Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1984 No. 126 of 1984 - SECT 72

72. (1) The Minister shall not authorize payments to a State under section  71
, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of recurrent
expenditure in connection with approved professional development activities,
other than approved professional development activities of the kind referred
to in sub-section (2), that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount specified in
column 2 of Part I of Schedule 16 opposite to the name of the State.

(2) The Minister shall not authorize payments to the States under section 71
by way of financial assistance to the States in respect of recurrent
expenditure in connection with approved professional development activities
involving-

   (a)  the temporary transfer of teachers at government schools or
        non-government schools in Australia to different schools in Australia
        or New Zealand or otherwise than to such schools for the purpose of
        improving the experience, knowledge or skills, in relation to
        primary education or secondary education, of those teachers and of
        persons with whom they come into contact during temporary transfer; or

   (b)  the provision of assistance to parents of students at government
        schools or non-government schools, and other members of the community
        interested in education at those schools, to improve their experience,
        knowledge or skills in relation to primary education or
        secondary education, that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount
        specified in Part II of Schedule 16.