South Australian Numbered Acts

EDUCATION AND CHILDREN'S SERVICES ACT 2019 (NO 19 OF 2019) - SECT 75

75—Principal etc to report persistent non-attendance or non-participation

        (1)         The principal of a school or head of an approved learning program must notify the Chief Executive if a student of the school or approved learning program is persistently failing to attend school, or participate in the approved learning program, (as the case requires) as required under this Act.

        (2)         A notice under subsection (1)

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            (a)         must be given in a manner and form determined by the Chief Executive; and

            (b)         must be given as soon as is reasonably practicable after the principal of the school or head of the approved learning program (as the case requires) becomes aware of the relevant matter; and

            (c)         must contain the information required by the regulations.

        (3)         A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with subsection (1)

.

Maximum penalty: $2 500.

        (4)         For the purposes of this section, a student will be taken to be persistently failing to attend school, or failing to participate in an approved learning program, if the student fails to attend school, or participate in the approved learning program, for 10 or more days in a particular term (disregarding any failure to which section 68(3)

or 69(3)

applies).

Division 3—Suspension, exclusion and expulsion of students