Capital Grants Program

$1.7 Billion Investment In Australia’s Schools

The Australian Government has committed $1.7 billion for capital works in schools across Australia for the 2005-2008 quadrennium.

The focus of the Capital Grants Programme is to provide and improve school capital infrastructure particularly for the most educationally disadvantaged students.

Australian Government capital grants are supplementary to funds provided by state and territory governments, non-government school authorities and school communities which have primary responsibility for providing, maintaining and upgrading school facilities.

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Objectives

Funding

Fact Sheet

Objectives

The Australian Government seeks to improve educational outcomes by assisting in the provision of school facilities, particularly in ways that contribute most to raising the overall level of educational achievement of Australian school students.

The specific objectives of the Capital Grants Program are to:

provide and improve school capital infrastructure, particularly for the most educationally disadvantaged students;
ensure attention to refurbishment/upgrading of capital infrastructure for existing students, while making provision for needs arising from new demographic and enrolment trends; and
in implementing the above two objectives, also pursue the Australian Government’s other priorities and objectives for schooling.

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Funding

Funding under the Capital Grants Program will total almost $1.7 billion dollars in the 2005-2008 quadrennium, with almost $1.2 billion available for government schools and $489 million available for non-government schools.

In 2007 $412 million is being provided for capital works in schools across Australia, with over $292 million available to government schools and over $119 million available to non-government schools.

To find out more information about this program please read the information on this web site and the Australian Government Programs for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines - 2005 to 2008.

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