Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 178

178 Notice to, and meeting with, parent

(1) This section applies if an authorised officer reasonably suspects—

(a) a child who is of compulsory school age—

(i) is not enrolled at a State school or non-State school; or

(ii) is not attending the State school or non-State school at which the child is enrolled, on every school day, for the educational program in which the child is enrolled; and

(b) parts 2 to 4 do not apply to the child.

(2) The officer may give a parent of the child a notice in the approved form about the parent’s obligation under section 176 (1) .

(3) The officer may also meet with the parent to discuss the obligation.

(4) If, despite the officer taking reasonable steps to meet with the parent under subsection (3) , no meeting is held, the officer may give the parent a warning notice in the approved form.

(5) For the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 , an authorised officer acting under this section is a public official performing a function authorised by this Act.

(6) In this section—

"authorised officer" means the chief executive or an officer of the department authorised by the chief executive for this section.