Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE (LEARNING TOGETHER--ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH CHOICE AND OPPORTUNITY) ACT 2004 - SECT 115

  (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.