73Application to amend approved home education program

73 Application to amend approved home education program

(1)  At any time, a home educator may apply to the Registrar for approval of a proposed amendment of an approved home education program.

(2)  An application under this section is to –

(a) be in a form approved by the Minister; and

(b) include the proposed amendment of the home education program; and

(c) contain any other information required by the Ministerial instructions.

(3)  A proposed amendment of an approved home education program may include part-time attendance of the child at one school for the provision of a course for the reasons specified in the proposed amendment.

(4)  Part-time attendance of a child at one school may be included in the proposed amendment only if –

(a) the child is not to attend the school for more than 2 full school days, or more than the equivalent of 2 full school days, in any school week; and

(b) the principal of the school to be attended has provided to the applicant home educator, in writing, his or her in-principle approval of the future enrolment of the child for part-time attendance at the school and that in-principle approval is included in the application under this section.

(5)  Despite subsection (4)(a) , enrolment for part-time attendance at one school for more than 2 full school days, or more than the equivalent of 2 full school days, in any school week may be included in the proposed home education program if the principal of the school –

(a) is satisfied that it is intended that the child will not be home educated in the following school year but will be enrolled at a school on a full-time basis; and

(b) has included a statement to that effect in the in-principle approval referred to in subsection (4)(b) .

(6)  The Registrar may require the applicant home educator, in writing, to provide any further information the Registrar considers necessary for the purposes of considering the application.