School Education Amendment Regulations 2015 (WA)

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School Education Act 1999

School Education Amendment Regulations 2015

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.            Citation

These regulations are the School Education Amendment
Regulations 2015.

2.            Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)	regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published in the Gazette;
(b)	the rest of the regulations — on the day on which the School Education Amendment Act 2014 Part 2 Division 2 comes into operation.

3.           Regulations amended

These regulations amend the School Education
Regulations 2000.

4.            Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

campus, in relation to a registered school, means the
school premises, or if the school is located in more than

(1)	In this regulation — educational programme means an organised set of learning activities designed to enable a child to develop knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes relevant
to the child's individual needs.

one place, the school premises at each of those places;
policy direction means a policy direction issued under

section 157C;

5.            Regulations 128 to 130 replaced

Delete regulations 128 to 130 and insert:

128. Kinds of establishments that are not schools (Act
s. 154(2)(c))

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(2) Establishments of the following kinds are prescribed

for the purposes of section 154(2)(c) -

(a)	an establishment that provides an educational programme to a child that is additional to an educational programme provided to the child to satisfy the duty imposed by section 9;
(b)	an establishment that provides an educational programme to a child that is based on the development by the child of a particular skill or proficiency.

(3) The following are irrelevant in determining if an

establishment is of a kind to which subregulation (2)

applies -

(a)	the place, or places, where the establishment provides an educational programme;
(b)	whether an educational programme is provided to a child individually or as part of a group or class of children;
(c)	that an educational programme provided is the same as, or similar to, an educational programme that would satisfy the duty imposed by section 9 in respect of a child.

129.        Significant registration changes (Act s. 156)

For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of school planning proposal in section 156 a proposal to make any of the following registration changes to a registered school is a significant registration change -

(a)	to relocate the school or a campus of the school;
(b)	to open an additional campus of the school;

(c)	to provide an additional year level, or more
than one additional year level, of education.

130.	Consultation procedures prescribed (Act s. 157C(2)(d))
(1)	If consultation about a school planning proposal is required under a policy direction issued under section 157C, then the procedures set Out in subregulation (2) are prescribed for the purposes of section 157C(2)(d).
(2)	On receipt of an application for an advance determination about a school planning proposal on which consultation is required, the Minister is to consult with, and take into account the views of, the following -

(a) the chief executive officer;

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(b)	the Executive Director Catholic Education in Western Australia;
(c)	the governing body of each non-system school (as defined in section 150) that, in the opinion of the Minister, could be adversely affected by the implementation of the school planning

proposal.

131A. Other matters about which standards may be

determined (Act s. 159(1)(n))

For the purposes of section 159(1)(n) the Minister may also determine standards for non-government schools about methods of discipline and punishment.

6.            Regulation 131 amended

Delete regulation 131(a) and insert:

(a) the Executive Director Catholic Education in

Western Australia; and

7.            Regulation 133 amended

In regulation 133(2) delete "157(2)" and insert:

157B

8.            Schedule 3 deleted

Delete Schedule 3.

N. HAGLEY, Clerk of the Executive Council.