplaincy Programme 11,113 12,615 18,102 7,627 7,489 2,192 966 483 60,587
Online safety programmes in schools(e)(f) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 2,500
School Pathways Programme - - - - - - - - -
Schools Security Programme 2,551 2,259 512 319 73 - - - 5,714
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory(f)                  
Building a quality school workforce                  
Additional teachers - - - - - - - 21,640 21,640
Quality teaching - - - - - - - 14,765 14,765
Teacher housing - - - - - - - 7,441 7,441
Expansion of the school enrolment and attendance measure - - - - - - - 2,251 2,251
Trade training centres in schools - - - - - - - - -
Universal access to early childhood education - - - - - - - - -
Total 5,242,618 4,240,542 3,800,213 1,800,189 1,220,464 401,547 280,167 357,832 17,356,478
Memorandum item — payments for non-government schools included in payments above                  
Students First funding(a)(b) 3,264,886 2,783,964 2,290,403 1,159,261 786,161 222,124 198,344 143,088 10,849,757
National Partnership payments                  
More support for students with disabilities - - - - - - - - -
Schools Security Programme 2,551 2,259 512 319 73 - - - 5,714
Trade training centres in schools - - - - - - - - -
Total 3,267,437 2,786,223 2,290,915 1,159,580 786,234 222,124 198,344 143,088 10,855,471

(a) Includes funding for non‑government representative bodies.

(b) Includes special circumstances funding. As state allocations cannot be determined, this funding is included in the total for each year only. As such, the total for each year does not equal the sum of state totals.

(c) Funding for New South Wales and Western Australia is not published as they are not currently signatories to this National Partnership.

(d) Provision has been made in the Contingency Reserve for funding from 2015‑16, subject to a review of this agreement and negotiations with the States.

(e) State allocations are yet to be finalised.

(f) Includes payments for government and non‑government schools. However, the payments for non‑government schools are not shown in the memorandum item.

$'000 NSW VIC QLD WA SA TAS ACT NT Total
2017‑18                  
Students First funding(a)(b) 5,525,888 4,462,560 4,031,539 2,020,949 1,281,282 410,922 289,367 306,832 18,330,892
National Partnership payments                  
Independent Public Schools - - - - - - - - -
MoneySmart Teaching - - - - - - - - -
More support for students with disabilities - - - - - - - - -
National quality agenda for early childhood education and care(c) nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp nfp
National School Chaplaincy Programme 11,113 12,615 18,102 7,627 7,489 2,192 966 483 60,587
Online safety programmes in schools(d)(e) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 1,870
School Pathways Programme - - - - - - - - -
Schools Security Programme - - - - - - - - -
Stronger Futures in the Northern Territory(e)                  
Building a quality school workforce                  
Additional teachers - - - - - - - 22,051 22,051
Quality teaching - - - - - - - 14,765 14,765
Teacher housing - - - - - - - 7,627 7,627
Expansion of the school enrolment and attendance measure - - - - - - - 2,124 2,124
Trade training centres in schools - - - - - - - - -
Universal access to early childhood education - - - - - - - - -
Total 5,537,001 4,475,175 4,049,641 2,028,576 1,288,771 413,114 290,333 353,882 18,439,916
Memorandum item — payments for non-government schools included in payments above                  
Students First funding(a)(b) 3,419,966 2,942,044 2,445,781 1,238,240 823,262 233,156 205,007 151,058 11,460,067
National Partnership payments                  
More support for students with disabilities - - - - - - - - -
Schools Security Programme - - - - - - - - -
Trade training centres in schools - - - - - - - - -
Total 3,419,966 2,942,044 2,445,781 1,238,240 823,262 233,156 205,007 151,058 11,460,067

(a) Includes special circumstances funding. As state allocations cannot be determined, this funding is included in the total for each year only. As such, the total for each year does not equal the sum of state totals.

(b) Final State allocations for the 2018 school year are subject to formal negotiations between the Commonwealth and the States and Territories and the non‑government sector.

(c) Provision has been made in the Contingency Reserve for funding from 2015‑16, subject to a review of this agreement and negotiations with the States.

(d) State allocations are yet to be finalised.

(e) Includes payments for government and non‑government schools. However, the payments for non‑government schools are not shown in the memorandum item.