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These Regulations may be cited as the Education Regulations 2015.
These Regulations commence on the commencement of Part 1 of the
Education Act 2015.
In these Regulations:
deductible gift recipient, for Part 5, see regulation
21.
infringement notice, for Part 7, see regulation 44.
infringement notice offence, for Part 7, see regulation
43(1).
prescribed amount, for Part 7, see regulation 43(2).
school body, for Part 5, see regulation 21.
school representative body, for Part 5, see regulation
21.
For the definition disqualifying offence in section 5 of the Act, the following offences are prescribed:
an offence against a provision of an Act, or of an Act of the
Commonwealth, specified in Schedule 1 subject to any qualification relating to the provision specified opposite it;
an offence of counselling or procuring the commission of an offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
an offence of attempting, or of conspiracy or incitement, to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
an offence that has, as an element, intention to commit an offence mentioned in paragraph (a);
an offence committed before the commencement of a provision mentioned in paragraph (a) that would, if committed after that commencement, have constituted an offence mentioned in that paragraph;
an offence under a law of a State, other Territory or foreign country that, if it had been committed in the Territory, would have constituted an offence mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e).
For section 9(2) of the Act, any of the following, approved by the principal of the school, in which a child participates is a prescribed education program:
(a) a performance, sporting or school representative activity, whether on-campus or off-campus;
a school excursion;
an off campus learning activity.
Examples for regulation 5(a)
Singing in a school choir, playing an instrument in a school band, taking part in a sporting event and representing the school in a debate.
Examples for regulation 5(b)
A school camp and a visit to an off-campus venue.
Examples for regulation 5(c)
Participation in flexible education arrangements, graduated return to school arrangements and vocational education and training in schools.
For section 23 of the Act, definition expert, the following fields are prescribed:
early childhood education and care;
primary school education;
secondary school education;
special learning needs;
vocational education and training in schools;
either:
distance education and online education; or
international education;
(g) education of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and young persons.
For section 28(2) of the Act, the following is the process by which nominations for, or expressions of interest in, membership of the
Board may be sought:
for section 28(1)(b) and (c) of the Act, the Minister must notify, in any way that the Minister considers appropriate, the bodies mentioned in those paragraphs that nominations are being sought;
for section 28(1)(d), (e), (f) and (g) of the Act, the Minister must seek expressions of interest in appointment to the Board by:
publishing a notice for that purpose in a newspaper circulating in the Territory; and
if the Minister considers it appropriate to do so, notifying any group or body, in any way that the Minister considers appropriate, that expressions of interest are being sought;
for section 28(1)(h) of the Act, the Minister may, in any way that the Minister considers appropriate (which may include publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in Australia), seek expressions of interest from appropriate persons.
For section 28(5) of the Act, the prescribed eligibility criteria for appointment as chairperson of the Board are knowledge and experience of educational policy and practice in the Territory and nationally.
For section 33 of the Act:
the Board must meet at least once in each term; and
(b) the chairperson may call additional meetings as the chairperson considers necessary; and
(c) the Board may hold meetings, or allow members to take part in meetings, by telephone, video conference or another form of communication; and
6 members constitute a quorum at a meeting; and
(e) questions arising at a meeting are to be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and voting; and
(f) in the event of an equal number of votes on any question arising at a meeting, the chairperson has a casting vote; and
(g) subject to the Act and these Regulations, the Board may determine its own meeting procedure; and
(h) the Board must keep records of its meetings in any way that it considers appropriate.
(2) A member taking part in a meeting as mentioned in subregulation (1)(c) is taken to be present at the meeting.
For section 34(3) of the Act, a member of a committee must not be appointed for a term of more than 12 months but is eligible for
reappointment.
For section 45(1) of the Act, the following is prescribed information about enrolment and attendance of a student required to be shown in a register:
the student's name;
the student's residential address;
the student's date of birth;
whether the student has siblings at the same Government school;
(e) whether the student is an Australian citizen or a permanent resident of Australia;
whether the student is living independently;
(g) the name and residential address of each of the student's parents (if known);
(h) the name of any parent who has daily care and control of the student;
(i) a record of the student's attendance at the Government school on each school day, or each part of a school day, on which instruction is provided for the student.
For section 46(1)(b) of the Act, the following are prescribed details of the proposed home education that are required to be given to the CEO:
the curriculum proposed to be used for the home education;
(b) the proposed program of work in each subject covered by the curriculum, including the resources to be used in support;
(c) the average period of time that the child will receive instruction on each school day;
(d) the number of days on which instruction will be given to the child;
(e) where the instruction will be given and what facilities are available at that place for that purpose;
(f) how learning activities will be recorded and how the child's educational progress and achievement will be measured;
(g) the name of the person who is to give the instruction and that person's relationship to the child.