Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1995 No. 29, 1995 - SECT 25

25. After section 77 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

Grants for projects in connection with government primary schools to foster
literacy in the early years of schooling

"77A.(1) The Minister may make a determination approving for the purposes of
this section a project or program for expenditure in program year 1995 if:

   (a)  the project or program is being, or is to be, carried out at or in
        connection with government schools in a State with the objective of
        fostering the development of literacy in the early years of schooling;
        and

   (b)  the Minister is satisfied that it is desirable that financial
        assistance in connection with the project or program be provided under
        this section.



"(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment to a State, for
program year 1995, by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure
on projects or programs approved under subsection (1) in relation to the
State.



"(3) The total of the amounts paid to the States under subsection (2) for
program year 1995 must not be greater than the amount set out opposite to that
year in column 7 of Schedule 8.



"(4) The Minister must not authorise payment to a State under subsection (2)
for program year 1995 unless the State has made an agreement with the
Commonwealth for that year, of a kind determined by the Minister, that sets
out conditions on which financial assistance is granted to the State under
subsection (2).



"(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under subsection (2) for
program year 1995 for an approved project or approved program carried out in
the State:

   (a)  on the conditions set out in the agreement; and

   (b)  on the additional conditions applicable under section 82.

Grants for projects in connection with non-government primary schools to
foster literacy in the early years of schooling

"77B.(1) An aggregation of non-government schools may nominate a body to be
the nominated authority of the aggregation for the purposes of this section.



"(2) The Minister may make a determination approving for the purposes of this
section a project or program for expenditure in program year 1995 if:

   (a)  the project or program is being, or is to be, carried out at or in
        connection with non-government schools in a State with the objective
        of fostering the development of literacy in the early years of
        schooling; and

   (b)  the Minister is satisfied that it is desirable that financial
        assistance in connection with the project or program be provided under
        this section.



"(3) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment to a State, for
program year 1995, by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure
on projects or programs approved under subsection (2) in relation to the
State.



"(4) The total of the amounts paid to the States under subsection (3) for
program year 1995 must not be greater than the amount set out opposite to the
year in column 8 of Schedule 8.



"(5) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section for
expenditure on a project or program for an approved school system, a    -
non-government school, or an aggregation of non-government schools, for
program year 1995 on the following conditions:

   (a)  that, subject to paragraph (b), the State will, as soon as
        practicable, pay to the approved authority of the school system or of
        the school, or to the nominated authority of the aggregation, as the
        case may be, an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under
        this section for the project or program;

   (b)  that, when making a payment, the State will describe the amount paid
        as a payment made out of money paid to the State by the Commonwealth
        under this section;

   (c)  the additional conditions applicable under section 83. Grants for
        national projects to foster literacy in the early years of schooling

"77C.(1) The Minister may approve a project for the purposes of this section
if:

   (a)  the project is to be carried out in Australia; and

   (b)  the sole or principal object of the project is to enhance literacy in
        the early years of schooling.



"(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a State
for program year 1995 of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State
for expenditure on the approved project, whether the project is conducted:

   (a)  by the State or by a non-government body established in the State; and

   (b)  whether the project is conducted within, or outside, or within and
        outside, the State.



"(3) The total of the amounts paid to the States for program year 1995 under
this section must not be an amount that, when aggregated with amounts paid to
the States under sections 77A and 77B, exceeds the total of the amounts set
out opposite to that year in columns 7 and 8 of Schedule 8.



"(4) The Minister is to determine the conditions on which financial assistance
is granted to a State for program year 1995 under this section for a project
conducted by the State.



"(5) The conditions are to be included in an agreement made by the State with
the Commonwealth.



"(6) The Minister may not authorise a payment to the State for program year
1995 for a project conducted by the State unless the State has made the
agreement.



"(7) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section for program
year 1995 for an approved project conducted by the State:

   (a)  on the conditions set out in the agreement; and

   (b)  on the additional conditions applicable under section 82.



"(8) Financial assistance is granted to a State for program year 1995 for an
approved project conducted by a body other than the State on the following
conditions:

   (a)  that, subject to paragraph (b), the State will, as soon as
        practicable, pay to the body an amount equal to each amount paid to
        the State under subsection (2) in relation to the project;

   (b)  that, when making a payment, the State will describe the amount paid
        to the body as a payment made in relation to the project from money
        paid to the State under this section;

   (c)  the additional conditions applicable under section 83.".