Australian Government Capital Grants Eligibility
To be eligible for CGP a school must:
- Have entered into a QIS BGA Participation Agreement
- Be in receipt of Australian Government recurrent funds for the levels of education to which the proposed project relates
- Demonstrate that the project will contribute to the CGP objectives
- Show that the proposed project is reasonable and appropriate in size
- Show that the proposed project is consistent with sound educational planning
- Be viable, that is, the school must be likely to remain financially solvent
- Demonstrate both an educational and financial need for capital assistance
- Demonstrate that the school has an appropriate maintenance plan in place
- Demonstrate that the school has adequate insurance cover
- Ensure that the proposed project will not adversely affect the national estate value of a place in the Register of the National Estate in terms of the Australian Heritage
- Own the land or have a minimum 20 year lease for the land and/or buildings.
Projects which may be eligible for CGP assistance:
- Planning, erection, alteration, extension, demolition or refurbishment of a building, part of a building or other facility, including student residential accommodation and attached supervisors’ quarters
- Development or preparation of land for building or other purposes
- Installation or upgrade of water, electricity or any other services
- Provision of furniture and/or equipment which is part of a broader capital project, unless special circumstances exist
- Purchase of land with buildings or parts of buildings, or in special circumstances, without buildings.
Projects which are not eligible under CGP:
- Facilities which have religious worship as the principal purpose
- Facilities in a co-educational school which are not equally available to male and female students
- Provision of staff housing other than supervisors’ quarters attached to student boarding facilities, except in isolated areas
- Leasing of land
- Provision off facilities on leased land where the term of lease is less than the liability period of the grant
- Projects where a contract has been entered into, or construction including site works, has commenced prior to Ministerial approval, i.e. where retrospective approval is sought.