Purpose:
The Association of Independent Schools of NSW (AIS) has the responsibility of administering the Australian Government's Capital Grants Programme (CGP) for independent schools in NSW. It does this through a separate company called the AISNSW (BGA) Ltd. Each year the Government allocates a fixed 'block' of money to be allocated through the BGA to independent schools in NSW for capital works projects on a needs basis.
The rules or criteria that apply to the allocation of these grants are set out in the document titled Programmes for Schools Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines 2005-2008. This document has been sent to schools and is also available from the Australian Government Department of Education, Science and Training website.
Applications for capital assistance are called by the BGA each year. Schools wishing to be considered should:
Please note that Investing In Our Schools funding available for 2005-2008 quadrenium has been fully allocated and there will be no further rounds of funding.
Membership of ISCGC:
An independent committee known as the Independent Schools Capital Grants Committee (ISCGC) has been established to assess capital applications and that will be recommended for grant assistance to the Australian Government Minister.
Secretariat:
The secretariat for the BGA is provided by the Association of Independent Schools of NSW. The company secretary is Ray Whitfield, who is also the executive officer to the ISCGC. Wendy Godden is the Grants Administration Manager and Corwin Hooper is the Grants Administrator for the BGA.
Objectives:
The specific objectives of the Capital Grants Programme are to:
- provide and improve school 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
- pursue the Australian Government's other priorities and objectives for schooling as outlined in the introduction to the Quadrennial Administrative Guidelines