Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013

Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version i Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Regulation Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 1 Objective 1 2 Authorising provision 1 3 Commencement 1 PART 2—SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE NOTICES 2 4 School enrolment notice 2 5 School attendance notice 2 __________________ SCHEDULES 3 SCHEDULE 1—School enrolment notice 3 SCHEDULE 2—School attendance notice 5 ═══════════════ -- 1 of 7 -- Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel Authorised Version 1 STATUTORY RULES 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 Education and Training Reform Act 2006 Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations: Dated: 10 December 2013 Responsible Minister: MARTIN DIXON Minister for Education YVETTE CARISBROOKE Clerk of the Executive Council PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Objective The objective of these Regulations is to prescribe forms for school attendance notices and school enrolment notices. 2 Authorising provision These Regulations are made under section 5.10.1 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006. 3 Commencement These Regulations come into operation on 1 January 2014. __________________ -- 2 of 7 -- Part 2—School Enrolment and Attendance Notices Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 2 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel PART 2—SCHOOL ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE NOTICES 4 School enrolment notice For the purposes of section 2.1.17 of the Act, the prescribed form for a school enrolment notice is the form set out in Schedule 1. 5 School attendance notice For the purposes of section 2.1.18 of the Act, the prescribed form for a school attendance notice is the form set out in Schedule 2. __________________ r. 4 -- 3 of 7 -- Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 3 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULES SCHEDULE 1 Regulation 4 SCHOOL ENROLMENT NOTICE [Date of notice] Child's Details: [full name, date of birth] Parent's Details: [full name, home address] To: [full name of parent] The Department's records show that your child, [child's full name], has not been enrolled at a registered school or registered for home schooling as at [insert date of notice]. You are required to send us a reply form with one of the responses below by [insert due date which must not be less than 21 days after the date of the notice]. NOTE: You may comply with this notice by enrolling or conditionally enrolling your child at a registered school, or by registering your child for home schooling. If so, you must still send us a reply form, using option 3 below. Signature of school attendance officer: OPTION 1 My child is not enrolled or conditionally enrolled at a registered school or registered for home schooling because: NOTE: If this reason is considered to be a reasonable excuse, no further action will be taken. If this reason is not considered to be a reasonable excuse, an infringement notice may be sent to you. Sch. 1 -- 4 of 7 -- Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 4 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel OPTION 2 I am unable to respond to this notice because I do not have parental responsibility for the child. The parent who has parental responsibility for the child is [full name and address of nominated parent]. OPTION 3 I have enrolled/conditionally enrolled [name of child] at a registered school/registered [name of child] for home schooling and the details of that enrolment/registration are: Signature of Parent: NOTE: The Education and Training Reform Act 2006 provides that it is an offence to provide false information in reply to this notice. You must post or deliver the completed reply to reach [school attendance officer contact details] by [insert due date which must not be less than 21 days after the date of the notice]. If you do not complete and return this form by the due date an infringement notice may be sent to you. __________________ Sch. 1 -- 5 of 7 -- Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 5 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel SCHEDULE 2 SCHOOL ATTENDANCE NOTICE Regulation 5 [Date of notice] Child's Details: [full name, date of birth] Parent's Details: [full name, home address] To: [full name of parent] Your child, [child's full name] born [date of birth], has not attended school on [insert dates] and you have not provided a reasonable excuse for these absences. You are required to send us a reply form with one of the responses below by [insert due date which must not be less than 21 days after the date of the notice]. Signature of school attendance officer: OPTION 1 I am unable to adequately respond to this notice because the child was not living with me on some or all of the dates set out above. The parent with whom the child was living on [insert relevant dates] is [full name and address of nominated parent]. OPTION 2 My child did not attend school because: Signature of Parent: Sch. 2 -- 6 of 7 -- Education and Training Reform (School Attendance) Regulations 2013 S.R. No. 157/2013 6 Authorised by the Chief Parliamentary Counsel NOTE: If this reason is considered to be a reasonable excuse, no further action will be taken. If this reason is not considered to be a reasonable excuse, an infringement notice may be sent to you. NOTE: The Education and Training Reform Act 2006 provides that it is an offence to provide false information in reply to this notice. You must post or deliver this notice to reach [school attendance officer contact details] by [insert due date which must not be less than 21 days after the date of the notice]. If you do not complete and return this form by the due date an infringement notice may be sent to you. ═══════════════ Sch. 1 -- 7 of 7 --