Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts In this Act unless the
contrary intention appears —
advisory committee means the Curriculum and
Assessment Committee or the Standards Committee;
assessment includes examination;
Authority means the School Curriculum and
Standards Authority established by section 5;
Board means the governing body of the Authority
referred to in section 6;
chairperson means the chairperson of the Board;
chief executive officer means the person appointed
as such for the purposes of section 20;
committee means an advisory committee or a
committee appointed under section 7F;
community kindergarten means a community
kindergarten registered under the School Education Act Part 5;
compulsory education period has the meaning given
in the School Education Act section 6(1);
course means a course of study, subject or
syllabus;
Curriculum and Assessment Committee means the
committee established under section 7D;
Education Department means the department referred
to in section 228 of the School Education Act;
education provider means —
(a) a
governing body; and
(b) in
relation to a student, a parent of the student who is registered under the
School Education Act as the student’s home educator;
governing body means —
(a) in
relation to a government school as defined in the School Education Act, the
chief executive officer of the Education Department; and
(b) in
relation to a non-government school as defined in the School Education Act,
means the governing body of that school under that Act;
[(c) deleted]
home education , in relation to a student, means
instruction provided by a parent who is registered under the School Education
Act as the student’s home educator;
member means a member of the Board and includes a
person acting under Schedule 1 clause 4;
member of staff means —
(a) an
officer referred to in section 21(1); and
(b) a
person referred to in section 21(2); and
(c) a
person engaged or appointed by the Authority under section 100 of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 ; and
(d) a
person whose services are used under section 21(6) or 22;
research involving students means research
conducted by any person or body in relation to either or both of the following
purposes —
(a)
promoting student achievement or student wellbeing;
(b)
understanding outcomes connected with student achievement or wellbeing;
school means a school as defined in the School
Education Act or a community kindergarten;
School Education Act means the School Education
Act 1999 ;
school system means a school system that is
declared to be a recognised school system under the School Education Act
section 169;
school years includes the pre-compulsory education
period as defined in the School Education Act section 5;
Standards Committee means the committee
established under section 7B;
standards of student achievement means the
standards of student achievement that are expected to be attained at
designated stages in a course or in the compulsory education period;
student means a student enrolled in a school or
receiving home education;
vocational education and training has the same
meaning as in the Vocational Education and Training Act 1996 ;
wellbeing , of a student, includes the following
—
(a) the
care of the student;
(b) the
physical, emotional, psychological and educational development of the student;
(c) the
physical, emotional and psychological health of the student;
(d) the
safety of the student.
[Section 3 amended: No. 36 of 1999 s. 247; No. 22
of 2005 s. 43; No. 37 of 2011 s. 6 and 53(1); No. 46 of 2012 s. 14; No. 28 of
2014 s. 37; No. 17 of 2017 s. 4.]