21 May 2009

Peter Garrett AM
Federal Member for Kingsford Smith
Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts

Peter Garrett today announced that 14 Kingsford Smith schools will receive $2,225,000 for minor infrastructure and refurbishment projects under Round Two of the National School Pride (NSP) program.

The NSP program is one of three elements of the Rudd Government’s $14.7 billion Building the Education Revolution (BER) and will deliver much needed funding for school infrastructure projects and, importantly, support local jobs.

“Seeing our local schools and our local community benefit from the Government’s $14.7 billion investment in vital school infrastructure and local jobs is fantastic,” Mr Garrett said.

“Together with Round One, the National School Pride program will deliver a total of $7,244,785 to 47 primary and secondary schools in Kingsford Smith with 59 projects to help stimulate jobs in our local community.

“Construction and refurbishment work will commence as soon as possible, with many of the National School Pride projects planned to begin shortly.

“The next few months will be exciting as the investment in our schools will flow down through to local businesses and others in the construction industry.

“Today’s NSP announcement is another key milestone reached in delivering the Building the Education Revolution, a key element of the Government’s $42 billion Nation Building – Economic Stimulus Plan,” Mr Garrett said.

Round Two is the final round of the NSP program and sees funding delivered to all eligible schools across the country.

BER continues with two elements still open for applications:

• Primary Schools for the 21st Century Round Two and Three
• Science and Language Centres for the 21st Century
  

A list of successful schools and their planned projects are available at: www.buildingtheeducationrevolution.gov.au  or  www.economicstimulusplan.gov.au