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SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 23

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 23

23 .         Attendance requirements

        (1)         A student must, for every year of the student’s compulsory education period, on the days on which the school is open for instruction —

            (a)         either —

                  (i)         attend the school at which the student is enrolled; or

                  (ii)         otherwise participate in an educational programme of the school whether at the school or elsewhere,

                as required by the principal; or

            (b)         comply with an arrangement under section 24.

        (1a)         A student who is enrolled as mentioned in section 10(2) may attend or participate for the purposes of subsection (1) or section 24 on a part-time basis, and the principal is to facilitate the student doing so.

        (2)         Subsection (1) has effect subject to —

            (a)         section 25 (which relates to non-attendance for reasonable cause); and

            (b)         section 27 (which relates to non-attendance for public health reasons); and

            (c)         section 30 (which allows non-attendance at a government school for a recognized religious or cultural observance).

        (3)         Subsection (1) is enforceable under Division 5.

        [Section 23 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 24; No. 14 of 2019 s. 17.]