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The Agency for Schoolinfrastructure (AGIOn) is a public institution under the supervision of the Flemish Minister of Education, currently Mr. Pascal Smet.

The responsibility of AGIOn is the subsidizing of the purchase, the construction and the renovation of schoolbuildings. The agency fulfills this assignment on behalf of the Flemish subsidized educational institutions, the scholastic aptitude test centers and the boarding-schools, both for the public and for the private sector. AGIOn does not subsidize the entire school building project; the subsidy amounts to 70 % for primary education and to 60 % for secondary education. The board of school governors can finance the part which is not subsidized by means of a guaranteed loan.

The administration of AGIOn is headed by the administrator-general, Henri Duqué.
In order to fulfill its mandate AGIOn receives a yearly endowment from the Flemish government. For the year 2007 the AGIOn has 124 million euro at its disposal.