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South Australia
Education (Closure and Amalgamation of Government
Schools) Amendment Bill 2011
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Education
Act 1972.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1Short
title
2Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Education
Act 1972
3Amendment of section 14A—Application of
Part
4Amendment of section 14F—Minister's
decision as to closure or amalgamation
5Insertion of section
14G
14GRequirement for
resolution of both Houses of Parliament
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Education (Closure and Amalgamation of
Government Schools) Amendment Act 2011.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a
specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment
of Education
Act 1972
3—Amendment
of section 14A—Application of Part
Section 14A(2)—delete subsection (2) and
substitute:
(2) However—
(a) this Part does not apply to the temporary closure of a Government
school in an emergency or for the purposes of carrying out building
work;
(b) sections 14B to 14F (inclusive) do not apply to the closure
of a Government school if—
(i) a majority of the parents of the students attending the school;
or
(ii) if the school is wholly or principally for adult students—a
majority of the students attending the school,
indicate that they are not opposed to the closure.
4—Amendment
of section 14F—Minister's decision as to closure or
amalgamation
(1) Section 14F(1)—delete "The Minister" and
substitute:
Subject to section 14G, the Minister
(2) Section 14F(2) and (3)—delete subsections (2)
and (3) and substitute:
(2) The Minister must cause a copy of a committee's report and
recommendations under section 14E to be laid before each House of
Parliament within 6 sitting days of receiving the report and
recommendations.
After section 14F insert:
14G—Requirement for resolution of both Houses of
Parliament
Despite a provision of any other Act or law, a Government school cannot be
closed or amalgamated with another except in accordance with a resolution passed
by both Houses of Parliament.