SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 54

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 54

54 .         Review of s. 53 decision

        (1)         A child’s home educator may apply in writing to the Minister for a review of the chief executive officer’s decision to cancel the home educator’s registration in respect of the child.

        (2)         The application is to be made within 14 days after the applicant received written notice of the decision.

        (3)         Where an application is made under subsection (1), the Minister is to refer the matter to a Home Education Advisory Panel which is to examine the matter and report to the Minister with its recommendation.

        (4)         A Home Education Advisory Panel is to give the applicant the opportunity to be heard.

        (5)         The Minister is to give a copy of the report of the Home Education Advisory Panel to the applicant.

        (6)         The Minister after considering the report may confirm, vary or reverse the chief executive officer’s decision and is to give written notice to the applicant of the Minister’s decision and written reasons for that decision.

        (7)         In this section —

        Home Education Advisory Panel means an advisory panel under section 241 established for the purposes of subsection (3) of this section.

What this Part is about

This Part enacts provisions that apply only to government schools.

In particular it deals with —

•         the establishment, closure and amalgamation of government schools, and the designation of schools in some areas as being primarily for the enrolment of students in that area (Division 1);

•         the functions of the chief executive officer of the department responsible for government schools and of principals and teachers in those schools (Division 2);

•         the curriculum in government schools, the provision of special religious education, and conscientious objection to instruction in particular subjects (Division 3);

•         entitlement to enrol at government schools, changing inappropriate enrolments, and the resolution of disputed issues about enrolment (Division 4);

•         the suspension and exclusion of students from government schools for breaches of school discipline (Division 5);

•         restrictions on the imposition of fees and charges in government schools, and provisions for the management of school funds (Division 6);

•         miscellaneous management provisions relating to the operation of government schools and the control of school premises (Division 7);

•         provisions as to the establishment and operation of School Councils and relating to Parents and Citizens’ Associations for government schools (Division 8).