Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 55

55 Charging for specialised educational program

(1) This section applies to a State school that is approved by the chief executive to offer a specialised educational program prescribed under a regulation.

(2) The fee, for the program, prescribed under a regulation must be paid for the undertaking of the program.

(3) For subsection (2) —

(a) if a child is undertaking the program—a parent of the child must pay the fee; or

(b) if an adult is undertaking the program—that person must pay the fee.

(4) However, the chief executive may waive, entirely or partly, payment of the fee if the chief executive is satisfied—

(a) payment of the fee would cause financial hardship to the person liable to pay it; and

(b) the person wishing to undertake the program would suffer a significant educational disadvantage if the person can not undertake the program.

(5) The chief executive must ensure a list of State schools approved under subsection (1) is available for public inspection, without charge—

(a) during normal business hours at the department’s head office; and

(b) on the department’s website.

(6) In this section—

"specialised educational program" means an educational program not usually offered by a State school.