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States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000

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Education, Employment and Workplace Relations

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C2006C00206 C06

06 April 2006 - 31 December 2008

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Short title [see Note 1]
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Simplified outline of Act
- 4 Definitions
- 5 Funding level
- 6 Levels of education
- 7 SES score
- 8 Year 2000 funding level
- 9 Approved authority
- 10 Nominated authority
Part 2—General provisions relating to grants
- Division 1—Simplified outline of Part
  - 11 Simplified outline
- Division 2—Grants for government schools
- Division 3—Grants for non-government bodies
  - Subdivision A—Requirements for relevant authorities etc.
  - Subdivision B—Conditions of grants to States for non-government bodies
    - 26 General conditions of grant to State of financial assistance
    - 27 Specific condition: non-fulfilment of conditions
- Division 4—Miscellaneous
Part 3—Lists of non-government schools and approved school systems
- Division 1—Funding of non-government schools
  - 32 Funding of non-government schools
- Division 2—List of non-government schools
  - 33 List of non-government schools
- Division 3—List of approved school systems
  - 34 List of approved school systems
Part 4—Varying lists
- Division 1—Simplified outline of Part
  - 35 Simplified outline
- Division 2—Varying lists of non-government schools and approved school systems
  - 36 Varying list of non-government schools
  - 37 Varying list of approved school systems
- Division 3—Change of funding level
  - 38 Change of funding level of non-government school due to incorrect SES score
- Division 4—Change of approved authority
- Division 5—Change in systemic status
  - 43 Proposal for a non-systemic school to become a member of an approved school system
  - 44 Proposal for a school to cease to be a member of an approved school system
- Division 6—Changes to schools or education provided
- Division 7—Miscellaneous
Part 5—Grants for education at government schools
- Division 1—Grants for general recurrent expenditure
  - 53 Grants for general recurrent expenditure
- Division 2—Capital grants
  - 54 Authorising payments of capital grants
Part 6—Grants for non-government schools
- Division 1—Simplified outline of Part
  - 55 Simplified outline
- Division 2—Grants for general recurrent expenditure
- Division 3—Capital grants
  - 73 Authorisation of payment of capital grants
- Division 4—Grants of transitional emergency assistance
  - 74 Grants of transitional emergency assistance
- Division 5—Grants to provide establishment assistance
  - 75 Grants to provide establishment assistance
  - 75A Review of grants to provide establishment assistance
Part 7—Grants to provide strategic assistance to improve student outcomes
- 76 Object of Part
- 77 Grants for strategic assistance for government schools etc. and non-government schools
- 78 Grants for strategic assistance for government schools
- 79 Grants for strategic assistance for non-government schools
Part 8—Grants for education in country areas
- 80 Object of Part
- 81 Grants for government schools in country areas
- 82 Grants for non-government schools in country areas
- 83 Ceiling for grants under this Part
Part 9—Grants to foster literacy and numeracy
- 84 Object of Part
- 85 Grants for national projects to foster literacy or numeracy
Part 10—Grants for special education at non-government centres
- 86 Object of Part
- 87 Grants for special education at non-government centres
- 88 Ceiling for grants under this Part
Part 11—Grants to foster the learning of languages other than English
- 89 Object of Part
- 90 Grants for government schools etc.
- 91 Grants for non-government schools
- 92 Ceiling for grants under this Part
Part 12—Grants to foster the learning of Asian languages and studies of Asia
- 93 Object of Part
- 94 Grants to foster the learning of Asian languages and studies of Asia in government schools
- 95 Grants to foster the learning of Asian languages and studies of Asia in non-government schools
- 96 Grants for national projects to foster the learning of Asian languages and studies of Asia
- 97 Ceiling for grants under this Part
Part 13—Grants for teaching English to new arrivals
- 98 Object of Part
- 99 Grants for teaching English as a second language in government schools
- 100 Grants for teaching English as a second language in non-government schools
Part 14—Grants for national projects
- 101 Minister may approve grants for national projects
Part 15—Miscellaneous
- Division 1—Average Government School Recurrent Costs
- Division 2—Cost supplementation
  - 105 Recurrent grants
  - 106 Capital grants for government schools and non-government schools
- Division 3—Timing of payments etc.
- Division 4—False or misleading statements
  - 110 Payment reduction for false or misleading statement
- Division 5—Appropriation and authority to borrow
  - 111 Appropriation
  - 112 Authority to borrow
- Division 6—Administrative matters
- Division 7—Overseas students
  - 117 Overseas students
- Division 8—Regulations
  - 118 Regulations
Part 16—Transitional provisions
- 119 Application of this Part
- 120 Approved authority
- 121 Levels of education
- 122 Previous list of non-government schools
- 123 Previous list of approved school systems
- 124 Overseas students
- 125 Funding levels of existing non-systemic schools
- 126 Funding levels of existing systemic schools
- 127 Funding levels of approved Catholic school systems
- 128 Funding levels of existing special schools (except schools in approved Catholic school systems)
- 129 Funding levels of certain new schools
- 130 Once only operation
Schedule 1—Average Government School Recurrent Costs (AGSRC)
Schedule 2—General recurrent grants for government schools
Schedule 3—Capital grants for government schools
Schedule 4—General recurrent grants for non-government schools
Part 1—SES funding for primary education
Part 2—SES funding for secondary education
Part 3—Year 2000 funding for primary education
Part 4—Year 2000 funding for secondary education
Schedule 5—Capital grants for non-government schools
Schedule 6—Grants of transitional emergency assistance for non-government schools
Schedule 8—Grants for targeted assistance
Part 1—Grants for targeted assistance
Part 2—Strategic assistance amounts
Part 3—ESL new arrivals amount
- Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 2000