South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations (1) The head teacher
of a school may exclude a student from attendance at the school for a period
specified by the head teacher if the head teacher believes on reasonable
grounds that—
(a) the
student has threatened or perpetrated violence; or
(b) the
student has acted in a manner that threatens the safety or well being of a
student or member of staff of, or other person associated with, the school
(including by sexually harassing, racially vilifying, verbally abusing or
bullying that person); or
(c) the
student has acted illegally; or
(d) the
student has persistently interfered with the ability of a teacher to instruct
students or of a student to benefit from that instruction; or
(e) the
student has acted in a manner that threatens the good order of the school by
persistently contravening or failing to comply with rules applying within the
school with respect to behaviour.
(2) However—
(a) a
student cannot be excluded from attendance at the school under this regulation
on any one occasion for—
(i)
less than four consecutive weeks, unless the exclusion is
for the remainder of the school term during which the student is excluded and
that period is less than four weeks; or
(ii)
more than—
(A) 10 consecutive weeks; or
(B) the remainder of the school term or, in
the case of a student above compulsory school age, semester,
(whichever is the longer period);
(b) a
student cannot, without the authorisation of the responsible officer, be
excluded from attendance at the school under this regulation for more than 20
weeks in a calendar year.
(3) Before excluding a
student under this regulation, the head teacher must first suspend the student
from attendance at the school for a period not exceeding five consecutive
school days.
(4) A student of
compulsory school age must obey the reasonable written directions of the
responsible officer in relation to undertaking education, work or other
relevant activity during the period of an exclusion.
(5) If a student
contravenes or fails to comply with directions given under
subregulation (4), the student is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $200.
(6) The head teacher
of a school may extend the exclusion of a student from attendance at the
school for a further period not exceeding the limits fixed by
subregulation (2) if satisfied that the extension is justified in the
circumstances.