Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may make a determination authorising payment of financial assistance to a State to provide short term emergency assistance for a non - government school in the State for one or more program years if the Minister is satisfied that, because of any unexpected circumstance, the school:
(a) is in severe financial difficulty; and
(b) has a special need of that assistance in the program year or years.
(2) The sum of the amounts paid to the States under subsection
( 1) for a program year must not be more than the amount in the table
in Schedule 7 for the program year.