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States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996No. 70, 1996

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C2004C00879 C03

15 July 2001 - 31 December 2004

Table of contents

Part 1—Preliminary
- 1 Short title [see Note 1]
- 2 Commencement
- 3 Dictionary
- 4 Levels of education
- 5 Nominated authority
- 6 Overseas students
- 7 Determinations, approvals etc. by Minister
- 8 Revocation or variation of determinations or approvals by Minister
Part 2—General provisions relating to grants
- Division 1—Grants for government schools
- Division 2—Grants for non-government bodies
- Division 3—Miscellaneous
Part 3—Lists of non-government schools and approved school systems
- 23 Funding of non-government schools
- 24 List of non-government schools
- 25 Variation of list of non-government schools
- 26 List of approved school systems
- 27 Variation of list of approved school systems
Part 4—Variations of lists to take account of proposals for changes in relation to non-government schools
- Division 1—Change of approved authority
- Division 2—Change in systemic status
- Division 3—Changes in relation to provision of education
- Division 4—Miscellaneous
Part 5—Grants in connection with education at government schools
- 44 Grants for general recurrent expenditure
- 45 Approval of capital grants
- 46 Authorisation of payments of capital grants
Part 6—Grants for non-government schools and non-government rural student hostels
- Division 1—Grants for general recurrent expenditure
  - 47 Authorising of payments
- Division 2—Grants for capital projects
  - 48 Approval of capital grants
  - 49 Authorisation of payments of capital grants
- Division 3—Grants for short-term emergency assistance
  - 50 Grants of short-term emergency assistance
Part 7—Grants to foster literacy and numeracy
- 51 Object of Part
- 52 Grants in respect of government schools
- 53 Grants in respect of non-government schools
- 54 Grants for national projects to foster literacy or numeracy in schools
Part 8—Grants to expand opportunities to learn certain languages
- 55 Object of Part
- 56 Grants to foster the learning of Asian languages, and foster Asian studies, in government schools
- 57 Grants to foster the learning of Asian languages, and foster Asian studies, in non-government schools
- 58 Grants for national projects to foster the learning of Asian languages and to foster Asian studies
- 59 Grants for government schools and certain other bodies in respect of the teaching of community languages
- 60 Grants for non-government schools in respect of the teaching of community languages
- 61 Priority languages
- 62 Grants for government schools and educational institutions in respect of the teaching of priority languages
- 63 Grants for non-government schools in respect of the teaching of priority languages
- 64 Broadbanding of certain financial assistance paid to government schools under this Part
- 65 Broadbanding of certain financial assistance paid to non-government schools under this Part
- 66 Ceiling for grants under this Part
Part 9—Grants to meet special learning needs
- 67 Object of Part
- 68 Grants for recurrent expenditure in connection with special education at government schools or centres
- 69 Grants for expenditure in connection with special education at non-government schools
- 70 Grants for students with disabilities attending government schools
- 71 Grants for students with disabilities attending non-government schools
- 72 Grants for expenditure in connection with special education at non-government centres
- 73 Grants for recurrent expenditure on education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals in government schools
- 74 Grants for recurrent expenditure on education in English as a second language for eligible new arrivals in non-government schools
- 75 Grants for education provided in government schools in country areas
- 76 Grants for education provided in non-government schools in country areas
- 76A Grants for projects relating to certain students
Part 10—Grants for national projects
- 77 Minister may approve grants for national projects
Part 11—Miscellaneous
- 78 Cost supplementation
- 78A Variation of Schedule 6
- 79 Variation of Schedule 8
- 80 Minister may fix amounts, and times of payment, of financial assistance
- 81 Reductions for false or misleading statements
- 82 Amounts payable by the States to the Commonwealth
- 83 Advances
- 84 Payments to be made out of Consolidated Revenue Fund or Loan Fund
- 85 Authority to borrow
- 86 Application of money borrowed
- 87 Reimbursement of Consolidated Revenue Fund from Loan Fund
- 88 Appropriation
- 89 Delegation
- 90 Report by Minister
- 91 Regulations
Part 12—Transitional provisions
- 92 Application of this Part
- 93 Approved authority
- 94 Block grant authority
- 95 Integration activities
- 96 Minor capital project
- 97 Nominated authority
- 98 Levels of education
- 99 Previous list of non-government schools
- 100 Previous list of approved school systems
- 101 New funding levels on commencing day for existing non-government schools and approved school systems
- 102 List of priority languages
- 103 Review of funding levels for certain existing non-government schools
Schedule 1—General recurrent grants for government schools
Part 1—Primary education
Part 2—Secondary education
Schedule 2—Capital grants for government schools
Schedule 3—General recurrent grants for non-government schools
Part 1—Primary education
Part 2—Secondary education
Schedule 4—Capital grants for non-government schools
Schedule 5—Grants of short term emergency assistance for non-government schools
Schedule 6—Grants to foster literacy and numeracy
Schedule 7—Grants under the languages program
Schedule 8—Grants under the special learning needs program
Schedule 9—Dictionary
- Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996