4Objection to participation in school activities

4 Objection to participation in school activities

(1)  In this regulation –

Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority means the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority established under section 5 of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority Act 2008 of the Commonwealth;

NAP means the National Assessment Program which is conducted on a rolling 3-yearly basis under the organisation of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority for selected students in Years 6 and 10;

NAPLAN means the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy which is conducted annually under the organisation of the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority for all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

(2)  For the purposes of section 39(1) of the Act, the following activities are prescribed as activities to which a parent may object, as a matter of conscience, to his or her child or youth participating in:

(a) a fund-raising event if the objection relates to the beneficiary of the fund raising;

(b) a religious event or celebration;

(c) an excursion, or event, that is related to environmental, industrial or cultural matters if, as part of the excursion or event, only one political view may be expressed or one political view may be given more favour or weight than other alternative political views;

(d) a cultural celebration;

(e) an event where food is offered to students or cooked and eaten by students;

(f) an assembly, if the objection relates to a proposed speaker or the inclusion of a political, religious or cultural matter or activity;

(g) a NAPLAN or NAP test;

(h) education by any means of delivery if –

(i) the objection relates to any content of that education; and

(ii) that education is not part of the Australian curriculum;