Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 37

37. (1) Subject to section 39, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of expenditure of an approved school system in the State in connection
with any systemic disadvantaged school or schools in the approved school
system, of such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect
of expenditure of an approved school system in the State in connection with
any systemic disadvantaged school or schools in the approved school system on
the conditions that-

   (a)  subject to paragraph (b), the State will, without undue delay, pay to
        the approved authority of the approved school system an amount equal
        to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to the
        approved school system, and, in making the payment, will describe the
        amount paid to the approved authority as a payment made out of moneys
        provided to the State by the Commonwealth under this section; and

   (b)  the State will not make a payment to the approved authority under this
        section unless the approved authority, before or at the time of
        accepting the first payment under this section, has agreed or agrees
        with the Commonwealth to be bound by the following conditions:

        (i)    the approved authority will ensure that an amount equal to the
               sum of the amounts paid to the approved authority under this
               section is applied for the purpose of meeting-

                (A)  recurrent expenditure, in respect of the year 1985, of
                     that systemic disadvantaged school or those
                     systemic disadvantaged schools, and of the
                     approved authority in respect of that school or those
                     schools, in such proportions as the Minister determines;
                     or

                (B)  expenditure, in respect of commitments already undertaken
                     or to be undertaken not later than 31 December 1985, in
                     relation to minor building projects, or minor
                     equipment projects, in connection with that systemic
                     disadvantaged school or those
                     systemic disadvantaged schools, being projects the
                     expenditure in relation to which does not exceed, in the
                     aggregate, such amount (if any) as is approved by the
                     Minister in relation to that systemic
                     disadvantaged school or those
                     systemic disadvantaged schools for the purposes of this
                     sub-sub-paragraph or projects that are approved by the
                     Minister for the purposes of this section;

        (ii)   the approved authority will ensure that the benefits of, and
               the opportunities created by, the application of an amount
               equal to so much of that amount as is applied for the purposes
               of expenditure of the kind referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (i)
               (A) or (B), being expenditure in connection with a
               co-educational school or co-educational schools, are, as far as
               practicable, equally available to male students and female
               students at the school or schools;

        (iii)  the approved authority will cause to be furnished to the
               Minister (not later than 30 June 1986 or such later date as the
               Minister approves)-

                (A)  a certificate by a person who is a qualified accountant
                     to the effect that the person is satisfied that the
                     condition specified in sub-paragraph (i) has been
                     fulfilled; and

                (B)  a statement, in writing, that contains such information
                     in respect of any systemic disadvantaged school or
                     schools in the approved school system as is required by
                     the Minister to be so furnished;

        (iv)   if the approved authority does not fulfil a condition specified
               in sub-paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii), the approved authority
               will, if the Minister so determines, pay to the Commonwealth
               such amount (not being an amount greater than the sum of the
               amounts paid to the approved authority under this section) as
               the Minister determines should be paid by the
               approved authority.

(3) A project shall not be approved under sub-sub-paragraph (2) (b) (i) (B) if
the project is in connection with a co-educational school and the Minister is
of the opinion that the benefits of, and the opportunities created by the
project will not, as far as practicable, be equally available to male students
and female students at the school.