13Grants for general recurrent expenditure of government schools

13 Grants for general recurrent expenditure of government schools

(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 for recurrent expenditure of government schools in the State in respect of a program year, of an amount not exceeding the sum of:

(a) the product of the amount set out in the column of part 1 of Schedule 2 that relates to that year and the number of students (including the full‑time equivalent of part‑time students) receiving primary education at government schools in the State on the schools census day for the State for that year or such other day as the Minister, in special circumstances, determines; and

(b) the product of the amount set out in the column of part 2 of Schedule 2 that relates to that year and the number of students (including the full‑time equivalent of part‑time students) receiving secondary education at government schools in the State on the schools census day for the State for that year or such other day as the Minister, in special circumstances, determines; and

(c) the product of the amount set out in the column of Part 3 of Schedule 2 that relates to the year and the number of students with disabilities (including the full‑time equivalent of part‑time students with disabilities) receiving primary education at government schools in the State on the schools census day for the State for that year or, in special circumstances, on another day determined by the Minister; and

(d) the product of the amount set out in the column of Part 4 of Schedule 2 that relates to the year and the number of students with disabilities (including the full‑time equivalent of part‑time students with disabilities) receiving secondary education at government schools in the State on the schools census day for the State for that year or, in special circumstances, on another day determined by the Minister.

(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.