63EConditions that apply to grants

63E Conditions that apply to grants

(1) Providers must use the grant to: (a) review their ITE courses and make changes necessary to include core content; and (b) have their ITE courses reaccredited under the Accreditation Standards and Procedures by 31 December 2025 or a date stipulated by their Teacher Regulatory Authority in accordance with their state or territory legislative frameworks. (2) Providers in receipt of a grant under the Strong Beginnings (Transition) Fund are required to report by 31 December 2025 in the format requested by the Department. (3) These reports must include the following information: (a) evidence from the Teacher Regulatory Authority in the provider’s state or territory that the provider has met the requirements of the Accreditation Standards and Procedures with respect to core content; or (b) if the provider has not met the requirements of the Accreditation Standards and Procedures, the report must include: (i) reasons for why the core content has not been implemented into the ITE course; and (ii) a project plan, in the format requested by the Department, detailing how the provider will implement core content and the timeframe in which the core content will be implemented.

Division 2—Strong Beginnings (Excellence) Fund

63F Program objectives

(1) The Strong Beginnings (Excellence) Fund is specified as a program for the purpose of assuring and enhancing the quality of Australia’s higher education sector, under subitem 11(a) of the table in subsection 41-10(1) of the Act.

(2) The objectives of the Strong Beginnings (Excellence) Fund are to:

(a) support select higher education providers to share best practice and foster improved performance in the delivery of ITE courses across the sector; and

(b) build the capability of the higher education sector in the delivery of ITE courses and strengthen the overall quality of ITE programs in Australia.

63G Eligible bodies corporate and extra conditions of eligibility

A Table A provider or a body corporate specified in subsection 67(1) is eligible to receive a grant under the Strong Beginnings (Excellence) Fund if it:

(a) delivers ITE courses;

(b) has demonstrated that it has met all conditions specified in section 63E for the Strong Beginnings (Transition) Fund in Division 1 of Part 8A, if the body received a grant under that program;

(c) has demonstrated that it has met the requirements of the Accreditation Standards and Procedures with respect to core content for its ITE courses; and

(d) has not refused to participate in quality assurance processes related to the implementation of core content for its ITE courses by the Initial Teacher Education Quality Assurance Oversight Board.