Education Act 2016

In this section – applicant parent means a parent of a school-aged child or youth who has applied for approval of a proposed home education program.

On receipt of an application for the approval of a proposed home education program, the Registrar is to – approve the proposed program; or refuse to approve the proposed program.

Before making a determination under subsection (2), the Registrar is to – seek and consider advice from the Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council in relation to the proposed home education program; and consider the report of the registration officer provided under section 68; and consider the proposed home education program and assess it against the standards prescribed by the regulations for approved home education programs.

The Registrar may approve a proposed home education program only if satisfied that the proposed program meets the standards prescribed by the regulations for approved home education programs.

The Registrar is to refuse to approve a proposed home education program if the Registrar is not satisfied as specified in subsection (4).

The Registrar may refuse to approve a proposed home education program if the child or youth has been absent, without authorisation under this Act, from attendance at a school or an approved learning program, or a combination of both, for more than 20 days during the period of 12 months immediately preceding the making of the application.

When considering and assessing a proposed home education program, the Registrar may request the applicant parent, in writing, to amend the proposed program for the reasons specified in the request.

If the applicant parent provides an amended proposed home education program to the Registrar before he or she makes a determination under subsection (2), that amended proposed program is taken, for the purposes of this section, to be the proposed home education program included in the application.

On making a determination under subsection (2), the Registrar is to notify the applicant parent, in writing, of that determination and, if the determination is a refusal to approve the proposed home education program, of the reason for that refusal.

On approving a proposed home education program, the Registrar is to enter the approval in the register maintained under section 225.