Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 3

3 .         Objects

        (1)         The objects of this Act include the following — 

            (a)         to recognize the right of every child in the State to receive a school education;

            (b)         to allow that education to be given in a government school, a non-government school or at home;

            (c)         to provide for government schools that meet the educational needs of all children;

            (ca)         to provide for education, training and employment alternatives at the senior secondary level; and

            (d)         to acknowledge the importance of the involvement and participation of a child’s parents in the child’s education.

        (2)         Any person who has a function under this Act is to seek to ensure that the objects stated in subsection (1) are achieved.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 22 of 2005 s. 15.]