South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations58—Conditions for enrolment at a correspondence school
(1) A child of
compulsory school age may be enrolled at a correspondence school
provided—
(a) the
child is, pursuant to administrative instructions issued by the Minister,
eligible to enrol in a reception class or a year 1 or year 2 class and the
distance of the child's residence from the nearest primary school or a
transport route is greater than one and a half kilometres; or
(b) the
child is, pursuant to administrative instructions issued by the Minister,
eligible to enrol in a year 3 or year 4 class and the distance of the child's
residence from the nearest primary school or a transport route is greater than
three kilometres; or
(c) in
any other case—the distance of the child's residence from the nearest
primary or secondary school (according to the educational attainments of the
child) or a transport route is greater than five kilometres.
(2) The
Director-General may, where reasonable cause exists, permit or direct that a
child, ineligible to enrol at a correspondence school under the provision of
subregulation (1) may or shall enrol at a correspondence school.
(3) For the purpose of
this regulation the distance of a child's residence from a school shall be
measured by the length of the shortest practicable route between the residence
and the school or a transport route, whichever is the shorter.