EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 5.3.5 Effectiveness and efficiency review

EDUCATION AND TRAINING REFORM ACT 2006 - SECT 5.3.5

    (1)     The Secretary may appoint a person to carry out, in accordance with any Order made by the Minister under subsection (3), an effectiveness and efficiency review of the operations, or specified operations, of a school council and to report the results of the review to the Secretary.

    (2)     In subsection (1) a reference to an effectiveness and efficiency review of operations of a council is a reference to—

        (a)     an examination of the functions performed by, and the operations carried on by, the council for the purpose of forming an opinion concerning the extent to which those operations are being carried on in an effective and efficient manner; and

        (b)     an examination of the procedures that are followed by the council for reviewing operations carried on by it and an evaluation of the adequacy of those procedures to enable the council to assess the extent to which those operations are being carried on in an effective and efficient manner.

    (3)     The Minister may make an Order for or with respect to any matter that relates to effectiveness and efficiency reviews including but not limited to—

        (a)     the nature of the reviews;

        (b)     the manner in which the reviews are to be carried out;

        (c)     the frequency and timing of reviews.

    (4)     The Secretary must ensure that written notice of the carrying out of an effectiveness and efficiency review is given before the commencement of the carrying out of that review to both the president of the school council and the principal.

Pt 5.3A (Heading and ss 5.3A.1 – 5.3A.19) inserted by No. 19/2008 s. 11.

Part 5.3A—Victorian student numbers and Student Register

Division 1—Introductory

S. 5.3A.1 inserted by No. 19/2008 s. 11.