New South Wales Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION ACT 1990 - SECT 24

24 Register of enrolments and attendances

(1) The principal of a government school or registered non-government school must keep a register, in a form approved by the Minister, of the enrolments and daily attendances of all children at the school.

(2) The register must be available for inspection during school hours by a Board inspector or other person authorised by the Minister, who may require the principal of the school to furnish a copy of the register or any part of it.

(3) When required to do so by the Minister, the principal of a government school or registered non-government school must furnish to the Minister information, within a time and in a form approved by the Minister, concerning the enrolment and attendance of children at the school during a specified period.

(4) The particulars of enrolments and daily attendances recorded in a register under this section must be retained for such period as the Minister may determine.

(5) A principal of a government school or registered non-government school who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with a requirement imposed by or under this section is guilty of an offence.

Maximum penalty: 5 penalty units.