Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SCHOOLS ASSISTANCE ACT 2008 - SECT 5

Primary and secondary education

  (1)   In this Act:

"receives" : a student receives primary education or secondary education (as the case may be) at a non - government school (or at a school campus of a non - government school) only if:

  (a)   the student attends, on a daily basis, the school (or campus) at a location approved for the school, for that level of education, under this Act; or

  (b)   the Minister determines that the student is to be treated (because of special circumstances) as so attending the school (or campus).

Distance education

  (2)   In this Act:

"receives" : a student receives primary distance education or secondary distance education (as the case may be) at a non - government school (or at a school campus of a non - government school) located in a State only if:

  (a)   the student resides in the State; and

  (b)   the State provides funding for the school (otherwise than as a result of the operation of this Act), for that level of education, for students enrolled at the school who receive distance education (however described) from the school; and

  (c)   the student is not approved as a home education student (however described) in accordance with the law of the State in which the student resides.