National Report on Schooling in Australia 2011
Funding Australia’s schools
8.3 Funding for government schools (Second page)
Government schools – in-school and out-of-school expenditure
Table 8.4 below shows funding going to in-school and out-of-school activities for the government school systems.
Table 8.4 Operating expenditure by government education systems, Australia, 2006–07 to 2010–11 financial years
(accrual basis) (actual $'000)
|
Area of expenditure
|
2006–07
|
2007–08
|
2008–09
|
2009–10
|
2010–11
|
|
In-school expenditure
|
25,539,118
|
27,343,426
|
29,328,166
|
31,251,676
|
32,807,006
|
|
Out-of-school expenditure
|
1,384,539
|
1,414,395
|
1,528,093
|
1,642,713
|
1,663,624
|
|
Total
|
26,923,656
|
28,757,821
|
30,856,259
|
32,894,389
|
34,470,630
|
Note: Totals may not add due to rounding.
Sources: MCEECDYA, National Schools Statistics Collection (NSSC), 2011; National Report on Schooling in Australia (previous years); Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (SCRGSP), Report on Government Services 2012, Productivity Commission, Canberra, Table 4A.12; Report on Government Services 2013, Productivity Commission, Canberra, Table 4A.9
See also Part 9: Additional Statistics Table 49
Out-of-school expenditure for government systems includes state office, regional and local functions supporting schools. In-school expenditure includes teaching and learning and school administration, and library functions within schools.
Expenditure on out-of-school support functions represents approximately five per cent of total government funding on State and Territory government schools. The major component of funding, some 95 per cent, goes to fund schools directly.
Table 8.5 Operating expenditure by government education systems, Australia, 2006–07 to 2010–11 financial years
(accrual basis) (actual $'000)
|
Area of expenditure
|
2006–07
|
2007–08
|
2008–09
|
2009–10
|
2010–11
|
|
In-school expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries (teaching)
|
13,771,965
|
14,630,448
|
15,776,884
|
16,414,504
|
17,096,556
|
|
Salaries (non-teaching)
|
2,722,329
|
2,936,764
|
3,213,061
|
3,406,772
|
3,601,442
|
|
Redundancies
|
32,745
|
7,017
|
588
|
32,998
|
16,038
|
|
Non-salary costs
|
5,286,666
|
5,519,632
|
5,915,317
|
6,649,279
|
6,922,245
|
|
User cost of capital
|
3,725,413
|
4,249,565
|
4,422,316
|
4,748,122
|
5,170,725
|
|
Sub-total
|
25,539,118
|
27,343,426
|
29,328,166
|
31,251,676
|
32,807,006
|
|
Out-of-school expenditure
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Salaries (non-teaching)
|
740,375
|
790,040
|
884,212
|
946,314
|
1,037,481
|
|
Redundancies
|
9,360
|
2,756
|
2,810
|
13,866
|
5,397
|
|
Non-salary costs
|
613,954
|
598,702
|
612,934
|
652,729
|
587,948
|
|
User cost of capital
|
20,850
|
22,897
|
28,137
|
29,805
|
32,798
|
|
Sub-total
|
1,384,539
|
1,414,395
|
1,528,093
|
1,642,713
|
1,663,624
|
|
Total
|
26,923,656
|
28,757,821
|
30,856,259
|
32,894,389
|
34,470,630
|
Notes:
Amounts include Australian Government non-capital-related Specific Purpose Payments and other grants made to States/Territories. Depreciation and user cost of capital expenses included in the figures are based on assets owned by States/Territories, some of which will have been acquired with Australian Government capital grants.
Totals may not add due to rounding.
Sources: MCEECDYA, National Schools Statistics Collection (NSSC), 2011; National Report on Schooling in Australia (previous years); Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision (SCRGSP), Report on Government Services 2012, Productivity Commission, Canberra, Table 4A.12; SCRGSP, Report on Government Services 2013, Productivity Commission, Canberra, Table 4A.9
See also Part 9: Additional Statistics Table 49
In-school expenditure substantially reflects teacher salaries expenditure, which accounts for some 62 per cent of in-school expenditure once the user cost of capital figure has been excluded for comparative purposes. The user cost of capital reflects the opportunity cost of being able to utilise capital funding for recurrent purposes (based on eight per cent of the written down value of capital assets). In-school non-salary costs account for some 25 per cent of in-school expenditure once the user cost of capital figure has been excluded. These expenditures include school materials, maintenance, cleaning and student transport costs.