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States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996
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C2004C00879 C03
15 July 2001
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31 December 2004
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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
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Part 2—General provisions relating to grants
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Division 1—Grants for government schools
9 Agreement relating to conditions of financial assistance
10 General conditions of financial assistance
11 Specific conditions: financial accountability
12 Specific condition: educational accountability
13 Specific condition: non-fulfilment of conditions
14 Specific condition: overpayment of financial assistance
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Division 2—Grants for non-government bodies
15 Minister not to authorise payment to a State for a non-government body in certain circumstances
16 Provisions to be included in agreements with approved or nominated authorities
17 General conditions of financial assistance
18 Specific condition: non-fulfilment of conditions
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Division 3—Miscellaneous
19 Powers of Minister if amounts of grants become repayable
20 Powers of Minister if amounts payable by relevant authorities
21 Determinations requiring repayments
22 Determination authorising the making of payments may authorise Minister to determine amounts of payments
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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
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Part 4—Variations of lists to take account of proposals for changes in relation to non-government schools
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Division 1—Change of approved authority
28 Application of Division
29 How to obtain Ministerial approval to proposal
30 Decision by the Minister
31 Variation of lists
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Division 2—Change in systemic status
32 Application of Division
33 Proposal for a non-systemic school to become a member of an approved school system
34 Proposal for a school to cease to be a member of an approved school system
35 Variation of lists
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Division 3—Changes in relation to provision of education
36 Definitions
37 How application to vary list is to be made
38 Decision by Minister
39 Prerequisites for variation of list
40 Where application relates to previous program year
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Division 4—Miscellaneous
41 Variation to include funding level in certain circumstances
42 Minister to give notice to authority of determination
43 Determination may be given retrospective effect
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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
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Part 6—Grants for non-government schools and non-government rural student hostels
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Division 1—Grants for general recurrent expenditure
47 Authorising of payments
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Division 2—Grants for capital projects
48 Approval of capital grants
49 Authorisation of payments of capital grants
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Division 3—Grants for short-term emergency assistance
50 Grants of short-term emergency assistance
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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
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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
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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
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Part 10—Grants for national projects
77 Minister may approve grants for national projects
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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
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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
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Schedule 9—Dictionary
Notes to the STYLEREF ShortT \* MERGEFORMAT States Grants (Primary and Secondary Education Assistance) Act 1996
