Div 1School‑based preschools

Division 1—School‑based preschools 16—Minister may establish school‑based preschools (1) The Minister may establish such school‑based preschools as the Minister thinks fit. (2) A school‑based preschool— (a) must be established in relation to the school specified by the Minister; and (b) must provide preschool education as a program of the specified school; and (c) will, for the purposes of this Act, be taken to form part of the specified school, (and, for the purposes of this Act and the Education and Early Childhood Services (Registration and Standards) Act 2011 or any other Act or law, a reference to the school will, unless the contrary intention is indicated, be taken to include a reference to the school‑based preschool). (3) A school‑based preschool— (a) may consist of such number of campuses or sites as the Minister thinks fit; and (b) need not be located at the same campus or site as the specified school in relation to which it is established. (4) To avoid doubt, if a school‑based preschool consists of more than 1 campus or site, an individual campus or site will be taken not to constitute a separate preschool for the purposes of the Education and Early Childhood Services (Registration and Standards) Act 2011 or any other Act or law. 17—Governing councils of school‑based preschools (1) Subject to this Act, the governing council of the school in relation to which a school‑based preschool is established is the governing council for the school‑based preschool. (2) If the Minister establishes a school‑based preschool in relation to an existing school, the Minister— (a) must appoint to the governing council of the school such number of persons who are responsible for children attending, or who are to attend, the preschool as the Minister considers appropriate to represent the preschool; and (b) must take such action under section 40 as the Minister thinks fit to ensure the constitution of the governing council reflects the establishment of the preschool; and (c) must comply with any other requirements set out in the regulations. (3) If the Minister establishes a school‑based preschool in relation to a new school, the Minister must ensure that the governing council of the school established under section 34 includes such number of persons who are responsible for children attending, or who are to attend, the preschool as the Minister considers appropriate to represent the preschool.