School Education Act 1999 (WA)

Western Australia

Western Australia

School Education Act 1999

An Act to make provision —

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  for education in school or by home education with education, training and employment alternatives at the senior secondary level; and

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  for the establishment and operation of government schools and for parent and community involvement in school affairs; and

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  for the registration of non‑government schools and the funding of such schools; and

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  for the registration of community kindergartens; and

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  for the establishment and administration of student residential colleges; and

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  for the use of property that is vested in the Minister; and

to repeal the Education Act 1928 and consequentially amend certain other Acts 1, and to make related provisions.

[Long title amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 14; No. 28 of 2014 s. 22; No  41 of 2016 s. 6.]

What this Part is about

This Part provides for some matters that are relevant to the Act generally.

In particular it deals with —

the commencement of the Act on a day, or of different provisions on different days, fixed by proclamation (section 2);

the objects of the Act (section 3);

the definition of terms used in the Act (section 4) (but where a definition only applies to a particular Part, Division, Subdivision, Schedule or section, it is placed in that Part, Division, Subdivision, Schedule or section);

the meanings of some terms used in the Act which, because of their length, are better placed in separate sections (sections 5, 6 and 7);

the status of notes in the Act (section 8).

This Act may be cited as the School Education Act 1999.

The provisions of this Act come into operation on such day as is, or days as are respectively, fixed by proclamation.

• (1)

  The objects of this Act include the following —

  • (a)

    to recognize the right of every child in the State to receive a school education during the child’s compulsory education period; and

  • (b)

    to allow that education to be given in a government school, a non‑government school or at home; and

  • (c)

    to provide for government schools that meet the educational needs of all children; and

  • (ca)

    to provide for education, training and employment alternatives at the senior secondary level; and

  • (d)

    to acknowledge the importance of the involvement and participation of a child’s parents in the child’s education; and

  • (e)

    to provide for student residential colleges that offer residential accommodation for students to attend, and participate in an educational programme of, a school.

• (2)

  Any person who has a function under this Act is to seek to ensure that the objects stated in subsection (1) are achieved.

[Section 3 amended: No. 22 of 2005 s. 15; No. 41 of 2016 s. 7; No. 14 of 2019 s. 14.]

In this Act, unless the…