Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia Regulations 1991 (SA)

SOUTH AUSTRALIA

SENIOR SECONDARY ASSESSMENT BOARD OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

REGULATIONS 1991

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS

1.           Citation

2.           Interpretation

3.           Prescribed certification requirements

4.           Fees

SCHEDULE 1

Units of Study—Year 11 level

SCHEDULE 2

Units of Study—Year 12 level

SCHEDULE 3

Fees

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

REGULATIONS UNDER THE SENIOR SECONDARY ASSESSMENT BOARD

OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA ACT 1983

Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia

Regulations 1991

being

No. 147 of 1991: Gaz. 27 June 1991, p. 2258

as varied by

No. 201 of 1992: Gaz. 19 November 1992, p. 15641

No. 21 of 1996: Gaz. 8 February 1996, p. 10942

No. 235 of 1996: Gaz. 31 October 1996, p. 15503

No. 256 of 1997: Gaz. 24 December 1997, p. 18464

No. 202 of 1998: Gaz. 26 November 1998, p. 16545 (Republished Gaz. 8 January 1998, p. 28)

No. 214 of 1999: Gaz. 28 October 1999, p. 21246

1 Came into operation 19 November 1992: reg. 2.

2 Came into operation 8 February 1996: reg. 2.

3 Came into operation 31 October 1996: reg. 2.

4 Came into operation 1 January 1998: reg. 2.

5 Came into operation 1 January 1999: reg. 2.

6 Came into operation 1 January 2000: reg. 2.

Note: Asterisks indicate repeal or deletion of text. For further explanation see Appendix.

Citation

1. These regulations may be cited as the Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South

Australia Regulations 1991.

Interpretation

2. In these regulations—

"the Act" means the Senior Secondary Assessment Board of South Australia Act 1983:

"recorded achievement" in a unit of study means completion of that unit at a level that is

assessed by the Board as not less than the minimum level required:

"successful achievement" in a unit of study means completion of that unit at a level that is

assessed by the Board as not less than satisfactory:

"two-unit sequence" means—

(a)	a programme of study designed to be studied over a minimum of 100 hours, achievement in which is assessed as a whole;
or
(b)	any two units of study designated by the Board as a two-unit sequence:

"unit" of study means a programme of study designed to be studied over a minimum of

50 hours.

Prescribed certification requirements

3. For the purposes of the Act, the following subjects, patterns of study and other

requirements are the certification requirements of senior secondary education:

(a)	enrolment in, and at least recorded achievement in, not less than 22 units including the following:
(i) at Year 11 level—

(A)	two units of study in English or English as a Second Language;
(B)	one unit of study in Australian Studies;
(C)	one unit of study in Mathematics;
(D)	two units of study in any one or more of the subjects or programmes of study listed in schedule 1 under the heading Humanities, arts or social and cultural studies;
and
(E)	two units of study in any one or more of the subjects or programmes of study listed in schedule 1 under the heading Mathematics, science or technology;

(ii)            at Year 12 level—

(A)	a two-unit sequence of study in a subject listed in schedule 2 under the heading Language-Rich (a subject that requires the student to undertake a significant amount of written work in the English language);
(B)	a two-unit sequence of study in a subject listed in schedule 2 under the heading Quantitative/Experimental (a subject that requires the student to undertake a significant amount of quantitative or experimental work);

and

(C)

one other two-unit sequence of study in a subject listed in schedule 2

(under any of the headings);

and

(iii)           eight other units of study in subjects listed in schedule 1 or 2,

with successful achievement being the level of achievement required for at least 16 of the units of study in subjects listed in schedule 1 or 2, including any three two-unit sequences of study at Year 12 level;

* * * * * * * * * *

and

(c) completion of a literacy requirement set by the Board at a level that is assessed by the Board as satisfactory.

Fees

4. (1) The fees set out in schedule 3 are payable to the Board.

(2) The Board may, in appropriate cases, waive or reduce fees that would otherwise be

payable under these regulations.

SCHEDULE 1

Units of Study—Year 11 level

Humanities, arts or social and cultural studies

Aboriginal Studies

Ancient Studies

Art

Australian Indigenous Languages

Australian Studies

Business Studies

Classical Languages

Latin

Communication for the Hearing-Impaired

Community Studies

The Arts and the Community

Business and the Community

The Community and the Environment

Design, Construction and the Community

Foods and the Community

Health, Recreation and the Community

Language and the Community

Lifestyles and the Community

Work and the Community

Craft Dance Design Drama Economics

English

English as a Second Language

Environmental Studies

Geography

Health Education

Home Economics

Integrated Studies

Programmes of study in Integrated Studies classified by the Board as being in the field of humanities, arts or social and cultural studies

Languages other than English

41 languages are offered

Legal Studies

Media Studies

Modern History

Multi Arts

Outdoor Education

Personal Development Studies

Politics

Music

Social Studies

Studies in Religion

Technical Drawing

Technology Studies

Technology and Society

Theory of Knowledge

Tourism

Women’s Studies

Work Education

Mathematics, science or technology

Accounting Agriculture Biology

Chemistry

Community Studies

Business and the Community

The Community and the Environment

Design, Construction and the Community

Foods and the Community

Health, Recreation and the Community

Mathematics and the Community

Science and the Community

Technology and the Community

Work and the Community

Computing

Geology

Integrated Science

Integrated Studies

Programmes of study in Integrated Studies classified by the Board as being in the field of mathematics, science or technology

Mathematics

Physical Education

Physics

Practical Information Processing

Technology Studies

Construction Technology

Electronics

Photography

Energy Technology

Technical Graphics

SCHEDULE 2

Units of Study—Year 12 level

Language-Rich

Aboriginal Studies

Ancient History

Australian History

Australian Indigenous Languages

The Australian Legal System

Business Studies

Classical Studies

Communication for the Hearing-Impaired

Community Studies

those units of study classified by the Board as Language-Rich

Dance Performance and Theory

Drama

Drama Studies

Economics

English

English as a Second Language

English as Second Language Studies

English Studies

Geography

Geography Studies

Health Education

Historical Studies: Ancient

Historical Studies: Australian

Historical Studies: Contemporary World

Languages other than English

42 languages are offered

Legal Studies

Media Production and Analysis

Medieval History

Modern History—Asia

Modern History—Europe

Modern History—United States of America

Modern History—World

Music

those units of study classified by the Board as Language-Rich

Natural Resources Management

Politics—publicly examined

Religion Studies

Social Studies

Studies of Religion

Tourism

Visual Arts Studies

Women’s Studies

Quantitative/Experimental

Accounting—school assessed

Accounting Studies

Agricultural and Horticultural Science

Agriculture and Horticulture

Agricultural and Horticultural Principles

Agricultural and Horticultural Practice

Agricultural and Horticultural Management

Agricultural and Horticultural Studies

Applied Mathematics

Biology

Business Mathematics

Chemistry

Community Studies

those units of study classified by the Board as Quantitative/Experimental

Geology

Information Technology

Information Technology Studies

Maritime Studies

Mathematics 1, 2

Nutrition

Physical Education

those units of study classified by the Board as Quantitative/Experimental

Physics

Quantitative Methods

Science

Technology

Technology Studies

Other

Art Practical

Community Studies

Craft Practical and Theory

Dance

Design Practical

General Typing

Home Economics

Information Processing

Music

those units of study classified by the Board as Other

Outdoor Education

Physical Education (other than those units of study classified by the Board as

Quantitative/Experimental)

Professional Typing

Small Business Management

Work Education

SCHEDULE 3

Fees

1.

REGISTRATIONFEE

For registration as an assessment centre of an educational

institution that is not in receipt of financial assistance

from the State. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $1 080 per year

(Registration entitles the institution to services similar

to that extended by the Board to educational institutions

in receipt of financial assistance from the State).

2.

STUDENTFEE of prescribed certification requirements by—

(a)

a student of an educational institution assistance from the State;

or

(b)

a full fee paying overseas student Education Act 1972)

For a student at Year 11 level. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $117 per student

For a student at Year 12 level. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $122 per student

plus $26.50 per

subject per student

3.

LATEENROLMENTFEE

For enrolment of a student for assessment of completion of

prescribed certification requirements after the closing date

for receipt of enrolments set by the Board in any year. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $56 per student

4.

CLERICALCHECKFEE processes and procedures involved in the determination

of a result in a subject .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $6.60 per subject

5.

CANDIDATERECORDFEE

For access to information about the contribution of

examination marks and moderated school assessment marks

to the final result of a Year 12 level subject. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $5.60 per subject

6.

SCRIPTACCESSFEE

For access of students to their assessment materials. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $11.20 per subject

7.

STATEMENTFEE

For a statement or certified record replacing—

(a)	a statement of results awarded in a specified year;
(b)

a certified record of studies undertaken towards (SACE Record of Achievement);

or
(c)	a certified record of results in individual subjects or requirements comprised in the prescribed certification
requirements (SACE Statement of Results) issued .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $13.20 per record or statement

8.    SACEREPLACEMENTCERTIFICATEFEE

For a replacement copy of a South Australian Certificate of Education .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. $22.50

9.

PUBLICATIONSFEES

For a copy of—

(a) a syllabus or an extended subject framework. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $5.40 if 80 pages or less

$8.60 if more than 80 pages

(b) a SSABSA Handbook .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . $12.90

APPENDIX

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Regulation 3:	varied by 201, 1992 reg. 3
Regulation 3(b):	revoked by 201, 1992 reg. 3(b)
Schedule 1:	varied by 201, 1992 reg. 4; 21, 1996, reg. 3; 235, 1996, reg. 3;

202, 1998, reg. 3; 214, 1999, reg. 3

Schedule 2: varied by 201, 1992 reg. 5; 21, 1996, reg. 4; 235, 1996, reg. 4;

256, 1997, reg. 3; 202, 1998, reg. 4; 214, 1999, reg. 4

Schedule 3: substituted by 201, 1992 reg. 6; varied by 21, 1996, reg. 5; 235, 1996, reg. 5; 256, 1997, reg. 4; 202, 1998, reg. 5; 214, 1999, reg. 5