Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 66

66. (1) Subject to section 67, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of expenditure in relation to programs for, or in connection with, the
education of severely handicapped children that are being, or are to be,
carried out by or in the State, of such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the
condition that the State will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the
amounts of financial assistance paid to the State under this section is
applied by the State, for the purpose of meeting expenditure in respect of the
year 1985 in relation to programs for, or in connection with, the education of
severely handicapped children that are being, or are to be, carried out in the
State.

(3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the
condition that the State will ensure that the benefits of, and the
opportunities created by, the application of an amount equal to so much of the
amount of that financial assistance as has applied for the purpose of meeting
expenditure in connection with programs for, or in connection with, the
education of severely handicapped children catering for both male children and
female children are, as far as practicable, equally available to male children
and female children.