Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) A child’s
home educator may apply in writing to the Minister for a review of the chief
executive officer’s decision to cancel the home educator’s
registration in respect of the child.
(2) The application is
to be made within 14 days after the applicant received written notice of the
decision.
(3) Where an
application is made under subsection (1), the Minister is to refer the matter
to a Home Education Advisory Panel which is to examine the matter and report
to the Minister with its recommendation.
(4) A Home Education
Advisory Panel is to give the applicant the opportunity to be heard.
(5) The Minister is to
give a copy of the report of the Home Education Advisory Panel to the
applicant.
(6) The Minister after
considering the report may confirm, vary or reverse the chief executive
officer’s decision and is to give written notice to the applicant of the
Minister’s decision and written reasons for that decision.
(7) In this section
—
Home Education Advisory Panel means an advisory
panel under section 241 established for the purposes of subsection (3) of this
section.
What this Part is about
This Part enacts provisions that apply only to government schools.
In particular it deals with —
• the establishment, closure and
amalgamation of government schools, and the designation of schools in some
areas as being primarily for the enrolment of students in that area (Division
1);
• the functions of the chief executive
officer of the department responsible for government schools and of principals
and teachers in those schools (Division 2);
• the curriculum in government schools, the
provision of special religious education, and conscientious objection to
instruction in particular subjects (Division 3);
• entitlement to enrol at government
schools, changing inappropriate enrolments, and the resolution of disputed
issues about enrolment (Division 4);
• the suspension and exclusion of students
from government schools for breaches of school discipline or sexual offending
against other students (Division 5);
• restrictions on the imposition of fees and
charges in government schools, and provisions for the management of school
funds (Division 6);
• miscellaneous management provisions
relating to the operation of government schools and the control of school
premises (Division 7);
• provisions as to the establishment and
operation of School Councils and relating to Parents and Citizens’
Associations for government schools (Division 8).
[Note altered: No. 13 of 2024.]