12Grants for capital projects in connection with government schools etc.

12 Grants for capital projects in connection with government schools etc.

(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may, by determination in writing, authorise the payment to a State under this section, by way of financial assistance to the State in respect of a program year, in relation to capital projects in connection with government schools and rural government student hostels in the State, of an amount not exceeding the amount set out opposite to the name of the State in the column of Part 1 of Schedule 1 that relates to that year. (1A) The Minister may, by determination in writing, authorise payment to a State by way of financial assistance to the State for expenditure for a program year for projects undertaken at secondary level assisting the retention of secondary level students in government schools. (1B) The total amount paid to a State under subsection (1A) for a program year must not exceed the amount set out opposite the name of the State in the column of Part 2 of Schedule 1 that relates to that year. (2) The Minister shall not authorise a payment to a State under this section in respect of a program year unless the State has entered into an agreement of a kind specified by the Minister with the Commonwealth in respect of that year or in respect of a number of years including that year, being an agreement that sets out conditions on which financial assistance is granted to the State under this section. (3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section on the conditions set out in the agreement and on the additional conditions applicable under section 18.