Australian Education Regulations 2023
42Implementing a curriculum
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42 Implementing a curriculum
(1) For the purposes of paragraph 77(2)(b) of the Act, an approved authority for a school must implement at the school: (a) the Australian Curriculum that is authorised by the Ministerial Council and as existing from time to time; or (b) if ACARA assesses another curriculum as allowing comparable outcomes to the Australian Curriculum authorised by the Ministerial Council, and that curriculum is included in ACARA’s Recognition Register as existing from time to time—that curriculum.
Note: In 2023, the Australian Curriculum could be viewed at https://v9.australiancurriculum.edu.au and ACARA’s Recognition Register could be viewed on ACARA’s website (http://www.acara.edu.au).
(2) An approved authority for a school must fully implement a curriculum mentioned in subsection (1) in learning areas, and by the times, agreed by the Ministerial Council from time to time. (3) An approved authority for a school fully implements a curriculum at a school by teaching, assessing and reporting on student achievement using the content and achievement standards in the curriculum.