School Education Amendment Regulations 2003 (WA)

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EDUCATION

I1)301*

School Education Act 1999

School Education Amendment Regulations 2003

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

I.            Citation

These regulations may be cited as the School Education
Amendment Regulations 2003.

2.            The regulations amended

The amendments in these regulations are to the School
Education Regulations 2000*.

[* Published in Gazette 29 December 2000, p. 7795-900.

For amendments to 21 August 2003 see Western Australian
Legislation Information Tables for 2002, Table 4, p. 343, and
Gazette 30 June 2003.]

3.             Regulation 15 replaced

Regulation 15 is repealed and the following regulation is inserted instead -

15. Priority of enrolment at a particular government
school for pre-compulsory education period:
s.244(1)

(1) If the number of children in their pre-compulsory
education period applying for enrolment at a particular
local-intake school for a particular year exceeds the
number of available places at the school, priority for
enrolment is to be given in the following order -

(a) to a child whose usual place of residence is in

the intake area for the school -

(i)     who has a sibling who is enrolled at the school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the school;

(b) to a child whose usual place of residence is in

the intake area for the school -

(i)     who does not have a sibling who is enrolled at the school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the school;

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(c) to a child whose usual place of residence is not

in the intake area for the school -

(i)     who has a sibling who is enrolled at the school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the school;

(d) to a child whose usual place of residence is not

in the intake area for the school -

(i)     who does not have a sibling who is enrolled at the school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the school.

(2) If the number of children in their pre-compulsory

education period applying for enrolment at a particular government school that is not a local-intake school for a particular year exceeds the number of available
places at the school, priority for enrolment is to be
given to the child who lives nearest the school.

4.            Regulation 136 amended

Regulation 136(2) is repealed and the following subregulations are inserted instead -

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(2) For the purposes of section 206(2), if the number of

children applying for enrolment at a particular
kindergarten for a particular year exceeds the number
of available places at the kindergarten and the
kindergarten's link school is a local-intake school,
priority for enrolment is to be given in the following

order -

(a) to a child whose usual place of residence is in

the intake area of the link school -

(i)     who has a sibling enrolled at the link

school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the kindergarten;

(b) to a child whose usual place of residence is in

the intake area of the link school -

(i)     who does not have a sibling enrolled at the link school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the kindergarten;

(c) to a child whose usual place of residence is not

in the intake area of the link school -

(i)     who has a sibling enrolled at the link school for that year; and

(ii)     who lives nearest the kindergarten;

(d) to a child whose usual place of residence is not

in the intake area of the link school -

(i) who does not have a sibling enrolled at

the link school for that year; and

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(ii) who lives nearest the kindergarten.

(3) For the purposes of section 206(2), if the number of

children applying for enrolment at a particular
kindergarten for a particular year exceeds the number
of available places at the kindergarten and the
kindergarten's link school is not a local-intake school,
priority for enrolment is to be given to the child who

lives nearest the kindergarten.

By Command of the Governor,

M. C. WAUCHOPE, Clerk of the Executive Council.