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Education and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
Queensland
Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Bill
2026
Queensland
Education and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2026
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1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Part 2 Amendment of Education (Accreditation of Non-State Schools) Act
2017
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Amendment of s 6 (Meaning of non-State school) . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5 Amendment of s 10 (Meaning of meets the government funding eligibility
criteria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6 Amendment of s 19 (Procedural requirements for application) . . 15
7 Amendment of s 25 (Steps to be taken after application decided) 16
8 Amendment of s 32 (Assessment when school starts to operate at new
site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9 Amendment of s 40 (Deciding application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
10 Replacement of ch 2, pt 4, hdg (Special assistance schools—use of
temporary sites) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11 Replacement of s 47 (Purpose of part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
47 Purpose of part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
12 Amendment of s 48 (Definitions for part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
13 Insertion of new s 48A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
48A Schools providing accredited education at temporary sites
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
14 Amendment of s 49 (Compliance with temporary site criteria) . . 19
15 Amendment of s 50 (Notification of intention to use, or stop using,
temporary site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
16 Amendment of s 51 (Use of temporary site is not a change in attribute
etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
17 Amendment of s 52 (Assessment of special assistance school using
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temporary site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
18 Amendment of s 53 (Report by authorised person) . . . . . . . . . . 21
19 Amendment of s 66 (Grounds for cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
20 Amendment of s 67 (Show cause notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
21 Amendment of s 69 (Ending show cause process without further action)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
22 Amendment of s 70 (Amendment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
23 Amendment of s 71 (Cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
24 Amendment of s 73 (Surrender) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
25 Amendment of s 84 (Steps to be taken after decision) . . . . . . . . 23
26 Amendment of s 89 (Grounds for withdrawal of eligibility for government
funding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
27 Amendment of s 90 (Show cause notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
28 Amendment of s 92 (Ending show cause process without further action)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
29 Amendment of s 93 (Decision by board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
30 Insertion of new s 123A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
123A Minister may give statement of expectations . . . . . . 24
31 Amendment of s 125 (Notice to Minister about action taken in relation to
a grammar school) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
32 Insertion of new s 176A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
176A Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
33 Insertion of new ch 6, pt 2, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Division 3 Transitional provision for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
202 Criteria for existing applications to change attributes of
accreditation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
34 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Part 3 Amendment of Education (Capital Assistance) Act 1993
35 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
36 Amendment of s 14 (Certain projects must not be funded) . . . . . 28
Part 4 Amendment of Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
37 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
38 Amendment of s 12 (Provision of State education) . . . . . . . . . . . 28
39 Amendment of s 15 (Power to establish other educational institutions)
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40 Insertion of new s 15A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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15A Interaction with Youth Justice Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . 29
41 Amendment of ch 2, pt 4, hdg (Bases for education provided, and testing,
at State instructional institutions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
42 Amendment of s 21 (Curriculum framework for State instructional
institutions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
43 Amendment of s 45 (Inspection of State educational institution’s
premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
44 Amendment of s 155B (Additional requirements for application for
enrolment as mature age student) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
45 Insertion of new s 156A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
156A Enrolment of overseas students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
46 Insertion of new s 204A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
204A Child participating in education re-entry and transition service
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
47 Amendment of s 240 (Exceptions to obligation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
48 Omission of s 251C (Transitional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
49 Amendment of ch 12, pt 4, hdg (Wilful disturbance and trespass at State
educational institutions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
50 Amendment of s 333 (Wilful disturbance) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
51 Amendment of s 334 (Trespass) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
52 Insertion of new ch 19, pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Part 2A Education re-entry and transition service programs
420B Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
420C References to child or young person . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
420D Participation in education re-entry and transition service
programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
420E Disclosure to support arrangement of education re-entry and
transition service program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
420F Disclosure relating to participation in prescribed education re-
entry and transition service program . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
420G Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
420H Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
53 Amendment of s 434 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
54 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Part 5 Amendment of Education (General Provisions) Regulation 2017
55 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
56 Omission of s 63 (Overseas students—enrolment at State school) 40
57 Insertion of new s 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
75 Prescribed education re-entry and transition service
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programs and providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
58 Omission of s 76 (Fee for criminal history check for application for
enrolment as mature age student—Act, s 155B) . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
59 Omission of sch 5 (Fee for criminal history check) . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Part 6 Amendment of Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act
2005
60 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
61 Amendment of s 12E (Application for eligibility declaration) . . . . 42
62 Amendment of s 14 (Application for registration or permission to teach)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
63 Amendment of s 239 (Membership of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
64 Omission of s 267 (College’s financial year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
65 Amendment of s 275 (College must give annual report to the Minister)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
66 Amendment of s 276 (Establishment of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
67 Amendment of s 278 (Appointment, function and powers of director) 45
68 Insertion of new ch 12, pt 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Part 18 Transitional provisions for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
372 Change of name of head of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
373 Approved budget for financial year starting on 1 January
2027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
374 First annual report after 1 July 2027 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
69 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Part 7 Amendment of Education (Queensland College of Teachers)
Regulation 2016
70 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
71 Amendment of sch 1 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Part 8 Amendment of Education (Queensland Curriculum and
Assessment Authority) Act 2014
72 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
73 Insertion of new s 18A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
18A Recognised schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
74 Insertion of new s 20A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
20A Authority may enter into agreements for delivering senior
syllabuses overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
75 Amendment of s 91 (Guidelines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
76 Amendment of s 92 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
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77 Insertion of new pt 7, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Division 5 Transitional provision for Education and Other
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117 Existing recognised schools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
78 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Part 9 Amendment of Education (Queensland Curriculum and
Assessment Authority) Regulation 2025
79 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
80 Insertion of new s 174A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
174A Guidelines about recognised schools . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Part 10 Amendment of Libraries Act 1988
81 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
82 Amendment of s 2 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
83 Omission of s 9 (Eligibility for appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
84 Amendment of s 10 (Chairperson and deputy chairperson of board) 56
85 Amendment of s 11 (Duration of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
86 Insertion of new ss 12A and 12B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
12A Disqualification from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
12B Leave of absence for members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
87 Replacement of ss 13 and 13A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
13 State librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
13A Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
13AA Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
88 Amendment of s 17 (Delegation by State librarian) . . . . . . . . . . . 59
89 Insertion of new ss 18 and 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
18 Leave of absence for State librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
19 Acting State Librarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
90 Amendment of s 20 (Functions of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
91 Replacement of s 27 (Grants or subsidies to local government) . 62
27 Grants or subsidies using government funds . . . . . . 62
92 Omission of ss 28–30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
93 Amendment of s 40 (Delegation by board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
94 Insertion of new pt 2, divs 5A–5C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Division 5A Foundation committee
40AA Foundation committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
40AB Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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40AC Powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
40AD Proceedings and business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
40AE Disclosure of interests by foundation committee members
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
40AF Voting by interested foundation committee members 67
Division 5B Other committees
40AG Other committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Division 5C Criminal history
40AH Definition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
40AI Criminal history reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
40AJ Requirement to disclose changes in criminal history 70
40AK Confidentiality of criminal history information . . . . . . 71
95 Amendment of s 40A (Board may enter into work performance
arrangements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
96 Amendment of s 43 (Draft strategic and operational plans) . . . . 72
97 Amendment of s 45 (Strategic and operational plans on agreement) 72
98 Omission of ss 48–50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
99 Insertion of new s 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
50 Minister may give statement of expectations . . . . . . 73
100 Amendment of s 53 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
101 Amendment of s 74 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
102 Replacement of s 75 (Protection from liability of members) . . . . 74
75 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
103 Amendment of s 76 (Illegal borrowing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
104 Insertion of new pt 10, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Division 4 Transitional provisions for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
99 Application of new s 12A and new pt 2, div 5C . . . . . 77
100 Gift etc. to foundation taken to be gifts etc. to board . 77
105 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Schedule 1 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Part 11 Amendment of Public Sector Regulation 2023
106 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
107 Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Part 12 Amendment of Queensland Art Gallery Act 1987
108 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79