Education Act 2016

At any time during the currency of an approved home education, the Registrar may carry out an assessment of the program and its provision to the school-aged child or youth to ensure that – the program continues to meet the standards prescribed by the regulations in relation to approved home education programs; and the program is being provided to a sufficient extent.

In carrying out the assessment, the Registrar is to obtain a report from a registration officer in relation to the approved home education program and its provision by the home educator.

The report is to include – an assessment of the approved home education program and its provision by the home educator against the standards prescribed by the regulations for approved home education programs; and any other information the registration officer considers relevant; and recommendations relating to – whether the approved home education program should continue; and if the registration officer considers that the program should be amended, what those amendments should be; and whether the approval of the program should be made subject to conditions or the conditions to which the approval is subject should be amended.

On completing the report, the registration officer is to provide a copy of it to the Registrar and to the Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council.

In carrying out an assessment, the Registrar – in writing, may require the home educator to provide the information and documents that the Registrar considers necessary to complete the assessment; and may exercise his or her powers under this Act and the regulations.

A requirement to provide information or documents may require that the information or document be delivered – at a specified place; and to the Registrar or a registration officer; and within a specified period; and in person, by mail or in another specified manner.

In carrying out an assessment, the Registrar is to – seek and consider advice from the Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council in relation to the assessment; and consider the report of the registration officer provided under subsection (4); and consider the approved home education program and the manner in which it is being provided and assess it against the standards prescribed by the regulations for approved home education programs.

In carrying out an assessment, the Registrar is to take into account any relevant Ministerial instructions in determining whether the approved home education program is being provided to a sufficient extent.