Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

(1) Schedule 2, item 3, page 10 (after line 26), after section 127A, insert:

127C Annual report by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority etc.

(1) By the end of each year:

(a) unless paragraph (b) applies—the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority; or

(b) if another person is directed by the Minister—that other person;

must prepare a report into the level of disadvantage in schools across Australia.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the report must include information relating to the following matters:

(a) the distribution of socio-educational disadvantage for schools when grouped by location, sector or any other measure;

(b) the percentage of students with socio-educational disadvantage in schools when grouped by location, sector or any other measure;

(c) the percentage of students that attract any of the following:

(i) student with disability loading;

(ii) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander loading;

(iii) socio-educational disadvantage loading;

(iv) low English proficiency loading;

(v) location loading;

in schools when grouped by location, sector or any other measure;

(d) the Index of Community Socio-educational Advantage value for schools when grouped by location, sector or any other measure;

(e) the fees, charges and parent contributions charged by each school;

(f) the fees, charges and parent contributions charged by schools when grouped by location, sector or any other measure.

(3) The information that is to be included in the report under subsection (1) must include, to the extent possible, information that relates to previous years.

(4) The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, or the other person, must give the Minister a copy of the report under subsection (1) as soon as practicable after the report is completed.

(5) The Minister must cause a copy of the report under subsection (1) to be tabled in each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the Minister receives a copy of the report.

(6) This section does not limit the application of section 46 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 to the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority.

(7) In this section:

Index of Community Socio-educational Advantage value for a school means the value that identifies the socio-educational advantage of the school, as published by the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority from time to time.

(2) Schedule 2, page 11 (after line 4), at the end of the Schedule, add:

6 Application provision — annual report

The first report prepared under subsection 127C(1) of the Australian Education Act 2013, as inserted by this Schedule, must be completed before 1 January 2027.

I commend the amendments to the Senate.