Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 423

423 Annual reporting by State school’s principal or non-State school’s governing body

(1) The Minister may approve a policy about the publication by a State school’s principal, or non-State school’s governing body, of an annual report containing—

(a) information relating to the school and its policies; and

(b) aggregate data about the student outcomes for all persons enrolled at the school in the previous year.

(2) A State school’s principal, or non-State school’s governing body, must comply with a policy approved under subsection (1) .

(3) The chief executive must keep a copy of a policy approved under subsection (1) available for inspection and permit a person—

(a) to inspect the policy without fee; and

(b) to take extracts from the policy without fee.

(4) For subsection (3) —

(a) a copy of the policy—

(i) must be kept at the head office of the department; and

(ii) may be kept at any other place the chief executive considers appropriate; and

(b) the copy kept under paragraph (a) must be available for inspection during office hours on business days for the office or place.

(5) Also, the chief executive must keep a copy of a policy approved under subsection (1) available for supply to a person and permit a person to obtain a copy of the policy, or a part of the policy, without fee.

(6) In addition, the chief executive must keep a copy of a policy approved under subsection (1) on the department’s website.