75Continuing assessment of approved home education program

75 Continuing assessment of approved home education program

(1)  At any time during the currency of an approved home education, the Registrar may carry out an assessment of the program and its provision to the school-aged child or youth to ensure that –

(a) the program continues to meet the standards prescribed by the regulations in relation to approved home education programs; and

(b) the program is being provided to a sufficient extent.

(2)  In carrying out the assessment, the Registrar is to obtain a report from a registration officer in relation to the approved home education program and its provision by the home educator.

(3)  The report is to include –

(a) an assessment of the approved home education program and its provision by the home educator against the standards prescribed by the regulations for approved home education programs; and

(b) any other information the registration officer considers relevant; and

(c) recommendations relating to –

(i) whether the approved home education program should continue; and

(ii) if the registration officer considers that the program should be amended, what those amendments should be; and

(iii) whether the approval of the program should be made subject to conditions or the conditions to which the approval is subject should be amended.

(4)  On completing the report, the registration officer is to provide a copy of it to the Registrar and to the Tasmanian Home Education Advisory Council.

(5)  In carrying out an assessment, the Registrar –

(a) in writing, may require the home educator to provide the information and documents that the Registrar considers necessary to complete the assessment; and

(b) may exercise his or her powers under this Act and the regulations.

(6)  A requirement to provide information or documents may require that the information or document be delivered –