Schools Assistance Act 2008

The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure in relation to Indigenous students receiving education at a non‑systemic school, or at schools that are members of an approved school system, in the State, for a program year.

In making a determination under subsection (1) for a non‑systemic school, or an approved school system, the Minister may consider the following amounts of financial assistance received (or to be received) by the school, or all schools in the system:

financial assistance authorised for the calendar year 2008 under either or both of the following:

Division 2 of Part 6 of the former Act;

the Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000;

financial assistance to be authorised for the program year under this Part (apart from under this Division).

Assistance under this Division is in addition to the financial assistance that is available under other Divisions of this Part (including Division 9 (Indigenous supplementary assistance)).