Western Australian Consolidated Acts

SCHOOL EDUCATION ACT 1999 - SECT 58

58 .         Permanent closure, notice of proposal to be given

        (1)         If the Minister proposes to permanently close a government school under section 56 the Minister is to publish notice of the proposal in the Government Gazette .

        (2)         If a notice is published under subsection (1) in respect of a school, the school cannot be closed unless the consultation required by section 57 occurs after the notice was published and — 

            (a)         a period of 12 months has expired since the notice was published; or

            (b)         the Minister is sooner satisfied that — 

                  (i)         a majority of the parents of students enrolled at the school wish the school to be closed; or

                  (ii)         there are exceptional circumstances which justify closure,

                before the period of 12 months expires.