Second Reading Speeches

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Amendment (2007 Budget Measures) Bill 2007

Type
Government
Portfolio
Education, Science and Training
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Indigenous Education (Targeted Assistance) Act 2000
to appropriate additional funding for Indigenous students through: the expansion of the Indigenous Youth Mobility Programme and Indigenous Youth Leadership Programme; infrastructure funding for boarding school facilities; and where education providers agree, the conversion of Community Development Employment Projects program places into ongoing jobs in the education sector.

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