Education (Overseas Students) Act 2018

The chief executive must make guidelines about the operation of international secondary student exchange programs, including, for example, about the following—

the eligibility of organisations to operate the programs;

the way in which the financial viability, organisational structure, and not-for-profit status, of organisations seeking to operate the programs is to be assessed;

the appropriate aims of the programs;

the obligation (the reciprocity obligation) of organisations operating the programs to ensure the number of months Queensland students attend an overseas secondary school under the program is at least equal to the number of months overseas students attend a Queensland secondary school under the program;

the way in which support and protection is to be provided to overseas students, Queensland students and host families participating in the programs;

the way in which staff of organisations operating the programs are to be screened and trained, including, for example, the way in which the organisations are to comply with the Working with Children Check Act 2000;

the way in which organisations operating the programs are to ensure overseas students participating in the programs have appropriate health insurance.

Guidelines made under this section may be amended or replaced by later guidelines made under this section.

The chief executive must keep a copy of guidelines made under this section on the department’s website.