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93Teaching English to new arrivals—funding determination
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#### 93 Teaching English to new arrivals—funding determination
(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance to a State for recurrent expenditure for a program year connected with intensive ESL courses:
(a) beginning or continuing in the program year; and
(b) provided at or in connection with non‑government schools in the State.
(2) The total amount authorised to be paid to a State under subsection (1) for a program year must not exceed the amount worked out by adding up:
(a) the amount worked out under section 94 for the State’s eligible new arrivals; and
(b) the amount worked out under section 95 for the State’s eligible humanitarian new arrivals.
> Note: Financial assistance under this Division is in addition to the assistance that is available under section 97 (students who are educationally disadvantaged).