1970
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1970
NCIS APPOINTS FIRST EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND ESTABLISHES OFFICE IN GEELONG
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1970
NCIS FIRST MEETING WITH FEDERAL EDUCATION MINISTER
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1970
ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL COUNCIL OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (NCIS)
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1973
KARMEL REPORT
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399
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
114,207
INDEPENDENT STUDENTS
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4%
ENROLMENT SHARE
1974
AISACT JOINS NCIS
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1975
NCIS MOVES TO MELBOURNE
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1977
FIRST BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
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Chairs
Mr lan Dixon
Mr Peter Thwaites
Mr John Rundle
Dr Len Weickhardt
Mr Geoffrey Kennedy
Executive Directors
Mr Alan Scott
Rev Leigh Cook
Rev Bob Gregory
1980
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1981
1981 DOGS High Court result
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1983
NCIS Moves to Canberra and opens NCIS Headquarters
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1985
Education Resources Index
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1985
School funding moves to Department of Education
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1989
The Hobart Declaration on Schooling
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529
INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS
144,270
INDEPENDENT STUDENTS
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5%
ENROLMENT SHARE
1989
New constitution and name change to NCISA
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1989
Association of Independent Schools of the Northern Territory join NCISA
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Chairs
Mr Geoffrey Kennedy
Mr Peter Rhoden
Mr Tom Chapman
Mr Bert Stevens
Dr Peter Macarthur
Executive Directors
Rev Bob Gregory
Mr Peter Wilkinson
Mr Berry Durston
Mr Fergus Thomson
1990
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1994
National Equity Program for Schools
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803
Independent Schools
252,611
Independent Students
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8%
Enrolment share
1997
Review of the ERI and Development of the SES Funding Model
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1998
NCISA’s First Commissioned Research Report
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1999
The Adelaide Declaration
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Chairs
Dr Peter Macarthur
Dr Darrell Fisher
Mr John Ralston
Mr Stephen Newton
Executive Directors
Mr Fergus Thomson
2000
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2001
Introduction of the SES Funding Model
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2001
The Independent Schools National Consultative Group
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2003
NCISA becomes ISCA
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2008
The Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians
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938
Independent Schools
357,507
Independent Students
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11%
Enrolment share
2008
Introduction of NAPLAN testing
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2009
Building the Education Revolution
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Chairs
Mr Stephen Newton
Mr Chris Tudor
Dr Ken Evans
Mr Mark Porter
Executive Directors
Mr Fergus Thomson
Mr Bill Daniels
2010
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2010
Launch of My School website
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2011
Review of Funding for Schooling
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1,017
Independent Schools
491,233
Independent Students
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14%
Enrolment share
2013
The SRS funding model
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2017
Modifications to the SRS funding model
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2018
National Schools Resourcing Board and the SES review
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2019
The Alice Springs (Mparntwe) Education Declaration
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Chairs
Mr Mark Porter
Mr John Ralston
Mr Warwick Dean
Mr Steven Bowers
Mr Michael Jones OAM
Executive Directors
Mr Bill Daniels
Dr Yvonne Luxford
Ms Colette Colman
Mr Barry Wallett
2020
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1148
Independent Schools
631,762
Independent Students
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Enrolment share (*Figures from 2019 school census plus Catholic independent schools)
2020
Implementation of DMI Methodology
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2020
ISCA becomes Independent Schools Australia
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Chairs
Michael Jones OAM
Executive Directors
Dr David Mulford
Ms Margery Evans