Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ASSISTANCE) AMENDMENT ACT 1995 No. 29, 1995 - SECT 34

34. After Division 2 of Part 7 of the Principal Act the following Division is
inserted:



"Division 2A-Grants for priority languages in a program year after
program year 1994 Grants in respect of government schools and educational
institutions

"93A. The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a State
of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure for
a program year after program year 1994 on education in priority languages
provided at or in connection with government schools or government educational
institutions in the State.

Grants in respect of non-government schools

"93B.(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a
State of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure
of an approved school system in the State for a program year after program
year 1994 on education in priority languages provided at or in connection with
systemic schools in the school system:



"(2) The Minister may make a determination authorising the payment to a State
of an amount by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure in
the State for a program year after program year 1994 on education in priority
languages provided at or in connection with a non-systemic school or a school
or schools within an aggregation of non-systemic schools.

Ceiling for grants under sections 93A and 93B

"93C.(1) The total of the amounts paid to the States under section 93A and
subsections 93B(1) and (2) for a program year must not be greater than the
amount set out in column 2 of the Part of Schedule 10 that relates to that
program year.



"(2) If an amount is set out opposite to the name of a State in column 2 of
the Part of Schedule 10 that relates to a program year, the total of the
amounts paid to the State under section 93A and subsections 93B(1) and (2) for
that program year must not be greater than the amount so set out.

Agreements relating to conditions

"93D.(1) The Minister is to determine the conditions on which financial
assistance is granted to a State for a program year under this Division for
government schools or government educational institutions in the State.



"(2) The conditions are to be included in an agreement entered into by the
State with the Commonwealth.



"(3) The Minister must not authorise a payment to a State for a program year
unless the State has entered into the agreement. Conditions-government schools
and educational institutions

"93E. Financial assistance is granted to a State under this Division for a
government school or a government educational institution in the State for a
program year:

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

   (b)  on the additional conditions applicable under section 98.

Conditions-approved school systems

"93F. Financial assistance is granted to a State under this Division for an
approved school system in the State for a program year 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 an
        amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this Division for
        the school system for that year;

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

   (c)  the additional conditions applicable under section 99.

Conditions-non-systemic schools

"93G. Financial assistance is granted to a State under this Division for a
non-systemic school or an aggregation of non-systemic schools, in the State
for a program year on the following conditions:

   (a)  that, subject to paragraph (b), the State will, as soon as
        practicable, pay:

        (i)    to the approved authority of the school an amount equal to each
               amount paid to the State under this Division for the school for
               that year; or

        (ii)   to the nominated authority of the aggregation an amount equal
               to each amount paid to the State under this Division for the
               aggregation for that year;

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

   (c)  the additional conditions applicable under section 99.".