66AFConditions that apply to grants

66AF Conditions that apply to grants

(1) Grants under the Outreach Funding Program must only be spent on outreach activities and initiatives that: (a) are to encourage more people to engage in higher education by building and supporting aspiration for further study, targeted to people who have not already decided to enrol in or undertake higher education study; and (b) address individual, institutional, geographic or material barriers faced by people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas, and Indigenous persons, in relation to accessing higher education; and (c) are designed to encourage people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas and Indigenous persons to aspire to access and participate in higher education; and (d) are designed to attract people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas and Indigenous persons to enrol in higher education. (2) To avoid doubt, grants under the Outreach Funding Program may not be spent on: (a) infrastructure, including maintenance and construction of buildings, fixtures, roads and pathways; and (b) services, activities or transport vehicles that are not principally for the use or benefit of people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas, or Indigenous persons; and (c) general marketing and recruitment activities, or marketing and recruitment targeted towards a particular higher education provider; and (d) activities which do not specifically target people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas, and Indigenous persons who have not made a decision to study; and (e) activities aimed at supporting people once they have already enrolled in higher education. Reporting (3) A provider in receipt of a grant must provide annual reports that comply with requirements specified by the Minister under subsection 41-25(2) of the Act.

Note: The Minister has the power under subsection 41-25(2) of the Act to impose further conditions on grants, including conditions in relation to reporting which, without limitation, may require reports that deal with:

(a) strategies and policies which aim to increase the number of people from low socioeconomic backgrounds, people from regional and remote areas and Indigenous persons accessing higher education;
(b) activities planned and undertaken with grant funding;
(c) evaluation of activities undertaken; and
(d) acquittal of expenditure.