Education (Capital Assistance) Regulation 2025

This regulation may be cited as the Education (Capital Assistance) Regulation 2025.

This regulation commences on 1 September 2025.

For section 12A(2)(a) of the Act, the day prescribed is 1 October in the year before which the applications may be made.

For section 15(5) of the Act, the following information is required—

the school’s name and address;

a description of the proposed capital project identifying the major facilities or accommodation to be provided;

the purpose for which the facilities or accommodation will be used;

the estimated total cost of the proposed capital project;

other proposed sources of funding for the proposed capital project, including any Commonwealth grants that have been approved or applied for;

the year the facilities or accommodation are needed;

the address, or proposed address, of the proposed capital project;

information about how the proposed capital project aligns with the school’s plans for development.

For section 15(6) of the Act, definition relevant day, paragraph (b), the day prescribed is 31 March.

For sections 16(1)(a)(i) and 19(1)(a) of the Act, the criteria stated in schedule 1 is prescribed.

For section 16(2) of the Act, the day prescribed is 30 September in the relevant year.

For section 24(1) of the Act, the day prescribed is 30 June in each year.

The Education (Capital Assistance) Regulation 2015, SL No. 98 is repealed.

This section applies if—

a relevant application was made before the commencement; and

immediately before the commencement, the CAA had not assessed, or completed the assessment of, the application.

If the relevant application is an application under section 15 of the Act, section 5 of the repealed regulation continues to apply in relation to the application as if this regulation had not been made.

Section 7 and schedule 1 of the repealed regulation continue to apply in relation to the assessment of the relevant application as if this regulation had not been made.

In this section—

relevant application means—

an application under section 15 of the Act; or

an application under section 18 of the Act.

repealed regulation means the repealed Education (Capital Assistance) Regulation 2015.

In this schedule—

Ministerial guideline means a guideline issued under section 24B of the Act.

For an application for capital assistance under a scheme mentioned in a Ministerial guideline and known as the capital assistance scheme, the criteria are—

the condition and extent of the school’s existing facilities or accommodation; and

the facilities or accommodation that are, or are likely to be, needed to provide the school’s curriculum, or proposed curriculum; and

how many students, other than overseas students, attend the school in the year the application is made; and

how many students, other than overseas students, are expected to attend the school in the 2 years after the year the application is made; and

the characteristics of the students who attend, or are expected to attend, the school, including, for example, the year levels of the students, the accessibility needs of the students, whether there are students with disabilities, or whether there are students requiring learning support; and

the school’s financial position; and

the school community’s capacity to obtain financial resources for proposed capital projects, including, for example, by donations, fundraising, loans and payment of fees; and

whether the school is in a remote area of the State; and

whether the proposed capital project aligns with the school’s plans for development.

In this section—

overseas student has the meaning given by the Australian Education Act 2013 (Cwlth).