sec.16Conduct of staff and students and response to harm

sec.16 Conduct of staff and students and response to harm

A school must have written processes about— how the school will respond to harm, or allegations of harm, to students under 18 years; and the appropriate conduct of the school’s staff and students. Without limiting subsection (1) , the processes must include the following— a process for the reporting by a student to a stated staff member of conduct of another staff member that the student considers is inappropriate; a process for how the information reported to the stated staff member must be dealt with by the stated staff member; a process for reporting— sexual abuse or suspected sexual abuse in compliance with the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 366 ; and a suspicion of likely sexual abuse in compliance with the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 366A ; a process for reporting a reportable suspicion under the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 13E . For the process mentioned in subsection (2) (a) , there must be stated at least 2 staff members to whom a student may report the conduct. The school’s governing body must ensure— the school’s staff and students, and students’ parents and guardians, are made aware of the processes; and the processes are readily accessible by staff, students, parents and guardians; and staff are trained annually in implementing the processes; and the school is implementing the processes. The school must have a written complaints procedure to address allegations of non-compliance with the processes. The complaints procedure may form part of any other written procedure of the school for dealing with complaints. In this section— harm see the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 9 . (sec.16-ssec.1) A school must have written processes about— how the school will respond to harm, or allegations of harm, to students under 18 years; and the appropriate conduct of the school’s staff and students. (sec.16-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the processes must include the following— a process for the reporting by a student to a stated staff member of conduct of another staff member that the student considers is inappropriate; a process for how the information reported to the stated staff member must be dealt with by the stated staff member; a process for reporting— sexual abuse or suspected sexual abuse in compliance with the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 366 ; and a suspicion of likely sexual abuse in compliance with the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 , section 366A ; a process for reporting a reportable suspicion under the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 13E . (sec.16-ssec.3) For the process mentioned in subsection (2) (a) , there must be stated at least 2 staff members to whom a student may report the conduct. (sec.16-ssec.4) The school’s governing body must ensure— the school’s staff and students, and students’ parents and guardians, are made aware of the processes; and the processes are readily accessible by staff, students, parents and guardians; and staff are trained annually in implementing the processes; and the school is implementing the processes. (sec.16-ssec.5) The school must have a written complaints procedure to address allegations of non-compliance with the processes. (sec.16-ssec.6) The complaints procedure may form part of any other written procedure of the school for dealing with complaints. (sec.16-ssec.7) In this section— harm see the Child Protection Act 1999 , section 9 .