Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act 2017
sec.57Decision about amalgamation of school
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sec.57 Decision about amalgamation of school
If the board is satisfied the proposed attributes of accreditation for each site at which the amalgamated school is to operate are the same as the attributes of accreditation for the site under the accreditation for the amalgamating school operating at the site— the governing bodies of the amalgamating schools are taken to have surrendered the accreditations of the schools under section 73 (1) ; and the proposed governing body of the amalgamated school is taken to have made an application for accreditation of the amalgamated school under section 18 ; and the board is taken to have decided to accredit the amalgamated school under section 21 . If subsection (1) (c) applies, the board must— remove the amalgamating schools from the register and record the date of the removal; and record the following details about the amalgamated school on the register— the name of the school; the type of education the school provides; the attributes of accreditation of the school; and record the date the details for the school were entered on the register; and give the governing body of each amalgamating school notice of— the decision to accredit the amalgamated school; and the surrender of the accreditation of the amalgamating schools; and the removal of the amalgamating schools from the register. If the board decides it is not satisfied the proposed attributes of accreditation for each site at which the amalgamated school will operate are the same as the attributes of accreditation for the site under the accreditation for the amalgamating school operating at the site, the board must give the governing body of each amalgamating school an information notice about the decision. Subsection (3) does not prevent a governing body from— applying to accredit an amalgamated school under part 2 , division 2 ; or surrendering the accreditation of an amalgamating school under part 6 , division 3 . (sec.57-ssec.1) If the board is satisfied the proposed attributes of accreditation for each site at which the amalgamated school is to operate are the same as the attributes of accreditation for the site under the accreditation for the amalgamating school operating at the site— the governing bodies of the amalgamating schools are taken to have surrendered the accreditations of the schools under section 73 (1) ; and the proposed governing body of the amalgamated school is taken to have made an application for accreditation of the amalgamated school under section 18 ; and the board is taken to have decided to accredit the amalgamated school under section 21 . (sec.57-ssec.2) If subsection (1) (c) applies, the board must— remove the amalgamating schools from the register and record the date of the removal; and record the following details about the amalgamated school on the register— the name of the school; the type of education the school provides; the attributes of accreditation of the school; and record the date the details for the school were entered on the register; and give the governing body of each amalgamating school notice of— the decision to accredit the amalgamated school; and the surrender of the accreditation of the amalgamating schools; and the removal of the amalgamating schools from the register. (sec.57-ssec.3) If the board decides it is not satisfied the proposed attributes of accreditation for each site at which the amalgamated school will operate are the same as the attributes of accreditation for the site under the accreditation for the amalgamating school operating at the site, the board must give the governing body of each amalgamating school an information notice about the decision. (sec.57-ssec.4) Subsection (3) does not prevent a governing body from— applying to accredit an amalgamated school under part 2 , division 2 ; or surrendering the accreditation of an amalgamating school under part 6 , division 3 .