Education Act 1990 Education Amendment (Home Schooling) Regulation 1998 (1998-534) [GG No 132 of 11.9.1998, p 7358] (NSW)

New South Wales

under the

Education Act 1990

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Education Act 1990.

JOHN AQUILINA, M.P.,
Minister for Education and Training

The object of this Regulation is to prescribe requirements with which the conditions imposed on registration for home schooling of a child must comply.

This Regulation is made under the Education Act 1990, including section 73
(2) and section 130 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in GazetteNo 132 of 11 September 1998, page 7358 Page 1

1998 No 534

Clause 1 Education Amendment (Home Schooling) Regulation 1998

This Regulation is the Education Amendment ( H o m eSchooling)

Regulation 1998.

2 Amendment of Education Regulation 1996

The Education Regulation 1994 is amended as set out in

Schedule 1.

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

Education Amendment (Home Schooling) Regulation 1998

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 6A

Insert after clause 6:

Registration for home schooling

(1) For the purposes of section 73 (2) (a) of the Act, the requirements with which the conditions for the registration of a child for home schooling must comply are as follows:

the following must have the written approval of the Minister, which may be given after considering the advice of an authorised person:

( i )        the teaching and learning programs for the child, and

( i i )       the educational facilities and equipment for the child, and

( i i i )      the premises where the child is to receive home schooling a s regards light, ventilation and general suitability for the purposes of home schooling,

the provider of the home schooling must be able to demonstrate to an authorised person the provider's commitment to undertake home schooling for the child.

the time spent teaching the child must be sufficient

to allow coverage of the body of work that could
be undertaken by a student in public schooling of comparable ability and at a comparable stage of

development attending class for 5 hours daily for

200 days each year.

the provider of the home schooling must maintain a record of the time spent by the child on the teaching and learning programs referred to in paragraph (a), including a record of the child's achievement and progress in the key learning areas.

Education Amendment (Home Schooling) Regulation 1998

Schedule 1 Amendment

(e) the provider of the home schooling must make available, on request by an authorised person, the records required to be kept under paragraph (d), including, if so requested, any such records that relate to past periods of home schooling.

(2) In this clause, authorised person has the same meaning
as in section 70 of the Act.