Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

117.   Creation of assisted schools

Subject to section 118, an assisted school is either—

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    (a)     an educational institution whose property is owned by a private proprietor, denominational body, a trust, an individual or any incorporated or unincorporated body and which has agreed to receive public funds for one or more of the following purposes—

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      (i)     maintenance of the educational institution,

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      (ii)     provision of school furniture or equipment,

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      (iii)     the building of an extension to the educational institution or its rebuilding thereof,

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      (iv)     payment of the salaries of the staff, and

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      (v)     any other purpose approved by the Minister;

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    (b)     an educational institution whose property is jointly owned by the Government and a private proprietor or a denominational body—

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      (i)     and the management is jointly shared between the Minister and the private proprietor or denominational body, and

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      (ii)     is in receipt of public funds for any of the purposes specified in paragraph (a); or

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    (c)     the educational institution is owned by the Government and the Minister agrees that it should become an assisted school for the purposes of its management.