Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00429:section:115
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00429
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 115
Character Range: 149376–150150

115  Object of Part
 (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.

Division 2—Grants for schools