Hon Sue Ellery asks the Minister for Education for a breakdown of how the $585 million in Commonwealth grants received by the Department of Education in the 2014-15 state budget is spent. The Minister provides a breakdown by program and explains how the funds are allocated.

AnsweredQoN 735Legislative Council
Asked
26 June 2014
Portfolio
Education

QuestionView source ↗

DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION — COMMONWEALTH GRANTS
735. Hon SUE ELLERY to the
Minister for Education:
I refer to the 2014–15 state budget, which shows that
$585 million in grants from the commonwealth government were received by the
Department of Education. What is the breakdown of how these grants received are
spent?

AnswerView source ↗

I thank the honourable member for
some notice of this question.
The
response is fundamentally in tabular form so I seek leave to have it
incorporated into Hansard .
Leave
granted.
The following
material was incorporated —
The 2014-15 Budget Estimate for
Commonwealth revenue to the Department of Education is detailed below by
program.
���� 2014/15
Budget
Estimate
Grants and Contributions ����� $'000
Students First ������ 528,178
National Partnerships
Support
for Students with Disabilities ��� 4,599
Universal
Access ����� 25,400
Other Commonwealth Programs
Digital
Education Revolution ���� 2,546
Indigenous
Education - Pre school ��� 1,163
Rewards
for Great Teachers ���� 456
Vocational
Education and Training in Schools �� 1,545
Tri-border
Attendance Strategy ���� 879
Indian
Oceans Territories Education Programs �� 15,270
Estimate
for new projects ���� 5,352
������ 585,388
The expenditure of Students
First funds is at the discretion of the Department. These funds are pooled with
State Appropriations and used to deliver public education services.
Approximately 95% of the Department's total budget is spent directly by
schools or on behalf of schools. The remaining funds are spent by Central and
Regional Offices to support schools.
The remaining funds are spent
in accordance with State/Commonwealth funding agreements.

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