25Grants for recurrent expenditure on general education in English as a second language provided in non‑government schools

25 Grants for recurrent expenditure on general education in English as a second language provided in non‑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 an approved school system, or of a non‑systemic school, in the State in connection with general education in English as a second language provided at or in connection with systemic schools in the school system, or the school, in respect of a program year of such amounts as the Minister determines. (2) The Minister shall not authorise payments under subsection (1) in respect of a program year that exceed, in the aggregate, the amount set out in column 2 of Schedule 10 opposite to that year. (3) Financial assistance is granted to a State under this section in respect of an approved school system, or a school, in the State in respect of a program year:

(a) on the condition that, subject to paragraph (b), the State will, as soon as possible, pay to the approved authority of the approved school system or of the school, as the case may be, an amount equal to each amount paid to the State under this section in relation to the school system or the school in respect of that year and, in making the payment, will describe the amount paid as a payment made out of money provided to the State by the Commonwealth under this section;

(b) the State will not make a payment to the approved authority under this section in respect of that year unless the approved authority has entered into an agreement of a kind determined by the Minister with the Commonwealth in respect of that year or in respect of a number of years including that year; and

(c) on the additional conditions applicable under section 29.