Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A student enrolled in a Government school has an allocation of 26 semesters of Government school education (the standard allocation ) from transition year to year 12.
(2) If a student applies to the principal of a Government school for enrolment for a year other than transition year, the principal must determine the year level in which the student is to be placed.
(3) A student mentioned in subsection (2) is entitled to an allocation of semesters of Government school education comprised of:
(a) one or 2 semesters for the year level in which the student is placed, depending on the time of the year at which the placement is made; and
(b) 2 semesters for each subsequent year to the end of year 12.
(4) Subsection (5) applies if a student enrolled in a Government school does not attend the school for a period of more than 8 weeks in a semester.
(5) The semester:
(a) is counted as part of the student's standard allocation if the absence was not approved by the principal; but
(b) is not counted as part of the student's standard allocation if the absence was approved by the principal.
(6) If a student enrolled in a Government school repeats one or more years of schooling:
(a) the repeated year (or first repeated year) does not count as part of the student's standard allocation; and
(b) any other repeated year counts as part of the student's standard allocation.