Education Act 2016
80Enrolment at school for part-time attendance by home educated child
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80 Enrolment at school for part-time attendance by home educated child
(1) A parent of a child who –
(a) is a home educator of the child; or
(b) intends to become a home educator of the child –
may apply to enrol the child at one school for part-time attendance at the school in accordance with the approved home education program or the proposed home education program.
(2) An application for enrolment of a child is to include any information the Ministerial instructions require in relation to –
(a) the identity of the child; and
(b) the identity of the parent of the child; and
(c) the place of residence of the child; and
(d) [Section 80 Subsection (2) amended by No. 37 of 2017, s. 20, Applied:30 Aug 2017] any other matter the Minister considers relevant.
(3) If requested by the school's principal, a parent wishing to enrol a child under this section is to provide evidence of –
(a) the age of the child; and
(b) the family name of the child; and
(c) the parent's guardianship, the parent's parental responsibility under a parenting plan, or parenting order, under Part VII of the Family Law Act 1975 of the Commonwealth or the parent's other care and control of the child.
(4) The principal of the school, in assessing the application –
(a) is to do so in accordance with any relevant guidelines issued under section 89 ; and
(b) is to ensure, as far as reasonably practicable, that the child –
(i) is not enrolled at that school and another school; and
(ii) is not enrolled at that school for part-time attendance of more than 2 full school days, or more than the equivalent of 2 full school days, in any school week.