SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 52

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 52

52 .         CEO may notify home educator of concern and require evaluation

        (1)         If the chief executive officer has a concern about a child’s educational progress, the chief executive officer may —

            (a)         give the child’s home educator written notice of the concern and the reasons for the concern; and

            (b)         arrange for an evaluation to be made on 7 days’ notice to the home educator for the purpose of ascertaining whether the concern has been adequately addressed.

        (2)         An evaluation under subsection (1) is to be made —

            (a)         within the notice period or as soon as possible after the expiry of the notice period, but otherwise at the time that is agreed between the home educator and the home education moderator; and

            (b)         at the place that is the usual place for the child’s educational programme to be undertaken unless the home educator objects, in which case the evaluation is to be made at the place that is agreed between the home educator and the home education moderator.

        (3)         Following an evaluation under subsection (1), the home education moderator is to prepare a report about whether the concern has been adequately addressed and provide a copy of the report to the home educator and to the chief executive officer.