Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
sec.421Transportation assistance for certain students
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sec.421 Transportation assistance for certain students
The Minister may give assistance to an eligible student relating to his or her transportation to or from a school in receipt of subsidy. The ways the Minister may give the assistance include the following— paying to the student, or a parent of the student, all or part of the expenses of the transportation; making payments to a provider of the transportation; helping to organise or coordinate the transportation. In this section— eligible student means a person who— is attending a school in receipt of subsidy; and has a disability that necessitates transport to or from the school by a means that takes account of the disability. (sec.421-ssec.1) The Minister may give assistance to an eligible student relating to his or her transportation to or from a school in receipt of subsidy. (sec.421-ssec.2) The ways the Minister may give the assistance include the following— paying to the student, or a parent of the student, all or part of the expenses of the transportation; making payments to a provider of the transportation; helping to organise or coordinate the transportation. (sec.421-ssec.3) In this section— eligible student means a person who— is attending a school in receipt of subsidy; and has a disability that necessitates transport to or from the school by a means that takes account of the disability.
- (a) paying to the student, or a parent of the student, all or part of the expenses of the transportation;
- (b) making payments to a provider of the transportation;
- (c) helping to organise or coordinate the transportation.
- (a) is attending a school in receipt of subsidy; and
- (b) has a disability that necessitates transport to or from the school by a means that takes account of the disability.