sec.177What is attendance

sec.177 What is attendance

A child attends a State school or non-State school only if the child complies with the school’s requirements about physically attending, at particular times, its premises or another place. However, despite subsection (1) — a child enrolled in a program of distance education is taken to attend the school of distance education offering the program by completing and returning the assigned work for the program; and a child enrolled in an external program is taken to attend the State school or non-State school offering the program by complying with its requirements about communicating with or contacting the school for the purpose of participating in the program. (sec.177-ssec.1) A child attends a State school or non-State school only if the child complies with the school’s requirements about physically attending, at particular times, its premises or another place. (sec.177-ssec.2) However, despite subsection (1) — a child enrolled in a program of distance education is taken to attend the school of distance education offering the program by completing and returning the assigned work for the program; and a child enrolled in an external program is taken to attend the State school or non-State school offering the program by complying with its requirements about communicating with or contacting the school for the purpose of participating in the program.

• (a) a child enrolled in a program of distance education is taken to attend the school of distance education offering the program by completing and returning the assigned work for the program; and
• (b) a child enrolled in an external program is taken to attend the State school or non-State school offering the program by complying with its requirements about communicating with or contacting the school for the purpose of participating in the program.