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EDUCATION REGULATION 2005 (NO 1 OF 2005)
Education Regulation 2005
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
SL2005-1
This regulation aims to prescribe the position of the person holding the
office of ‘director’ for the purpose of suspending, excluding or
transferring a child within Catholic systemic schools, and prescribe the details
of information to be held on the home education register.
Section 104 of the Act provides for the suspension, transfer or exclusion
of a child from Catholic systemic schools by a person prescribed under
regulation as the ‘director’. The regulations prescribe the
position of Director, Catholic Education, Roman Catholic Church for the
Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn for this purpose. This position is the
most senior position within the Catholic systemic school system in the ACT and
is equivalent to the chief executives’ position within the Department of
Education and Training, who has similar powers within the government school
system.
Section 133(1)(a) requires the chief executive to enter the
particulars prescribed under regulation, of students approved for home education
on the home education register. This regulation will require the following
information to be kept on home educated students:
Child’s full name as
shown on their birth certificate
Full name by which the child is known, if
different from the birth certificate
The child’s sex
The
child’s date of birth
A unique identifier number*
Full names of
the child’s parents
The period for which the child is registered for
home education
The address of the home base from which the home education
will be carried out.
* The unique identifier number will be linked to the
Student Transfer Register. This will enable tracking of students who move
between school enrolment and home education.