Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section does not apply to a Government school that is a distance education centre.
(2) A school enrolment management plan for a Government school is a document that:
(a) states the school's priority enrolment area; and
(b) states principles according to which applications for enrolment by children who usually reside outside the school's priority enrolment area are to be determined; and
(c) is consistent with any guidelines in force under section 77.
(3) The principal of a Government school must prepare a draft school enrolment management plan for the school as soon as practicable after becoming aware that the school has reached the proportion of its enrolment capacity that is prescribed by regulation.
(4) The principal must submit a draft plan prepared under subsection (3) to the CEO for approval.
(5) As soon as practicable after receiving a draft school enrolment management plan, the CEO must:
(a) approve the plan or amend the plan and approve it as amended; and
(b) give written notice of the approval to the principal.
(6) The CEO may at any time, by written notice given to the principal of a Government school, direct the principal:
(a) to prepare a new draft school enrolment management plan for the school; and
(b) to submit the draft school enrolment management plan to the CEO for approval under subsection (4) within the period specified in the notice.
(7) The principal of a Government school that has a school enrolment management plan must comply with the plan in enrolling children in the school.