Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Minister may
determine standards for non-government schools about any of the following
matters —
(a) the
curriculum or curriculums of schools;
(b)
staff to student ratios at schools;
(c) the
days, and hours per day, of instruction provided by schools;
(d) the
staff of schools;
(e) the
premises that may be used for, or in connection with, schools;
(f) the
facilities of schools;
(g) the
number of children in each year level at schools;
(h) the
enrolment and attendance procedures at schools;
(ha) the
health and safety procedures at schools, including immunisation requirements
for enrolment;
(i)
the management, recording and reporting of critical and
emergency incidents at schools;
(j) the
arrangements (if any) for board and lodging for students on school premises or
premises associated with schools;
(k) the
response to, and recording of, complaints and disputes at schools;
(l) the
arrangements for preventing child abuse at schools and for responding to any
such abuse which may occur;
(m) the
sufficiency of schools’ financial resources for providing education of
the kind for which registration is sought;
(n) any
other matter prescribed by the regulations.
(2) A standard is to
be determined in accordance with consultation procedures prescribed by the
regulations.
(3) A standard —
(a)
takes effect —
(i)
on the day the standard is determined by the Minister; or
(ii)
if a later day is stated in the standard, on that day;
and
(b) is
to be published on a website maintained by the chief executive officer.
(4) A standard may be
amended or repealed by a subsequent determination by the Minister.
(5) Subsection (2)
applies to and in relation to the amendment of a standard.
(6) Subsection (3)
applies to and in relation to the amendment or repeal of a standard.
[Section 159 inserted: No. 28 of 2014 s. 8;
amended: No. 14 of 2019 s. 21.]