Schools Assistance (Learning Together—Achievement Through Choice and Opportunity) Act 2004
115Object of Part
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115 Object of Part
(1) The object of this Part is: (a) to help improve the literacy, numeracy and other learning outcomes of students who are educationally disadvantaged (including because they are students with disabilities, Indigenous, of a low socioeconomic background, of a language background other than English or geographically isolated) through grants for schools and grants for national projects; and (b) to help improve the educational participation and learning outcomes of children, and students, with disabilities through grants for non‑government centres. (2) In this Act:
Indigenous means:
(a) a member of the Aboriginal race of Australia; or
(b) a descendant of the Indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands.