Education Act 2004
17BMeaning of unsafe or noncompliant behaviour—ch 2A
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17B Meaning of unsafe or noncompliant behaviour—ch 2A (1) For this chapter, the behaviour of a student at a school is unsafe or noncompliant if the behaviour reduces the safety or effectiveness of the learning environment at the school because it— (a) is persistently or disruptively noncompliant; or (b) poses an unacceptable risk to the safety or wellbeing of— (i) another student at the school; or (ii) a member of staff of the school; or (iii) someone else involved in the school’s operation. (2) To remove any doubt, a student’s behaviour may be unsafe or noncompliant even if the behaviour does not happen on school premises or during school hours. using social media outside school hours to encourage violence against a student at school the next day
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