Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE ACT 2008 - SECT 86

  (1)   This section is a simplified outline of this Part.

  (2)   This Part allows the Minister to make determinations authorising the payment of financial assistance to the States for the following:

  (a)   short term emergency assistance (see Division   2);

  (b)   education in country areas (see Division   3);

  (c)   languages education (see Division   4);

  (d)   teaching English to new arrivals (see Division   5);

  (e)   the literacy, numeracy and special learning needs of students who are educationally disadvantaged (see Division   6);

  (f)   establishment assistance for schools established in 2008 (see Division   7).

  (3)   This Part also sets limits for financial assistance for those purposes.