Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATES GRANTS (SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE) ACT 1979 No. 184, 1979 - SECT 38

38. (1) Subject to section 39, the Minister may authorize the payment to a
State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in
respect of recurrent expenditure in connection with-

   (a)  the temporary transfer of teachers at government schools or
        non-government schools to different schools (including schools in a
        different school system) for the purpose of improving the experience,
        knowledge or skills, in relation to primary education or
        secondary education, of those teachers and of persons with whom they
        come into contact at the schools to which they are transferred; or

   (b)  programs for assisting parents of students at government schools or
        non-government schools, and other members of the community interested
        in education at those schools, to improve their experience, knowledge
        or skills in relation to primary education or secondary education, of
        such amounts as the Minister determines.

(2) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the
conditions that-

   (a)  the State will ensure that an amount equal to the sum of the amounts
        of financial assistance paid to the State under this section is
        applied by the State for the purpose of meeting recurrent expenditure,
        in respect of the year to which this Act applies, in connection with-

        (i)    the temporary transfer of teachers at government schools or
               non-government schools to different schools (including schools
               in a different school system) for the purpose of improving the
               experience, knowledge or skills, in relation to
               primary education or secondary education, of those teachers and
               of persons with whom they come into contact at the schools to
               which they are transferred; or

        (ii)   programs for assisting parents of students at
               government schools or non-government schools, and other members
               of the community interested in education at those schools, to
               improve their experience, knowledge or skills in relation to
               primary education or secondary education; and

   (b)  the State will cause to be furnished to the Minister (not later than
        30 June 1981 or such later date as the Minister approves)-

        (i)    a certificate by an authorized person to the effect that the
               person has satisfied himself that the condition specified in
               paragraph (a) has been fulfilled; and

        (ii)   a statement, in writing, that summarizes the manner in which
               the amount applied by the State in pursuance of the condition
               specified in paragraph (a) has been so applied.

(3) In this section-

   (a)  a reference to teachers at government schools or
        non-government schools shall be read as including a reference to
        persons other than teachers who are employed at those schools or are
        employed in connection with the administration of those schools;

   (b)  a reference to a school shall be read as including a reference to a
        body responsible for the administration of schools included in a
        school system; and

   (c)  a reference to a school system shall be read as including a reference
        to a government school system.