Education Act 2015

(1) A student, or a parent of a student, who has exhausted the standard allocation, or any additional allocation granted under this section, may apply to the CEO, in the approved form, for a grant of up to 2 additional semesters of Government school education.

(2) An application under subsection (1) must be made no later than 30 days before the beginning of the additional semester, or first additional semester, to which the application relates.

(3) However, the CEO may, if the CEO considers that the circumstances make it reasonable to do so, accept an application under subsection (1) made later than as mentioned in subsection (2).

(a) grant or refuse an application or, in the case of an application for 2 additional semesters, partially grant the application; and

(b) determine the location and form of the educational instruction to be provided to the student having regard to:

(a) the procedure to be followed by the CEO in determining an application, including matters to which the CEO must have regard; and

(b) without limiting subsection (6), conditions that the CEO may impose on the grant of an application.

(6) The CEO may impose any condition on the grant that the CEO considers appropriate including, if the student is a mature age student, a requirement to comply with Part 4, Division 5.

(7) The CEO must make a decision on an application within 30 days after receiving it.

(8) As soon as practicable after the CEO has made a decision under subsection (7), the CEO must give a decision notice to:

(b) if the applicant is a student who is not a child living independently, a parent who has daily care and control of the student; and