Australian Government Capital Grants Eligibility

For CGP grant eligibility a school must:

• Be in receipt of Australian Government recurrent funds for the levels of education to which the proposed project relates
• Have entered into a QIS BGA Participation Agreement

CGP Project Eligibility

Proposed projects will be examined to identify the following requirements of both the school and project:

• Demonstrate that the project will contribute to the CGP objectives and address the Commonwealth's other priorities and objectives for schooling
• Show that the proposed project is consistent with sound educational planning, especially in relation to cost, size and use of facilities to be funded
• Be viable, that is, the school must be likely to remain financially solvent
• Demonstrate a 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 lease for the land and/or buildings that has a period to run commensurate with the period in which the capital grant may be required to be repaid if the school no longer provides school education.

Eligible Project Types

• Planning, erection, alteration, extension, demolition or refurbishment of a building, part of a building or other facility
• 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
• Providing library materials and goods for cataloguing a library
• Purchase of land with buildings or parts of buildings, or in special circumstances, without buildings.

Ineligible Projects

• 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
• Projects to be undertaken solely by parents and friends
• Facilities where the majority of use will be by full fee paying overseas students, or other unfunded students attending a 'for profit' section of a school
• Facilities that are principally for pre-primary education (for example, an Early Learning Centre attached to a school)
• 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.