Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 2004 - SECT 27

    (1)     The school board of a government school may ask the parents of a student enrolled at the school, or anyone else, to make a financial contribution to the school.

    (2)     The following principles apply in relation to financial contributions:

        (a)     each contribution is to be voluntary;

        (b)     a student at the school is not to be refused benefits or services because the student's parents do not make a contribution;

        (c)     a student is not to be approached or harassed for contributions;

        (d)     any record of contributions is confidential.

    (3)     If the school board asks the parents of a student enrolled at the school to make a financial contribution, the school board must tell the parents about the principles that apply in relation to financial contributions.